Yuri Nikolayevich Kalitvintsev (born May 5, 1968) is a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Russian championships from 1992 to 1994, including the 1994 season for Nizhny Novgorod's Lokomotiv. He has been a citizen of Ukraine since January 1, 1995.[1]
Career
In his club career, Kalitvintsev played for Rotor (Volgograd), SKA (Rostov-on-Don), Dynamo (Moscow), Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod), Dynamo (Kyiv), the Turkish club Trabzonspor, and CSKA (Kyiv).[1] He is 181 cm tall and weighs 73 kg.[2]
The midfielder spent three seasons in the Russian championships — 1992, 1993, and 1994 — and played a total of 66 matches, scoring 16 goals. He spent the first two seasons with Moscow's Dynamo: in 1992, 22 matches and 5 goals; in 1993, 26 matches and 3 goals. Kalitvintsev also played three more matches for Dynamo at the start of the 1994 season, after which he moved to Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod), where he played 18 matches and scored 8 goals.[1]
Counting cup and European cup games for Russian clubs at the top level, Kalitvintsev played a total of 80 matches and scored 19 goals. These include the 1992 UEFA Cup match between Dynamo (Moscow) and Benfica (Lisbon), which ended 2–2 and in which he also took part.[2]
At Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
In the 1994 season, Kalitvintsev became one of the most productive players of Nizhny Novgorod's Lokomotiv in the Russian championship, scoring 8 goals in 18 matches. Among his goals were those in the away match against Moscow's Dynamo (3–4, July 28, 1994), and in home games against Dynamo (Stavropol), Lokomotiv (Moscow), KamAZ, and CSKA.[2] In a cup match the same year against Gazovik-Gazprom (Izhevsk), he scored twice.[2]
Sources
- 100bombardirov.ru — 100 Bombardirov (100 Top Scorers) — Russian Championship — Yuri Kalitvintsev
- bombarder.narod.ru — 100 Bombardirov (100 Top Scorers) — Yuri Kalitvintsev: all goals for Russian teams