Vladimir Volkov

Vladimir Volkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a professional footballer. Born in Serbia, Volkov represented Montenegro internationally.

For the Russian Olympic athlete, see Vladimir Volkov (athlete). For the Russian politician, see Vladimir Volkov (politician).

Vladimir Volkov
Volkov playing for Montenegro in 2012
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Volkov
Date of birth (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back, left winger
Youth career
1993–2004 Radnički Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Grafičar Beograd 25 (0)
2005–2006 Železničar Beograd 16 (0)
2006–2008 BSK Borča 54 (12)
2008 → Portimonense (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2009 OFK Beograd 5 (0)
2009–2011 Sheriff Tiraspol 45 (13)
2011–2015 Partizan 66 (8)
2015–2016 KV Mechelen 13 (0)
2016 → Lech Poznań (loan) 7 (0)
2017 Radnički Niš 6 (0)
2017–2018 Rad 26 (5)
2018 Ermis Aradippou 3 (0)
2019 Rad 7 (2)
2019–2020 Borac Banja Luka 17 (0)
National team
2011 Serbia 1 (0)
2012–2015 Montenegro 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Serbian capital Belgrade,[1] back then still Yugoslav capital, Volkov started playing football in youth categories of FK Radnički Beograd when he was seven years old.[2] Later, already as a senior, he played for FK BSK Borča from 2006 to early 2008, when he was moved to Portimonense. After that, Volkov spent the first part of the 2008–09 season with OFK Beograd, before moving to Moldovan champions FC Sheriff in 2009.

Partizan

Volkov was transferred to FK Partizan before the end of the 2010–11 season, signing a three-year contract on 14 May 2011.[3] He quickly established himself as first choice of coaches Aleksandar Stanojević and Avram Grant mostly because of his good games in qualification stages of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

Mechelen

In summer 2015, Volkov signed a two-year deal with Belgian side KV Mechelen.[4] He was officially presented the following day and was given the number 3 shirt.

Lech Poznań

On 30 January 2016 he was loaned to Lech Poznań on a half-year deal.[5]

Radnički Niš

On 13 January 2017, Volkov signed with Radnički Niš.[6] The official presentation was on January 17 at club media-center, where Volkov, Anid Travančić and Ryota Noma were presented as the first signings of the winter-break and crucial reinforcements of Radnički for the second half of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga.[1] Deal was terminated after Volkov suffered big injury.

FK Rad

In mid January 2019, Volkov joined FK Rad.[7]

International career

On 4 November 2011, the caretaker of the Serbian national team Radovan Ćurčić, called-up Volkov for two friendly matches against Mexico and Honduras. He debuted on 15 November, playing the full match against Honduras.[8]

Under new FIFA rules, a player who has dual citizenship and has played only one match for one of the two countries can change the decision to play for the other national team. As the Serbian national team "showed no interest", Volkov accepted Brnović's call to join the Montenegrin national team.[9] On 25 May 2012, Volkov made a debut for the Montenegrin national team as a starter in a friendly match against Belgium.[10] He earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.[11] His final international was a September 2015 European Championship qualification match against Liechtenstein.[12]

Personal life

Born in Belgrade, Volkov grown up in the urban municipality New Belgrade alongside with Pavle Ninkov and Ivan Čvorović. As a coincidence, all of them represented different national teams.[13] Vladimir's paternal great-grandparents migrated from Russia to Serbia in 1917. Besides his native Serbian, he also speaks English, Portuguese and Russian.[14] As of 2017, he is in a relationship with Serbian singer Sandra Afrika.[15]

Career statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grafičar Beograd 2004–05 25000—250
Železničar Beograd 2005–06 16000—160
Sheriff 2008–09 11000011
2009–10 28860100448
2010–11 16410112286
Total 4513702127315
Partizan 2011–12 2112051282
2012–13 12120100241
2013–14 2521031293
2014–15 1844090314
Total 6689027210310
K.V. Mechelen 2015–16 13020—150
Lech Poznań (Loan) 2015–16 70110081
Radnički Niš 2016–17 6000—60
Rad 2017–18 26520—285
Ermis Aradippou 2018–19 3000—30
Career total 2172630148428131

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Partizan

References
  1. RADNIČKI PREDSTAVIO POJAČANJA at FK Radnički Niš official website, 17-1-2017 (in Serbian)
  2. Vladimir Volkov at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. "Volkov zvanično predstavljen" (in Serbian). b92.net. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. "Volkov u Belgiji!" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. "Volkov piłkarzem mistrza Polski" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. Волков потписао за Раднички (in Serbian). FK Radnički Niš. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  7. UFFICIALE: Due terzini per il Rad. Presi Stevic e il rientrante Volkov, calcioslavo.it, 23 January 2019
  8. "Volkov ubeđen da je odlično debitovao" (in Serbian). smedia.rs. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  9. "Volkov: Igraću za Crnu Goru jer u Srbiji nisu zainteresovani za mene" [Volkov: I will play for Montenegro because they are not interested in me in Serbia]. Blic (in Croatian). 10 May 2012.
  10. Remi u Briselu at FSCG.co.me
  11. "Montenegro - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  12. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  13. Petrović, Neša (30 September 2017). "Vladimir Volkov: Strah od letenja, Sale me zezao". mondo.rs. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  14. http://www.moldfootball.com/?index=news&news=4134&print=on
  15. http://mondo.rs/a1030685/Zabava/Zvezde-i-tracevi/Sandra-Afrika-i-Vladimir-Volkov-u-vezi-pevacica-potvrdila-da-je-godinu-dana-u-vezi-s-fudbalerom.html
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