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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayovych and the family name is Kalitvintsev.

Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев,[1] Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев;[2] born 5 May 1968) is a football manager and former player.

Born in Russia, Kalitvintsev became a naturalized Ukrainian after a spell with Dynamo Kyiv[3] and represented the Ukraine national team.

Kalitvintsev coached Ukraine U-19 to victory during the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[4][5]

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

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 Rotor Volgograd, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Dynamo Moscow, and 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 Andriy Shevchenko, Serhii Rebrov, Vitaliy Kosovskyi, and others. His playmaking abilities during the late 1990s were particularly useful during his partnership with Serhii Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko 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 CSKA Kyiv to finish his playing career in 2000.

International career

See also: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 4

Kalitvintsev earned 22 caps for the Ukraine national team.[6] 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 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod for several years.[4] He was the coach of FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv in 2006–10. In January 2013 Kalitvintsev was appointed the head coach of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 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.[7] After Markevych's resignation of late August 2010 Kalitvintsev was appointed Ukraine's caretaker manager on 25 August 2010.[4] On 21 April 2011, Oleh Blokhin was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team; Kalitvintsev stayed on as Blokhin's assistant.[8][9]

In June 2016, Kalitvintsev was appointed manager of Russian First League team Dynamo Moscow and let them to promotion back to the Russian Premier League.[10][4]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kalitvintsev goal.
List of international goals scored by Yuriy Kalitvintsev
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 June 1995 Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Croatia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

As Player

Dynamo Kyiv

Rotor Volgograd

Individual

As Coach

Polissya Zhytomyr

Dynamo Moscow

Ukraine U19

Individual

References

  1. ^ Profile. Football Federation of Ukraine. Ukrainian transliteration: Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalytvyntsev.
  2. ^ Russian transliteration: Yuriy Nikolaevich Kalitvintsev
  3. ^ Юрий Калитвинцев:"Даже мысли нет вернуться в Россию" Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Сегодня.ua (19 December 2007)
  4. ^ a b c d Markevich leaves Ukraine helm Archived 4 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, UEFA (25 August 2010)
  5. ^ Premier congratulates Ukraine on winning UEFA European Under-19 Championship Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (3 August 2009)
  6. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (25 June 2015). "Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalytvyntsev - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  7. ^ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  8. ^ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  9. ^ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  10. ^ Главным тренером команды назначен Юрий Калитвинцев (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 6 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Макуана та Калітвінцев — найкращі у жовтні!".

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