| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991 | Zvezda Moscow | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Spartak Moscow | 62 | (35) |
| 1994–1996 | Werder Bremen | 56 | (11) |
| 1996–2001 | Racing Santander | 140 | (28) |
| 2001–2002 | Spartak Moscow | 42 | (21) |
| 2002–2003 | Fenerbahçe | 12 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Kuban | 21 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo Moscow | 21 | (4) |
| 2005 | FC Oryol | 22 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Khimki | 42 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | Volga Tver | 8 | (0) |
| 2008 | FC Astana | 25 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2003 | Russia[1][2] | 71 | (26) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Бесчастных) (born 1 April 1974 in Moscow, the former Soviet Union) is a retired association footballer who played forward. He is the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team and the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup.
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His club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar. In the 2004–05 season he played for FC Orel in Russia's First Liga (second-level division after Premier Liga).
During his stint with Werder Bremen, in a match against Bayer Uerdingen, Beschastnykh received a kick in the testicles from Helmut Rahner, which became the subject of an Internet meme.
On 15 December 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 the Russian championship.
In May 2007, FC Khimki released Beschastnykh. After playing for Kazakh Premier League side FC Astana in 2008, he retired from playing.
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.
He is currently studying to become a coach in the Moscow's Higher Coach School.
His identical twin Mikhail Beschastnykh also played football professionally.
| Club | Season | League | Cup / Super Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Spartak | 1992 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| 1993 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 19 | |
| 1994 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 12 | |
| Werder Bremen | 1994–95 | 29 | 10 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 |
| 1995–96 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |
| 1996–97 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Racing | 1996–97 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10 |
| 1997–98 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | |
| 1998–99 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | |
| 1999-00 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 2000–01 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Spartak | 2001 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 |
| 2002 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 14 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 2002–03 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Kuban | 2003 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Dynamo M | 2004 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
| Oryol | 2005 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Khimki | 2006 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Volga | 2007 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Astana | 2008 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Career | Total | 453 | 124 | 45/1 | 18/1 | 35 | 7 | 534 | 150 |
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