Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valery Georgiyevich Karpin | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1969 | ||
Place of birth |
Narva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union (now Estonia) | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Rostov, Russia (manager) | ||
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) | |
International career | |||
1992 | CIS | 1 | (0) |
1992–2003 | Russia | 72 | (17) |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2012 | Spartak Moscow | ||
2012–2014 | Spartak Moscow | ||
2014–2015 | Mallorca | ||
2015–2016 | Torpedo Armavir | ||
2017–2021 | FC Rostov | ||
2021– | Russia | ||
2022– | FC Rostov | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (Russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a football manager and former player who manages both Russian Premier League side FC Rostov and the Russian national team.
As a player, he was a midfielder and spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow, Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo. Born in what is now Estonia, he also holds citizenship of Russia and Spain.[1][2]