Valeri Karpin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Narva, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Sport Tallinn | 25 | (1) |
| 1988 | CSKA Moscow | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | Fakel Voronezh | 25 | (7) |
| 1990–1994 | Spartak Moscow | 116 | (29) |
| 1994–1996 | Real Sociedad | 72 | (16) |
| 1996–1997 | Valencia | 36 | (6) |
| 1997–2002 | Celta Vigo | 168 | (26) |
| 2002–2005 | Real Sociedad | 107 | (20) |
| Total | 552 | (105) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | CIS | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–2003 | Russia | 72 | (17) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2012 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| 2012–2014 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mallorca | ||
| 2015–2016 | Torpedo Armavir | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Valeri Georgievich Karpin (Russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian professional association football manager and a former player who played as midfielder. He was primarily a right midfielder. He currently works as the editor-in-chief of football broadcasts with Match TV.
At 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). He retired at the end of the 2004–05 season with Real Sociedad.
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 17 August 1992. Karpin played for Russia at the 1994 World Cup, Euro 96, and the 2002 World Cup.
In 2003, he took up Estonian citizenship, keeping the Russian one. In August 2008, Karpin was named as Director General of Spartak Moscow, replacing Sergei Shavlo. In April 2009, following a poor run of results, he replaced Michael Laudrup as caretaker manager of the club. On 18 April 2011, Karpin declared resignation from his position following one of the worse starts in club history. Eventually, he continued working as a manager up to the end of 2011-12 season.
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