Valery Karpin: do great players become good coaches?

One of the most odious figures of the domesticfootball, Valery Karpin, for his playing and coaching career had a lot of ups and downs. He also worked in the field of business. Now Karpin himself has thrown a new challenge, having headed FC "Torpedo" (Armavir) club. He tries to prove to everyone that he represents himself as a very independent coach.

early years

Many specialists Valery Karpin notesas one of the most talented players of the era of the late Soviet years. He started his way in the children's football school of the native Estonian city of Narva. As a child, Karpin had a choice between football and hockey, and he preferred the summer sport, as he showed good results in the ball game.

Estonia did not have representation in the big leaguechampionship of the USSR, besides in the Soviet era players of draft age should have served in one of the army clubs. So in 1988, Valery Karpin was in the Moscow CSKA. End of service young football player served in Voronezh "Torch". Immediately after the end of military duty, Karpin moves to Moscow's Spartak.

The heyday of a player's career

The talent of a young footballer who is in favor of"Torch", was seen by breeder Valentin Pokrovsky. Despite the fact that in the collapsing Union there were beggarly salaries from athletes, it can be said that the Russian generation of football players of the late 80s and early 90s was one of the most talented.

Another thing is that their talents failedto reinforce the conquered titles, but this was hampered by the circumstances of the collapse of the great power. Speaking for "Spartacus", Valery Karpin was able to brightly show himself with the light hand of coach Oleg Romantsev, who replaced the role of a young football player. So, Karpin was re-qualified to the right midfielder, which brought a lot of benefits to the club.

Letter of fourteen

Before the 1994 World Cup, which took place onfields of the United States of America, in the Russian national team, which was given the right to compete in international competitions as a successor to the CIS, there was a grandiose split. The players did not want to see Pavel Sadyrin at the helm and openly announced this in an official message. 14 players, among whom was Karpin Valery Georgievich, urged the Football Federation of the country to return to the coaching bridge of Anatoly Byshovets, who laid the foundation of the team even before the 1992 European Championships.

Footballers were unhappy with scanty prize moneypayments, sponsorship and contractual deductions. Of course, the attempt to influence the leadership of the country's football of the main group of Spartak players (namely, they formed the backbone of the national team) did not lead to anything. Players who could successfully perform at the world forum, infected with a thirst for money and tormented by an internal split, suffered a complete fiasco at the 1994 World Cup.

Career in Spain

After the penniless Russian championship, the Spanishthe team seemed to Karpin's paradise. A little playing in the "Real Sociedad", after 2 years, the football player moved to "Valencia". However, for a long time to gain a foothold in the main part of the club Karpin managed only in "Celta". As part of this club Valery Karpin officially recognized as the best midfielder of Spain.

Parallel to the game practice, the football player ledactive social activities, appeared on television, quickly mastered the Spanish language, and also participated in court hearings, defending the rights of Russian legionaries in Spain for full social security. Successful social activities and accumulated capital enabled Karpin to have his own business in Spain. Later, the player received Spanish citizenship.

Business

Initially Valery Karpin is not a coachplanned. After completing his football career at Real Sociedad, having some capital in his hands, he dabbled in business: he founded a construction company, sponsored a Spanish team of cyclist-drivers, managed to work as president of a little-known volleyball club, and conducted a program on Spanish television. Skills of doing business in the sports team came in handy to him a little later, when he returned to his homeland.

Coach career

The management of native Moscow "Spartak"invites Karpin to the post of general director of the club in 2008. Foreign coaches, actively involved in working with the club, could not provide the desired result. Therefore, not having a coaching license, Karpin himself decides to head the club and try to pull "Spartacus" to its former heights.

The coach's license was soon received, but the firstthe results in the new field were not so impressive. The head of the club Leonid Fedun was forced again to resort to the help of a foreign specialist. But even with Unai Emery, the results did not come. "Spartacus" no longer represented such formidable power as in the 80's and 90's of the last century.

During my second coming as a "Spartacus" Karpin coach and surpassed his best achievement with the team - second place in the national championship in the 2011-2012 season.

Valery Karpin, Torpedo (Armavir): from scratch

Not winning laurels as head coach"Mallorca", in summer 2015, Karpin is headed by the FNL club, based in the city of Armavir. How to know, maybe this is his finest hour. In any case, Karpin in case of failure will have a chance to return to the field of business.