Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (russian: Виктор Геннадьевич Булатов; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

international football player. He is the manager of FC Chelyabinsk.

Playing career

Bulatov spent the prime years of his career at

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. Apart from Spartak, Bulatov played for various

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n clubs, including

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pre ...

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

and had two spells at Krylia Sovetov.
In summer 2007 as an experienced player he moved to Kazakh champions

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"Bylatov moves to Astana" from Goal.com to strengthen the club in its forthcoming Champions League journey. On international level, Bulatov made his debut for

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in a 1998 friendly match defeat to

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and played his last game in 2001, against

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Honours

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

champion: 1999, 2000, 2001. * Russian Cup winner: 2004. * Russian Cup finalist: 2004 (played in the early stages of the 2003/04 competition for

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the ...

, who lost in the final to

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

, for which he was playing at the time).

European club competitions

UEFA Champions League 1999–2000 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyn ...

: 7 games, 1 goal. *

UEFA Cup 1999–2000 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with FC Spartak Moscow: 2 games. *

UEFA Champions League 2000–01 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with FC Spartak Moscow: 8 games. *

UEFA Champions League 2001–02 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with FC Spartak Moscow: 6 games. * UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002 with

: 4 games. *

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with

: 4 goals.

External links

*
Bio at Rusteam

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulatov, Viktor 1972 births Living people Russian footballers Russia international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russian Premier League players FC Dimitrovgrad players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Dynamo Stavropol players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players Association football midfielders FC Zhenis Astana players Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria FC Akhmat Grozny players Russian football managers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk FC Arsenal Tula managers FC Torpedo Moscow managers FC FShM Torpedo Moscow players Russian expatriate football managers Armenian Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia