Valeri Klimov (footballer)

Valeri Aleksandrovich Klimov (Russian: Валерий Александрович Климов, born 31 January 1974) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Arsenal Tula. Klimov was a midfielder who could play either in the centre or on the wings.

Valeri Klimov

Personal information
Full name	Valeri Aleksandrovich Klimov
Date of birth	(1974-01-31) 31 January 1974
Place of birth	Polevyye Lokotsy, Russian SFSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Arsenal Tula (assistant)
Youth career
	SDYuShOR-3 Oryol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	FC Spartak Oryol	19	(1)
1992	FC Gornyak	11	(2)
1993–1994	FC Oryol	53	(22)
1995	FC Torpedo Moscow	14	(2)
1996	FC Alania Vladikavkaz	6	(1)
1996–1999	FC Arsenal Tula	99	(27)
2000–2001	FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	58	(13)
2002	FC Rubin Kazan	13	(3)
2003–2004	FC Arsenal Tula	65	(13)
2005–2012	FC Tom Tomsk	175	(20)
2012	FC Torpedo Moscow	2	(0)
Teams managed
2011–2012	FC Tom Tomsk (assistant)
2014–2016	FC Tom Tomsk (assistant)
2017–2019	FC Baltika Kaliningrad (assistant)
2019–	FC Arsenal Tula (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

His older son Nikita is a footballer, and his younger son Kirill Klimov is also a footballer previously under contract with the Belgian club Cercle Brugge[1] and currently part of the academy for Monaco.[2]

Career statistics

As of 22 July 2010

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartak Oryol	D4	1991	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
Spartak Oryol	D3	1992	11	1	0	0	—		11	1
FC Oryol		1993	26	5	1	0	—		27	5
	D4	1994	27	17	1	0	—		28	17
	Total		72	23	2	0	0	0	74	23
Torpedo-d Moscow	D4	1995	16	4	0	0	—		16	4
	Total		16	4	0	0	0	0	16	4
Torpedo Moscow	D1	1995	14	2	1	0	—		15	2
	Total		14	2	1	0	0	0	15	2
Alania Vladikavkaz	D1	1996	6	1	0	0	—		6	1
	Total		6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
Arsenal Tula	D3	1996	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
		1997	23	7	3	3	—		26	10
	D2	1998	31	12	4	3	—		35	15
		1999	34	8	3	2	—		37	10
	Total		99	27	10	8	0	0	109	35
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	D2	2000	32	8	0	0	—		32	8
	D1	2001	26	5	2	0	—		28	5
	Total		58	13	2	0	0	0	60	13
Rubin Kazan	D2	2002	13	3	0	0	—		13	3
	Total		13	3	0	0	0	0	13	3
Arsenal Tula	D3	2003	32	11	6	3	—		38	14
	D2	2004	33	2	0	0	—		33	2
	Total		65	13	6	3	0	0	71	16
Tom Tomsk	D1	2005	27	4	0	0	—		27	4
		2006	26	4	0	0	—		26	4
		2007	29	4	1	0	—		30	4
		2008	28	2	4	1	—		32	3
		2009	24	5	1	0	—		25	5
		2010	11	1	1	0	—		12	1
	Total		145	20	7	1	0	0	152	21
Career total			488	106	28	12	0	0	516	118

References

1. "KIRILL KLIMOV EN ALDOM DEURO NAAR CERCLE BRUGGE!" [KIRILL KLIMOV AND ALDOM DEURO TO CERCLE BRUGGE!] (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 31 January 2019.
2. "Панзо и Фостер переходят в "Серкль Брюгге"" [Panzo and Foster move to Cercle Brugge] (in Russian). Monaco. 30 August 2019.

External links

• (in Russian) Player page on the official FC Tom Tomsk website
• Valeri Klimov at Russian Premier League
• (in English) Valeri Klimov at Footballdatabase