Valery Karpin

"Karpin" redirects here. For other uses, see Karpin (disambiguation).

Valery Karpin

Personal information
Full name	Valeri Georgievich Karpin
Date of birth	2 February 1969 (1969-02-02)
Place of birth	Narva, Estonia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	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)
National team
1992	CIS	1	(0)
1992–2003	Russia	72	(17)
Teams managed
2008–	Spartak Moscow (Chief executive)
2009–	Spartak Moscow
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Georgievich and the family name is Karpin.

Valeri Georgievich Karpin (Russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; Estonian: Valeri Karpin) (born 2 February 1969) is a former Russian professional association footballer who played midfielder and former manager of FC Spartak Moscow. In 2003 he took up Estonian citizenship, keeping the Russian one.

Playing career

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.

Russia/CIS

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.

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USSR			League		Cup		Continental		Total
1986	Sport Tallinn	Soviet Second League	10	1	-	-	-	-	10	1
1987			15	0	-	-	-	-	15	0
1988	CSKA Moscow	Soviet First League	3	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
1989	Fakel Voronezh	Soviet First League	27	7	-	-	-	-	27	7
1990	Spartak Moscow	Soviet Top League	21	0	-	-	0	0	21	0
1991			28	3	-	-	8	0	36	3
Russia			League		Russian Cup		Europe		Total
1992	Spartak Moscow	Russian Top League	25	7	-	-	4	1	29	8
1993			30	13	-	-	8	4	38	17
1994			12	5	-	-	0	0	12	5
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
1994–95	Real Sociedad	Primera Division	35	3	3	0	-	-	38	3
1995–96			37	13	2	1	-	-	39	14
1996–97	Valencia		36	6	2	0	8	0	46	6
1997–98	Celta Vigo		37	4	5	1	-	-	42	5
1998–99			34	8	2	0	7	0	43	8
1999-00			34	6	2	0	10	5	46	11
2000–01			30	5	6	1	9	1	45	7
2001–02			33	3	2	0	3	2	38	5
2002–03	Real Sociedad		36	8	1	0	-	-	37	8
2003–04			38	7	0	0	8	0	46	7
2004–05			34	5	0	0	0	0	34	5
Total	USSR		104	11	-	-	8	0	112	11
	Russia		67	25	-	-	12	5	80	30
	Spain		384	68	25	3	45	8	454	79
Career total			555	104	25	3	65	13	645	120

International

Soviet Union national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	1	0
Total	1	0

Russia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	3	1
1993	6	0
1994	6	1
1995	8	3
1996	12	4
1997	2	0
1998	5	0
1999	9	6
2000	4	1
2001	9	0
2002	7	1
2003	1	0
Total	72	17

Managerial career

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 resigned from his position following one of the worse starts in club history. He retained his position as club director during the club's search for his replacement.

Retirement

Valery Karpin in 2009.

In 2007 Karpin became the holder of road bicycle racing team Karpin-Galicia. He also owns a real estate company with former Celta Vigo team-mate Michel Salgado.

In 2009 he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

Honours

Club

• Spartak Moscow
  • Russian Top Division: 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Russian Cup: 1992
• Celta Vigo
  • Intertoto Cup: 2000

External links

• Valery Karpin on RSSSF-site
• All goals and career in Spain
• Valery Karpin – FIFA competition record
• http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6019