Vitali Kutuzov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitali Vladimirovich Kutuzov | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Pinsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | RUOR Minsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | RUOR Minsk | 52 | (29) |
| 1998–2001 | BATE Borisov | 99 | (55) |
| 2001–2004 | Milan | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | → Avellino (loan) | 42 | (15) |
| 2004–2006 | Sampdoria | 62 | (7) |
| 2006–2009 | Parma | 20 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Pisa (loan) | 37 | (10) |
| 2009–2012 | Bari | 51 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2001 | Belarus U21 | 24 | (9) |
| 2002–2011 | Belarus | 53 | (13) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2010 | |||
Vitali Vladimirovich Kutuzov (Belarusian: Віталь Кутузаў, born 20 March 1980 in Pinsk) is a retired Belarusian football striker.
Club career
In 2001, he joined Italian side A.C. Milan from BATE Borisov, Belarus. During the half of the season he spent with the team he failed to establish himself in the first team, playing only two games.
For 2002–03 football season he was loaned to Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon. He played 30 games for them and scored 7 goals, including games in UEFA Cup and the domestic cup.
For the following, 2003–04 season he was again loaned, this time to the Italian Serie B side Avellino. Kutuzov established himself as one of the most important players of the side and a fan-favourite. He played 43 games, scoring 15 goals. Despite his efforts, the team was relegated to Serie C1.
After his successful season in Serie B, he was noticed by the Serie A side U.C. Sampdoria. The club bought half of the rights for the footballer from A.C. Milan in 2004 for €1.5 million[1] and signed him until 2008. In the 2004–05 season he played in 32 games (14 times in starting line-up, totaling 1,604 minutes) and scored 4 goals.
On 20 June 2006, F.C. Parma bought the full rights on Kutuzov from Sampdoria (and in earlier Sampdoria bought Milan's half for €1 million). He signed a three-year contract with them.[2] He was loaned to newly promoted Serie B side Pisa on July 2007.[3] He returned to Parma during the summer of 2008.
In January 2009, he left for A.S. Bari.
International career
Kutuzov has over 50 caps for the Belarus national football team. On 17 April 2002, he made his debut for the national side, contributing 2 goals in the 5:2 away win over Hungary in a friendly match.[4]
International goals
Honours
BATE Borisov
- Belarusian Premier League champion: 1999
Sporting CP
- Portuguese Super Cup: winner 2002
References
- ↑ "AC Milan 2006 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). ca. April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2011. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Kutuzov accepts Parma's call". UEFA.com. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "Preso Kutuzov: oggi la presentazione" (in Italian). Pisa Calcio. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ↑ Все матчи сборной Беларуси (1992–2011) (PDF). Belarus Football Federation (in Russian). 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.