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

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and represented the Ukraine national team. Kalitvintsev coached Ukraine U-19 to victory during the

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. His son

Vladyslav Vladyslav ( uk, Владисла́в, Vladysláv ) or Volodyslav ( uk, Володисла́в, Volodysláv {{IPA, /wɔlɔdɪˈslɑu̯/) is a Ukrainian given name for males. The female variant is the same with the addition of 'a' at the end. The ...

is also a player, a

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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

. Until 1994 he played he spent his playing career at

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n clubs such as

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, and

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. 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 Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

soon he was offered opportunity from the Ukrainian football giant, Dynamo, which he did not refuse playing alongside such players as

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

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

and

on both the club and national team level where he earned an honorary position of a team captain. Kalitvintsev was named

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in 1995. In 1998, Kalitvintsev earned a paid transfer to play for

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in Turkey, returning to play for CSKA Kyiv 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,

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, at Republican Stadium in Kyiv on 11 June 1995 during qualification to the

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Coaching career

Following his retirement, Kalitvintsev coached

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for several years. He was the coach of

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in 2006–10. In January 2013 Kalitvintsev was appointed the head coach of

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returning to

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

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of Ukraine's national football team early February 2010.Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach

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(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
,

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(25 August 2010) On 21 April 2011,

Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

was appointed head coach of the Ukrainian national team; Kalitvintsev stayed on as Blokhin's assistant. Kalitvintsev was appointed manager of

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team

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 *

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: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 *

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: 1995–96, 1997–98 *

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

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Rotor Volgograd *

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Russian First League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

(second tier): 1991 Individual * Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year (per Komanda): 1995

As Coach

Dynamo Moscow *

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

: 2016–17

References

External links

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