Vladimir Beschastnykh

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh (Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian football manager and a former player who played as forward. He is an assistant coach with Rodina Moscow.

From 1992 to 2003, he played 71 internationals, and featured at two World Cups and Euro 96. With 26 goals, was the all-time goal leader for the Russian national team until surpassed by Aleksandr Kerzhakov in September 2014. He is also the record goalscorer in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, with 20 goals for FC Spartak Moscow.

Club career
Beschastnykh's club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar. In the 2004–05 season he played for Oryol in the Russian First Division (second-level division after Premier Liga).

On 15 December 2005, Beschastnykh signed up with another First Division club – Khimki, a well-funded football team from a Moscow suburb, competing for a place in the upper echelon of the Russian championship.

In May 2007, Khimki released Beschastnykh. After playing for Kazakh Premier League side Astana in 2008, he retired from playing.

International career
For Russia, Beschastnykh scored 26 goals in 71 caps, his first coming in 1992. Until Aleksandr Kerzhakov surpassed him in September 2014, he was the top goalscorer for the Russian national team. One of these goals came in the 2002 World Cup against Belgium; Beschastnykh also played in the 1994 edition of the tournament, as well as at Euro 96.He became the winner Cyprus International Football Tournament 2003

Coaching career
On 16 October 2019, he was appointed manager of Russian Football National League club Fakel Voronezh, with the team in last place in the table. He left Fakel on 5 September 2020.

Personal life
His identical twin Mikhail Beschastnykh also played football professionally.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Beschastnykh goal.

Honours

 * Russian Championship: 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001
 * Bundesliga: runner-up 1994–95
 * Soviet Cup: 1991–92
 * Russian Cup: 1993–94, 2002–03
 * DFB-Supercup: 1994

Individual
 * CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1994, 2002