Valery Karpin

Personal information
Valery Karpin
Valery Karpin in Spain.
Full name	Valery Georgievich Karpin
Date of birth	February 2, 1969 (age 38)
Place of birth	Narva, Estonia, USSR
Playing position	Retired Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989 1990-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2002 2002-2005	Fakel Voronezh Spartak Moscow Real Sociedad Valencia CF Celta Vigo Real Sociedad
National team
1992 1992-2003	CIS Russia	1 (0) 72 (17)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Valery Georgievich Karpin (Russian: Карпин, Валерий Георгиевич; Estonian: Valeri Karpin) (born February 2, 1969 in Narva, Estonia) is a former Russian football midfielder. Nowadays he lives in the city of Vigo, where he is a businessman and sponsor of several sport teams. In 2003, eligible for Estonian citizenship by descent, Karpin renounced Russian citizenship.

On the club level, Karpin has played for Fakel Voronezh (1989), Spartak Moscow (1990-94), Real Sociedad (1994-96 and 2002-05), Valencia CF (1996-97), and Celta Vigo (1997-2002). Karpin was named Russian Footballer of the Year in 1999. He retired after the 2005 season with Sociedad.

[edit] International career

For Russia, Karpin has been capped 72 times, scoring 17 goals (he was also capped once for the CIS). He scored Russia's first goal after the breakup of the Soviet Union, in a 2-0 win against Mexico on August 17, 1992. Karpin played for Russia at the 1994 World Cup, Euro 96, and the 2002 World Cup.

In 2007 Karpin became the holder of road cycling team Karpin-Galicia.

	Russia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Cherchesov \| 2 Kuznetsov \| 3 Gorlukovich \| 4 Galiamin \| 5 Nikiforov \| 6 Ternavski \| 7 Piatnitski \| 8 Popov \| 9 Salenko \| 10 Karpin \| 11 Beschastnykh \| 12 Tetradze \| 13 Borodyuk \| 14 Korneyev \| 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 Dayev \| 14 Chugainov \| 15 Alenichev \| 16 Kerzhakov \| 17 Semak \| 18 Sennikov \| 19 Pimenov \| 20 Izmailov \| 21 Khokhlov \| 22 Sychev \| 23 Filimonov \| Coach: Romantsev