Valery Kechinov

Valery Viktorovich Kechinov (Russian: Валерий Викторович Кечинов; born 5 August 1974) is a former Russia international footballer, who spent the majority of his playing career at Spartak Moscow.

Valery Kechinov
Personal information
Full name Valery Viktorovich Kechinov
Date of birth (1974-08-05) 5 August 1974
Place of birth Tashkent, Soviet Union
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Number –
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Pakhtakor Tashkent 38 (30)
1993–2000 Spartak Moscow 115 (36)
2001 Saturn 24 (9)
2002–2004 Shinnik Yaroslavl 54 (11)
National team
1992 Uzbekistan 3 (0)
1994–1998 Russia 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Kechinov was born in Uzbekistan and started his professional career at local Pakhtakor, with whom he won the Uzbek League title, before moving to Moscow. With Spartak, Kechinov won six Russian Premier League titles and one Cup.

In 2001, after falling out with Oleg Romantsev, Kechinov spent almost entire season on the bench and at the end of the season signed a deal with Saturn Ramenskoe. Kechinov wasn't the only player to have problems with the Spartak management at that time, earlier other star players such as Ilia Tsymbalar, Andrey Tikhonov, Sergey Yuran, Ramiz Mamedov and Evgeniy Bushmanov were forced to leave the team for similar reasons.

After a brief spell at Saturn, Kechinov moved to Shinnik, where he spent the next three years of his career, until retiring in 2004.

Managing career

He worked as Spartak Moscow reserve coach in 2006–2008, assisting Miroslav Romaschenko. In June 2008, Romaschenko left to manage Tom Tomsk, and Kechinov followed him to an assistant manager role. He was fired from Tom along with Romaschenko on 4 September 2008 after a string of bad results.

Career statistics

International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 April 1995 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Faroe Islands
1–0
3–0
 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2 30 April 1997 Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Luxembourg
1–0
3–0
 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Player
Pakhtakor
Spartak

Individual

Manager
Spartak
  • Russian Reserve Championship winner (2): 2006, 2007
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