Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев, russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев; born 5 May 1968) is a

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manager and former player who manages Polissya Zhytomyr. Born in Russia, Kalitvintsev became a

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Ukrainian after a spell with Dynamo Kyiv and represented the Ukraine national team. Kalitvintsev coached Ukraine U-19 to victory during the

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. His son Vladyslav is also a player, a midfielder for

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Club career

A Russian-born Kalitvintsev chose to play for the Ukraine side after breaking through as a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv. Until 1994 he played he spent his playing career at Russian clubs such as FC Rotor Volgograd, FC SKA Rostov-on-Don, FC Dynamo Moscow, and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. It wasn't until the reorganization of the soviet football when he started to play at the top level of the Russian championship starting for the Moscow's Dynamo. After being transferred to the fading club of Nizhniy Novgorod soon he was offered opportunity from the Ukrainian football giant, Dynamo, which he did not refuse playing alongside such players as

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, Serhii Rebrov,

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, and others. His playmaking abilities during the late 1990s were particularly useful during his partnership with Serhii Rebrov and

on both the club and national team level where he earned an honorary position of a team captain. Kalitvintsev was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1995. In 1998, Kalitvintsev earned a paid transfer to play for Trabzonspor in Turkey, returning to play for

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to finish his playing career in 2000.

International career

Kalitvintsev earned 22 caps for the Ukraine national team. He scored one goal, a very important one against the group favorites, Croatia, at Republican Stadium in Kyiv on 11 June 1995 during qualification to the Euro 1996.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Kalitvintsev coached

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for several years. He was the coach of FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv in 2006–10. In January 2013 Kalitvintsev was appointed the head coach of

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returning to Nizhniy Novgorod after almost 20 years when he played for Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod. Kalitvintsev was a coach of several junior Ukraine national football teams that played in tournaments for U-19 and U-17 players. Kalitvintsev was appointed as assistant of head coach Myron Markevych of Ukraine's national football team early February 2010.Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach
Kyiv Post (21 April 2010) After Markevych's resignation of late August 2010 Kalitvintsev was appointed Ukraine's

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on 25 August 2010.Markevich leaves Ukraine helm
, UEFA (25 August 2010) On 21 April 2011, Oleh Blokhin was appointed head coach of the Ukrainian national team; Kalitvintsev stayed on as Blokhin's assistant. Kalitvintsev was appointed manager of Russian Premier League team FC Dynamo Moscow.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kalitvintsev goal.''

Honours

As Player

Dynamo Kyiv * Ukrainian Premier League: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 * Ukrainian Cup: 1995–96, 1997–98 * Commonwealth of Independent States Cup:

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Rotor Volgograd * Soviet/ Russian First League (second tier): 1991 Individual * Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year (per Komanda): 1995

As Coach

Dynamo Moscow * Russian Football National League: 2016–17

References

External links

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