Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; ua, Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer. He was born in the settlement of Yudino,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

municipality. Today the settlement is included in the Kirov Raion of Kazan city. After becoming a coach he extended his welcomed stay in Kyiv. Together with

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...

he became the four-time champion of the USSR as well as the two-time holder of the USSR Cup. Also in Europe he participated in the memorable 1976–1975 season when

conquered the Cup Winner's Cup and the

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

. Kolotov was also a European vice-champion (1972). In 1979 Kolotov played couple of games for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
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Statistics for Dynamo

*The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

Honours

;Dynamo Kyiv *

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

(6):

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981 *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

(2): 1974, 1978 *

European Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

(1): 1974–75 * European Super Cup (1): 1975

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* 1949 births 2000 deaths Footballers from Kazan Soviet footballers Association football midfielders Russian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian people of Russian descent Soviet Union international footballers UEFA Euro 1972 players Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union FC Rubin Kazan players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Soviet Top League players Soviet First League players Soviet Second League players Soviet football managers Ukrainian football managers FC Arsenal Kyiv managers Ukraine national under-21 football team managers FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Olympic medalists in football Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Merited Coaches of Ukraine Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub