Aleksandr Mostovoi
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| Full name | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi | |
| Date of birth | August 22, 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union | |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
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| CSKA Moscow | ||
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1991 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1996 1996-2004 2005 |
Spartak Moscow Benfica Caen Strasbourg Celta Vigo Alaves |
106 (34) 17 (2) 15 (3) 65 (16) 259 (66) 1 (1) |
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| 1991-1992 1992 1992-2004 |
USSR CIS Russia |
15 (3) 2 (-) 50 (10) |
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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мостовой) (born August 22, 1968 in Saint Petersburg, USSR), known as "The Czar", is a former Russian attacking midfielder, who earned fame playing for Celta Vigo in Spain.
Mostovoi has graduated the college as electricity expert and sport academy in Moscow provides coach with university education. Alexander Mostovoi has been married twice. The first wife in 1991 was a citizen of Portugal. Mostovoi is also a citizen of Portugal. Second wife of the football player, Stefani was the French, 2 kids.
Mostovoi began his club career in the Soviet Elite League with Spartak Moscow in 1987 and played with the club until 1991. He moved to Portugal's Benfica in 1992, and played one season there, then one season for France's Caen and two for Strasbourg. Mostovoi's big break came when he signed for Celta Vigo in 1996. His creative play and key goals made him a cult figure at Balaidos as the club rose to near the top of La Liga standings year after year. However, Mostovoi couldn't help the freefall that hit Celta in the 2003-04 season, knocking it down to the Segunda División. He moved to Deportivo Alavés for the second half of 2004-2005 season, after which he retired.
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[edit] The Tsar of Balaídos
In 1996 Mostovoi moved to Celta Vigo from Strasbourg for 325 million pesetas (circa 1,950,000 euros), and made his debut for the Galician side in a 2-0 home defeat against Real Betis.
[edit] National Team
Mostovoi played for both the Soviet national team (three goals in 15 caps) and the Russian national team (10 goals in 50 caps). He is known for his temper, and has had trouble with coaches, which led to Mostovoi being sent off the team by Georgi Yartsev during Russia's trip to Euro 2004. He played in the Euro 96 and the 1994 World Cup. He was a squad member for the 2002 tournament, but he did not play due to injury.
Mostovoi's exclusion from the Euro 2004 Russia squad was made by Georgi Yartsev after Russia's loss to Spain with the score 0:1. Supposedly, Mostovoi talked with the media after the match and gave an interview saying that Yartsev was not a good coach and did not understand anything. This was proven false, after Mostovoi recently gave an interview and explained what happened 2 years ago at the European Championship. Mostovoi merely said that Yartsev overworked the players during practice, so that they didn't have the necessary energy to play well in matches. Yartsev, however, believed Mostovoi was lying that he knew nothing about the insults of Yartsev, and the coach sent home one of the most experienced Russian players. Morale dropped after Yartsev's rage, and Russia lost to Portugal in the next match.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
Spartak Moscow
- Soviet Top League: 1987, 1989
Benfica
- SuperLiga: 1994
- Taça de Portugal: 1992
Celta Vigo
- Intertoto Cup: 2000
- Copa del Rey
- Runners Up: 2001
[edit] External links
- Bio at Rusteam (Russian)
- Alexander Mostovoi's international record on RSSSF
- Aleksandr Mostovoi's career stats
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