Vladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov (russian: Владимир Серге́евич Быстров, born 31 January 1984) is a Russian former
footballer
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who played as a
right winger
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Bystrov began his career in youth club
Smena. In 2001, he transferred to
Zenit. On 8 May 2002, he made his debut in the Zenit squad. In 2005, he felt dissatisfied because he lost his place in squad and played less than he wanted. After a scandal with Zenith's hierarchy, he transferred to
FC Spartak Moscow
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.
FC Spartak Moscow
In June 2005, he moved to Spartak for 4 million euro. Zenit fans were disappointed, because Spartak was their principal opponent. He made his debut for Spartak on 9 June. In 2009, he became a leader of Spartak with help of
Alex and
Welliton.
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
On 27 August 2009, after four seasons with
Zenit's archrivals
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, the winger suddenly returned to his former club, signing until June 2014.
Due to his spell at rivals Spartak Moscow, Zenit supporters still can't find it in their hearts to forgive and direct jeers towards him at their games.
In March 2010, Zenit was to be rewarded for finishing third in the Russian championship by the city of Saint Petersburg, but the ceremony ended with the players storming off the stage after Bystrov had been heckled by parts of the audience.
FC Krasnodar
After finishing his mid-season loan spell with newly relegated
FC Anzhi Makhachkala
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, Bystrov joined
FC Krasnodar
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on a three-year contract on 9 June 2014. Bystrov left Krasnodar at the end of his contract.
Tosno
On 8 August 2017, he signed a one-year contract with
FC Tosno
FC Tosno (russian: ФК Тосно) was a professional Russian football club based in Tosno. On 6 May 2017, Tosno won promotion to the 2017–18 Russian Premier League for the first time after securing second place in the Russian National Football ...
.
International team
His first appearance for the
Russia
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was in March 2004.
Bystrov made a big impact in the seven
Euro 2008 qualifiers he played in, with his two goals so important to the Russian cause. His displays have not gone unnoticed in the last couple of years and he has been linked with moves to both England's
Premier League
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and Germany's
Bundesliga
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. Bystrov was included in
Guus Hiddink's
Euro 2008
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squad. He was a substitute in Russia's opening match, the 4–1 defeat to
Spain
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, i ...
, coming on for
Dmitri Sychev
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in the 46th minute before being swapped for
Roman Adamov in the 70th.
He was left out of
Fabio Capello's Russian squad for the
World Cup
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in
Brazil
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. He was one of the seven provisional players not included in the final 23.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
International goals
Career honours
Club
Zenit Saint Petersburg
*
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 ...
:
2010,
2011–12
*
Russian Cup:
2009–10
*
Russian Super Cup
The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...
:
2011
*
Russian Premier League Cup
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:
2003
Tosno
*
Russian Cup:
2017–18
International
Russia
*
UEFA European Championship
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bronze medalist:
2008
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References
External links
Club profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bystrov, Vladimir
1984 births
Living people
People from Luga, Leningrad Oblast
Russian footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russia national football B team footballers
Russia international footballers
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Krasnodar players
FC Tosno players
UEFA Euro 2004 players
Russian Premier League players
Association football wingers
UEFA Euro 2008 players
Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast