Vitaly Kafanov

Vitaly Vitalyevich Kafanov (Russian: Виталий Витальевич Кафанов; Turkmen: Witaliý Witalýewiç Kafanow; born 24 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani-Turkmenistani football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach of FC Rostov and goalkeepers' coach with Russia national football team.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Vitalyevich and the family name is Kafanov.

Vitaly Kafanov
Kafanov with Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Full name Vitaly Vitalyevich Kafanov
Date of birth (1960-05-24) 24 May 1960
Place of birth Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
(now Turkmenistan)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Rostov (assistant coach) /
Russia (GK coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1986 Kolkozchi Ashkhabad 138 (1)
1987–1988 Sokol Saratov 21 (0)
1989–1990 Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad 77 (0)
1991 Uralmash Yekaterinburg 15 (0)
1992–1993 Kairat 74 (0)
1994–1995 Yelimay Semey 49 (0)
1996 Nisa Aşgabat
International career
1992 Kazakhstan 6 (0)
1996 Turkmenistan 2 (0)
Managerial career
2001 Kristall Smolensk (assistant)
2001 Kristall Smolensk
2003–2013 Rubin Kazan (head assistant)
2014–2015 Kazakhstan (goalkeeping coach)
2015–2017 Rostov (goalkeeping coach)
2017–2018 Rubin Kazan (goalkeeping coach)
2019–2021 Rostov (assistant)
2021– Russia (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2022 Rostov
2022– Rostov (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He would start his youth career in Turkmen SSR, nowadays Turkmenistan.[1]

He began his professional career with Kolkozchi Ashkhabad. He made his senior football debut in 1982 for this club.

In the USSR championship, he also played for the Sokol Saratov, before spending one season with Uralmash Yekaterinburg in the Soviet First League.[2]

Kafanov has extensive experience in the championship of Kazakhstan for FC Kairat and FC Elimay. He is a three-time champion of Kazakhstan (1992, 1994, 1995) and a two-time winner of the Kazakhstan Cup (1992 and 1995).

He retired at the Nisa Aşgabat in 1998.[3][4]

Coach career
Kafanov with Rubin Kazan

Russian media consider Kafanov to be one of the country's strongest in free kicks.[5]

Following his playing career, Kafanov became a manager, most recently with FC Rubin Kazan.[6]

At the beginning of his career in Russia in 2001, Kafanov headed Kristall Smolensk, which finished the season in 10th place out of 18.

He worked at Rubin Kazan from 2003 with a break of 3.5 years in 2014–2017. Together with the team, he became twice the champion of Russia, won two Russian Super Cups, one Russian Cup.

In 2014–2015, he was helped to Yuri Krasnozhan in the national team of Kazakhstan.[7]

In 2019, he entered into an agreement with the FC Rostov football club, in which he previously worked from 2015 to 2017.

In July 2021, the Russian Football Union named Kafanov as the goalkeeper coach of the Russia national football team.[8]

On 26 October 2021, FC Rostov announced new appointment of Kafanov as a manager of the team.[9][10]

International career

Vitaly Kafanov played for two countries.[11]

Kafanov made six appearances for the Kazakhstan national football team in 1992. He later appeared twice for his home team Turkmenistan.[12]

Honours

Club

Kairat

Managerial honours

Rubin

Rostov

References
  1. "Кафанов вошёл в тренерский штаб сборной России по футболу | Спорт".
  2. "Kafanov Vitaliy Vital'evich". KLISF. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  3. "Кафанов вошёл в тренерский штаб сборной России по футболу | Спорт".
  4. "Профиль: Кафанов Виталий" (in Kazakh). Sbornaya. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  5. "Люди Карпина. Кто вошёл в новый тренерский штаб сборной России".
  6. "Serial winners and a new face". FIFA. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  7. "Люди Карпина. Кто вошёл в новый тренерский штаб сборной России".
  8. ""Наша философия и понимание основных принципов игры совпадают"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 July 2021.
  9. "Виталий Кафанов стал главным тренером футбольного клуба "Ростов" | Спорт".
  10. "ВИТАЛИЙ КАФАНОВ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "РОСТОВА"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 26 October 2021.
  11. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries".
  12. Mamrud, Roberto (8 May 2009). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  13. Кафанов вошёл в тренерский штаб сборной России по футболу
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