Vitali Vladimirovich But (russian: Виталий Владимирович Бут; born 16 November 1972) is a Russian

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official and a former player who played as a

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. He is the general director for

FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk (russian: ФК "Черноморец" Новороссийск) is the oldest Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. It plays in the third-tier FNL 2. History The club was founded as a part of the ...

Playing career

During his professional career, ended at the age of just 27, But played for Tsement Novorossiysk,

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

and

FC Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League ...

. He represented

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at the

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA ...

in Portugal. In May 2009, But re-joined former team Chernomorets, as its general director. His younger brother,

Vladimir Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

, was also a footballer — and a midfielder. He too represented Chernomorets Novorossiysk, but spent the better part of his professional career in Germany, namely with

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

Traffic incident

On 5 October 2019, it was reported that he was being investigated on two charges - leaving the place of an incident and driving under influence after running over a child with his Range Rover a day before and driving away.

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* * 1972 births Living people People from Novorossiysk Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's youth international footballers Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Russian Premier League players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Arsenal Tula players Footballers from Krasnodar Krai {{USSR-footy-bio-stub