Vladimir Beschastnykh

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Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Бесчастных) (born April 1, 1974 in Moscow) is a Russian football striker, the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team.

In his club career that started in 1991, Beschastnykh played for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar. In the 2004-2005 season he played for FC Orel in Russia's First Liga (second-level division after Premier Liga).

On December 15, 2005, Beschastnykh signed up with another First Liga club - FC Khimki, a well-funded football team from a Moscow suburb, competing for a place in the upper echelon of Russian championship.

For Russia, Beschastnykh has scored 26 goals in 71 caps, his first coming in 1992. The 26 make him a national leader, if Soviet-era goals are not accounted (Oleg Blokhin had 42 for the USSR national team). One of these goals came in the 2002 World Cup against Belgium; Beschastnykh also played in the 1994 tournament, as well as in Euro 96.

[edit] External links

• Vladimir Beschastnykh on RSSSF-site

	Russia squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Cherchesov | 2 Kuznetsov | 3 Gorlukovich | 4 Galiamin | 5 Nikiforov | 6 Ternavski | 7 Pyatnitskiy | 8 Popov | 9 Salenko | 10 Karpin | 11 Beschastnykh | 12 Tetradze | 13 Borodyuk | 14 Korneev | 15 Radchenko | 16 Kharine | 17 Tsymbalar | 18 Onopko | 19 Mostovoi | 20 Lediakhov | 21 Khlestov | 22 Yuran | Coach: Sadyrin

	Russia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Nigmatullin | 2 Kovtun | 3 Nikiforov | 4 Smertin | 5 Solomatin | 6 Semshov | 7 Onopko | 8 Karpin | 9 Titov | 10 Mostovoi | 11 Beschastnykh | 12 Cherchesov | 13 Daev | 14 Chugainov | 15 Alenichev | 16 Kerzhakov | 17 Semak | 18 Sennikov | 19 Pimenov | 20 Izmailov | 21 Khokhlov | 22 Sychev | 23 Filimonov | Coach: Romantsev