Valery Karpin
Karpin coaching Rostov in 2022
Personal information
Full name Valery Georgiyevich Karpin
Date of birth (1969-02-02) 2 February 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Narva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Estonia)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right 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 Spartak Moscow (caretaker)
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 FC Rostov and the Russian national team.

He is a former midfielder, primarily a right midfielder. As a player, he is most prominent for his time playing for Spartak Moscow, Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo. Karpin is a citizen of Russia,[1] Estonia[2] and Spain.[3]

Club career

At club level, Karpin played for Fakel Voronezh (1989), Spartak Moscow (1990–94), Real Sociedad (1994–96 and 2002–05), Valencia CF (1996–97), and Celta Vigo (1997–2002). He retired at the end of the 2004–05 season with Real Sociedad.[4]

International career

For the Russia national team, Karpin was capped 72 times, scoring 17 goals (he was also capped once for the CIS). He scored Russia's first goal after the breakup of the Soviet Union, in a 2–0 win against Mexico on 17 August 1992. Karpin played for Russia at the 1994 World Cup, Euro 1996, and the 2002 World Cup. In 2003, he won Cyprus International Football Tournaments when Russia beat Romania.[5]

Managerial career

In August 2008, Karpin was named as Director General of Spartak Moscow, replacing Sergei Shavlo. In April 2009, following a poor run of results, he replaced Michael Laudrup as caretaker manager of the club. On 18 April 2011, Karpin declared resignation from his position following one of the worse starts in club history. Eventually, he continued working as a manager up to the end of 2011–12 season.[6]

After the sacking of the newly appointed manager Unai Emery on 25 November 2012, Karpin took the responsibility of caretaker manager up until the end of the year. He later officially became the team's coach again and was not the caretaker anymore.[7]

On 18 March 2014, Karpin was relieved from his duties, after exiting the Russian Cup to third division FC Tosno and drawing with top flight's bottom side FC Anzhi Makhachkala.[8] On 12 August 2014, he was appointed at the helm of RCD Mallorca.[9]

He joined FC Torpedo Armavir for the 2015–16 season after it was newly promoted to FNL. Under his management, the team (by then renamed to FC Armavir) was relegated back to the third-tier PFL, and on 23 June 2016, he left the club "by mutual consent".[10]

On 19 December 2017, Karpin was announced as the new manager of FC Rostov on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[11]

Russia National Team

On 23 July 2021, Russian Football Union hired him as manager of the Russia national football team until 31 December 2021 (for the duration of the World Cup qualification campaign). He was expected to continue coaching FC Rostov at the same time until that date. The contract has an option to be extended beyond that date.[12] 10 days later, after just two games coaching both Rostov and national team, on 2 August 2021 he left Rostov by mutual consent.[13]

Russia under Karpin qualified for the second round of World Cup qualifiers after finishing second in their group. However, on 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from international competition until further notice, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14] On 10 March 2022, Karpin extended his contract with the national team until the end of 2022, and also returned to the manager position at FC Rostov.[15] Russian Football Union president Aleksandr Dyukov clarified that Karpin would have to leave Rostov and focus on the national team job in case RFU's pending appeal of the disqualification to CAS is successful or disqualification is lifted otherwise.[16] He was selected coach of the month by Russian Premier League for April 2022[17] and again for September 2022[18] and November 2022.[19]

On 5 November 2022, Karpin extended his contract as the national team manager to 1 August 2024, with the suspension from international competitions still in place.[20]

TV career

In 2016, he started working as analyst with Match TV. On 16 February 2017, he was appointed editor-in-chief of football broadcasts for the channel.[21] He left the channel on 24 July 2017.[22]

Personal life

Karpin has four daughters named Veronika (born in 1990),[23] Maria (born 23 February 1996), Valeria (born 18 February 2001) and Daria (born 4 September 2018). Since 2017, Karpin is married to an English teacher, singer, and amateur skater Daria Gordeeva (before that he was married twice).[24] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acquired citizenship of Estonia, where he was born, as well as that of Russia, by descent.[25] He later also received Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for several years.[26]

In 2022, Karpin opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27]

Retirement

Valery Karpin in 2009

In 2007 Karpin became the holder of road bicycle racing team Karpin–Galicia. He also owns a real estate company with former Celta Vigo team-mate Míchel Salgado.[28]

In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.[29]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sport Tallinn 1986 Soviet Second League 10 1 – – 10 1
1987 15 0 – – 15 0
Total 25 1 – – 25 1
CSKA Moscow 1988 Soviet First League 3 0 – 3 0
Fakel Voronezh 1989 Soviet First League 27 7 – 27 7
Spartak Moscow 1990 Soviet Top League 21 0 0 0 21 0
1991 28 3 8[a] 0 36 3
1992 Russian Top League 25 7 4[b] 1 29 8
1993 30 13 8[a] 4 38 17
1994 12 5 10[a] 5 22 10
Total 116 28 30 10 146 38
Real Sociedad 1994–95 La Liga 35 3 3 0 – 38 3
1995–96 37 13 2 1 – 39 14
Total 72 16 5 1 – 77 17
Valencia 1996–97 La Liga 36 6 2 0 8[c] 0 46 6
Celta Vigo 1997–98 La Liga 37 4 5 1 – 42 5
1998–99 34 8 2 0 7[c] 1 43 9
1999–2000 34 6 2 0 10[c] 5 46 11
2000–01 30 5 6 1 13[c] 3 49 9
2001–02 33 3 2 0 3[c] 2 38 5
Total 168 26 17 2 33 11 218 39
Real Sociedad 2002–03 La Liga 36 8 1 0 – 37 8
2003–04 38 7 0 0 8[a] 0 46 7
2004–05 34 5 0 0 0 0 34 5
Total 108 20 1 0 8 0 117 20
Career total 555 104 25+ 10 75 18 655+ 132
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in European Cup/UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[30]
National team Year Apps Goals
CIS 1992 1 0
Total 1 0
Russia 1992 3 1
1993 6 0
1994 6 1
1995 8 3
1996 12 4
1997 2 0
1998 5 0
1999 9 6
2000 4 1
2001 9 0
2002 7 1
2003 1 0
Total 72 17

