Vasili Kulkov

Football player infobox2
playername = Vassily Kulkov
fullname = Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov
height = height|m=1.79
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1966|6|11|df=y
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Russian SFSR
position = Defender/midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Dynamo Moscow
years = 1984-1985 1986-1987 1988 1989-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995 1995 1996 1997 1997-1998 1999 1999-2000 2001
clubs = Dynamo Kashira Krasnaya Presnya Spartak Ordzhonikidze Spartak Moscow SL Benfica FC Porto Spartak Moscow Millwall FC (loan) Spartak Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg Krylia Sovetov Samara FC Alverca FC Shatura
caps(goals) = ? ? ? 75 (4) 53 (6) 24 (2) 12 (0) 6 (0) 6 (0) 41 (2) 7 (0) 19 (0) ?
manageryears =
managerclubs = Lokomotiv Moscow "(assistant coach)"
nationalyears = 1989-1991 1992 1992-1995
nationalteam = USSR CIS Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (0) 1 (0) 21 (5)

Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov ( _ru. Владимир Сергеевич Кульков) (born June 11, 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian football coach and former defender/midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach in FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Club career

From 1984 to 2001, Kulkov played for a host of clubs in Russia, most notably FC Spartak Moscow, from where he left for a Portuguese league stint with SL Benfica (1991-94, where he played with fellow internationals Alexander Mostovoi and Sergei Yuran) and FC Porto (1994-95, joined by Yuran). He also played with Alverca F.C. in 1999-2000.

In 1996, he signed on loan with Millwall F.C. in the English second division, and retired from playing football at 35.

International career

Kulkov made his debut for the USSR on April 26, 1989 in the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier against East Germany. Despite playing regularly for the national team for several years, he did not participate in any major tournament. In 1990 he was not selected for the final stage squad, and missed Euro 1992 (with CIS) and 1996 due to injuries.

Before the 1994 World Cup, several Russia players, including Kulkov, signed a letter demanding that team manager Pavel Sadyrin resign. Sadyrin did not and Kulkov refused to go to the World Cup (he still says he does not regret that decision).

Honours

*Soviet Union League: 1989, runner-up 1991
*Portuguese League: 1994, 1995, runner-up 1992, 1993
*Portuguese Cup: 1993
*Russian Cup: 1999

References

* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/kulkov.html RusTeam profile] ru icon