Valery Karpin

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Karpin
Personal information
Full name	Valery Georgievich Karpin
Date of birth	February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02) (age 39)
Place of birth	Narva, Estonian SSR, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right-Winger
Club information
Current club	Coruxo CF
Number	8
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1988 1988 1989 1990-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2002 2002-2005 2007-present	Sport Tallinn CSKA Moscow Fakel Voronezh Spartak Moscow Real Sociedad Valencia CF Celta Vigo Real Sociedad Coruxo FC	25 (1) 3 (0) 25 (7) 116 (29) 72 (16) 36 (6) 168 (26) 107 (20)
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 proffecional Russian football midfielder but he still currently plays semi-proffecional football. 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. ^[1]

[edit] Club career

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. He returned to football in 2007 to play for Coruxo FC in the Tercera División, the fourth tier of the Spanish league pyramid. He made his debut for the new club in a goalless draw against Racing de Ferrol.

[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.

[edit] After Football

In 2007 Karpin became the holder of road cycling team Karpin-Galicia. He also owns a real estate company with former Celta Vigo teammate Michel Salgado.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

• Spartak Moscow
  • Russian Top Division: 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Russian Cup: 1992

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Valery Karpin on RSSSF-site
• All goals and career in Spain

v • d • e 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 Korneev • 15 Radchenko • 16 Kharine • 17 Tsymbalar • 18 Onopko • 19 Mostovoi • 20 Lediakhov • 21 Khlestov • 22 Yuran • Coach: Sadyrin

v • d • e Russia squad - UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharine • 2 Tetradze • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Tsymbalar • 5 Kovtun • 6 Karpin • 7 Onopko • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Kolyvanov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Kiriakov • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Bushmanov • 14 Dobrovolski • 15 Shalimov • 16 Simutenkov • 17 Beschastnykh • 18 Yanovskiy • 19 Radimov • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Ovchinnikov • Coach: Romantsev

v • d • e 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