Vladimir Volkov

Vladimir Volkov

Volkov playing for Montenegro in 2012
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Volkov
Date of birth6 June 1986
Place of birthBelgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionLeft back, left winger
Club information
Current team
Partizan
Number3
Youth career
Radnički Beograd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005Grafičar Beograd25(0)
2005–2006Železničar Beograd16(0)
2006–2008BSK Borča54(12)
2008Portimonense (loan)3(0)
2008–2009OFK Beograd5(0)
2009–2011Sheriff45(13)
2011–Partizan73(6)
National team
2011Serbia1(0)
2012–Montenegro16(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2013

Vladimir Volkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Partizan and the Montenegrin national team.

Club career

Early career

Volkov started playing football in youth categories of FK Radnički Beograd when he was seven years old.[1] Later, already as a senior, he played for FK BSK Borča from 2006 to early 2008, when he was moved to Portimonense. After that, Volkov spent the first part of the 2008–09 season with OFK Beograd, before moving to Moldovan champions FC Sheriff in 2009.

Partizan

Volkov was transferred to FK Partizan before the end of the 2010–11 season, signing a three-year contract on 14 May 2011.[2] He quickly established himself as first choice of coaches Aleksandar Stanojević and Avram Grant mostly because of his good games in qualification stages of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

International career

On 4 November 2011, the caretaker of the Serbian national team Radovan Ćurčić, called-up Volkov for two friendly matches against Mexico and Honduras. He debuted on 15 November, playing the full match against Honduras.[3]

Under new FIFA rules, a player who has dual citizenship and has played only one match for one of the two countries can change the decision to play for the other national team. As the Serbian national team "showed no interest", Volkov accepted Brnović's call to join the Montenegrin national team.[4] On 25 May 2012, Volkov made a debut for the Montenegrin national team as a starter in a friendly match against Belgium.[5]

Personal life

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Vladimir's paternal great-grandparents migrated from Russia to Serbia in 1917. Besides his native Serbian, he also speaks English, Portuguese and Russian.[6]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheriff 2008–09 11000011
2009–10 28860100448
2010–11 16410112286
Total 4513702127315
Partizan 2011–12 2112051282
2012–13 12120100241
Total 33240151523
Career total 781520036313418

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol
Partizan Belgrade

References

  1. Vladimir Volkov at Reprezentacija.rs
  2. "Volkov zvanično predstavljen" (in Serbian). b92.net. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. "Volkov ubeđen da je odlično debitovao" (in Serbian). smedia.rs. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/214381/Volkov-Igracu-za-Crnu-Goru-jer-u-Srbiji-nisu-zainteresovani-za-mene
  5. Remi u Briselu at FSCG.co.me
  6. http://www.moldfootball.com/?index=news&news=4134&print=on

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