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 August 1992 RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia  Mexico 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 12 October 1994 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  San Marino 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3. 16 August 1995 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 2–0 6–0
9. 10 November 1996 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 4–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. 27 March 1999 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
11. 2–0
12. 5 June 1999 Stade de France, Paris, France  France 3–2 3–2
13. 9 June 1999 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Iceland 1–0 1–0
14. 4 September 1999 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Armenia 2–0 2–0
15. 9 October 1999  Ukraine 1–0 1–1
17. 5 June 2002 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan  Tunisia 2–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of match played 9 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Spartak Moscow 16 April 2009 18 March 2014 161 80 36 45 049.69
Mallorca 12 August 2014 10 February 2015 25 7 6 12 028.00
Torpedo Armavir 10 July 2015 23 June 2016 40 11 10 19 027.50
Rostov 19 December 2017 2 August 2021 111 42 29 40 037.84
Russia 23 July 2021 Present 18 9 7 2 050.00
Rostov 10 March 2022 Present 74 33 20 21 044.59
Total 429 182 108 139 042.42

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Celta

Individual

References

  1. ^ (in Russian) Кружков А. Валерий Карпин: «Живи и радуйся!» – Sport-Express. 31 May 2005.
    - Летом 2003–го вы получили эстонский паспорт. Российское гражданство при этом сохранилось?
    - Разумеется.
  2. ^ (in Russian) Кружков А. Валерий Карпин: «Живи и радуйся!» – Sport-Express. 31 May 2005.
    - Летом 2003–го вы получили эстонский паспорт. Российское гражданство при этом сохранилось?
    - Разумеется.
  3. ^ "Валерий Карпин". uznayvse.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Спецрепортаж! Валерий Карпин. Уходя ухожу…". profootball.ua (in Russian). 31 March 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Cyprus International Tournament 2003".
  6. ^ "Карпин покинул пост главного тренера "Спартака"". www.sport-express.ru (in Russian). 18 April 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Спартак": Карпин – главный тренер (in Russian). 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ^ Spartak part company with Karpin. UEFA.com (18 March 2014). Retrieved on 14 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Valeri Karpin nuevo entrenador del RCD Mallorca" [Valeri Karpin new manager of RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). Mallorca's official website. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ^ Карпин покидает «Армавир» (in Russian). FC Armavir. 23 June 2016.
  11. ^ Валерий Карпин – новый главный тренер ФК Ростов. fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). FC Rostov. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Валерий Карпин – новый главный тренер сборной России" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 23 July 2021.
  13. ^ "ВАЛЕРИЙ КАРПИН ПОКИДАЕТ ПОСТ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА "РОСТОВА" ПО СОГЛАШЕНИЮ СТОРОН" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022.
  15. ^ "ВАЛЕРИЙ КАРПИН – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФУТБОЛЬНОГО КЛУБА "РОСТОВ"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rostov. 10 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Совмещение Карпина в "Ростове" и сборной прекратят, когда Россия вернется в международные турниры" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  17. ^ "ИЗИДОР, КАРПИН И ЩЕТИНИН – ЛУЧШИЕ В АПРЕЛЕ!" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Валерий Карпин – Winline лучший тренер сентября!" [Valery Karpin – Winline coach of September!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Валерий Карпин – Winline лучший тренер ноября!" [Valery Karpin is the Winline coach of November!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 27 November 2022.
  20. ^ "РФС продлил контракт с Валерием Карпиным" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 5 November 2022.
  21. ^ Карпин — главный редактор футбольных трансляций «Матч ТВ» (in Russian). Match TV. 16 February 2017.
  22. ^ Валерий Карпин прекратил работу на телеканале "Матч ТВ". R-Sport. 24 July 2017.
  23. ^ От Карреры до Романцева. Чем занимаются дети звездных спортсменов в соцсетях. Sovsport.ru. 25 January 2017.
  24. ^ Валерий Карпин женился. Sportbox. 10 June 2017.
  25. ^ (in Russian) Кружков А. Валерий Карпин: «Живи и радуйся!» – Sport-Express. 31 May 2005.
    - Летом 2003–го вы получили эстонский паспорт. Российское гражданство при этом сохранилось?
    - Разумеется.
  26. ^ ""Теперь я буду клоуном". Что мы знаем о Валерии Карпине, который возглавляет сборную России". sportkp.ru (in Russian). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  27. ^ ""Не держусь за место и готов к увольнению"". Meduza (in Russian). 2 April 2023.
  28. ^ ""Я чувствовал эйфорию". Как Валерий Карпин строил бизнес в Испании". www.vedomosti.ru (in Russian). 12 November 2021.
  29. ^ "Международный футбольный турнир "Кубок Легенд"". ria.ru (in Russian). 5 February 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  30. ^ Valery Georgievich Karpin – International Appearances. Rsssf.com (31 July 2008). Retrieved on 14 July 2017.
  31. ^ "Смертин - Лидер Сборной-2004".

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