Vitaly 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) |
| * 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 |
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Vitali Vladimirovich Kutuzov (Belarusian: Віталь Кутузаў, born 20 March 1980 in Pinsk) is a retired Belarusian football striker.
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 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. He was loaned to newly promoted Serie B side Pisa on July 2007. He returned to Parma during the summer of 2008.
In January 2009, he left for A.S. Bari.
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