Viktor Bulatov, sports career

Viktor Bulatov is a footballer who started his career in the Soviet Union. However, he achieved the greatest success already in the Russian championship in the Moscow "Spartak".

Chelyabinsk nugget

Victor Bulatov, whose family lived in one of the poorest districts of Chelyabinsk, was born in 1972. In this city, the boy began to play football. With the team of the Chelyabinsk boarding school, he participated in All-Russian competitions. After the tournament in Kaliningrad he was spotted by Moscow scouts and invited to continue football education in the Moscow boarding school.

The first victory was won in 1988: at the age of 16 Bulatov became the champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR as part of the RSFSR national team. The tournament was held on the Volga, in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1990 he got into Astrakhan "Volgar".

For two seasons in this team, he spent 94 games, which scored 26 goals. Bulatov already at that time began to act on the position of the attacking midfielder, differing enviable performance.

In the big league

A promising player could not help but notice. In 1994, he moved to the Stavropol Dynamo. At that time it was the team of the Major League. Bulatov Victor Gennadievich not bad himself has proved in a new collective in which he has spent 14 matches, has distinguished 3 times. True, the game itself, "Dynamo" in that season was not happy. In a stubborn struggle the Stavropolis occupied only the penultimate place and left the elite division.

True, Viktor Bulatov, following the team on the slide did not go. In the off-season it was acquired by the Samara "Wings of the Soviets". In the city on the Volga River, Victor spent three seasons. However, in 1995 his club again became the penultimate one, but this time thanks to the regulations, he did not leave the Major League (only one team flew out that season).

1998 Bulatov spent in Moscow, "Torpedo", becoming with 9 balls top scorer. Immediately after this achievement was followed by an invitation to the Moscow "Spartak".

Golden period

In "Spartacus" Bulatov 3 years in a row becomes the champion of the country, while three times getting to the list of 33 best players of the championship. For example, in 1999 he was recognized as the second left central defender of the season after Igor Chugainov. And in 2000 - the best central midfielder of the year.

In the 2000/2001 season, Viktor Bulatov successfully played in the "red-white" in European competition. In the Champions League, "Spartacus" begins immediately with the group stage and with the victory of the house over the Leverkusen "Bayer" 2: 0. Then, after the defeat at the "Santiago Bernabéu" from the "Real" twice beat Lisbon "Sporting" (3: 1 and 3: 0). Thanks to this success, "Spartacus" in many respects ensured a second place in the group and an exit into the second group stage. Here continue the successful performance failed, having suffered 4 losses in 6 games, Muscovites took the last place.

In the national team

From 1998 to 2001, Bulatov was involved in the games for the national team. He made his debut in the notorious friendly with the Brazilians, in which the Russians lost 1: 5. In just 3 years he appeared on the field in the national team's T-shirt 6 times.

Spent matches against the teams of Belarus, Iceland, Ukraine and Slovakia, including qualifying games for the European Championships.

Coach career

After leaving from "Spartacus" Bulatov again played in "Wings", then for Grozny "Terek", Vladikavkaz "Alania", "Astana", Khabarovsk "SKA-Energy". Completed his professional career at the Moscow "Torpedo" in 2009, Viktor Bulatov.

The trainer from it turned out quite good. The first significant success was achieved in the team of the Second Division "Dnepr" from Smolensk. In the club he came in 2010 to replace the former coach Armen Adamyan. Managed to put the game, has achieved some success, but because of conflict with the leadership was forced to leave the club. At the end of the season, the team, only returned to its professional status, took 10th place.

After the dismissal from Smolensk, Bulatov entered the headquarters of the Moscow region "Khimki", becoming an assistant to the head coach. And since October 2012 he has already independently started to work at the head of Penza "Zenith", which also acted in the second division.

During one season our hero coached the youth structure of Tula "Arsenal". June 15, 2015, led the main adult team, replacing Dmitry Alenichev, who moved to Moscow's "Spartacus." In Tula, the head coach Bulatov worked for six months, after which he was sent into retirement, despite the fact that the team showed an effective and effective game, was at that time on the third place in the First Division. Before Arsenal was tasked to return to the Premier League, the club's management felt that the more experienced Sergei Pavlov would handle it better . By the way, the latter all happened.

Viktor Bulatov in May 2016 led the Moscow "Torpedo", which has not played in the Premier League for a long time, moreover, only a few years ago it regained its professional status. Now, "Avtozavodtsy" play in the Second Division in the "Center" zone. The team demonstrates a good game, like all the collectives, who undertook to train Bulatov. He is a member of the group of leaders and, according to experts, can compete for victory in his zone, and, therefore, for a ticket to the First Division.