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Viktor Kolotov

Summary

Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000[1]) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Viktor Kolotov
Viktor Kolotov in 1975
Personal information
Full name Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov
Date of birth (1949-07-03)3 July 1949
Place of birth Yudino, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union (now part of Kazan, Russia)
Date of death 3 January 2000(2000-01-03) (aged 50)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1958 Lokomotiv Yudino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Chaika Zelenodolsk
1968 Trudovye Rezervy Kazan
1968–1970 Rubin Kazan 69 (15)
1971–1981 Dynamo Kyiv 218 (62)
International career
1970–1978 USSR 54 (22)
1979 Ukraine
Managerial career
1984–1992 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1993 Borysfen Boryspil
1995–1996 Ukraine U21
1996–1997 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1998–1999 Ukraine U21
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team competition
UEFA European Championship
Silver medal – second place European Championship 1972
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was born in the settlement of Yudino, Kazan municipality. Today the settlement is included in the Kirov Raion of Kazan city. After becoming a coach he extended his welcomed stay in Kyiv. Together with Dynamo Kyiv he became the four-time champion of the USSR as well as the two-time holder of the USSR Cup. Also in Europe he participated in the memorable 1976–1975 season when Dynamo Kyiv conquered the Cup Winner's Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Kolotov was also a European vice-champion (1972).

In 1979, Kolotov played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[2]

Career statistics for Dynamo Kyiv edit

Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 1971 25 10 - - - - - - 25 10
1972 26 11 4 0 6 0 - - 36 11
1973 23 6 6 6 5 2 - - 34 14
1974 28 7 4 0 9 2 - - 41 9
1975 25 12 1 1 4 2 - - 30 15
1976 (s) 3 0 - - - - - - 3 0
1976 (a) 7 3 - - 2 2 - - 9 5
1977 15 5 - - 2 0 1 0 18 5
1978 23 2 7 1 4 0 - - 34 3
1979 28 5 6 3 6 0 - - 40 8
1980 11 1 1 0 1 0 - - 13 1
1981 4 0 5 0 - - - - 9 0
Total 218 62 34 11 39 8 1 0 292 81
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

Honours edit

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ Как сложилась судьба игроков из чемпионского состава 1975 года
  2. ^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
  3. ^ McCracken, Craig (7 November 2013). "Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies". Beyond The Last Man. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

External links edit

  • RussiaTeam biography
  • Viktor Kolotov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)