Andrei Kanchelskis

Andrei Antanassowitsch Kantschelskis (Russian: Андрей Антанасович Канчельскис ) ( born January 23, 1969 in Kirovohrad ) is a retired Ukrainian- Russian- Soviet football player, who took Russian citizenship after the collapse of the Soviet Union. " KanKan " played for a number of football clubs, of which the most famous Manchester United, Everton and Rangers were. He was a dynamic winger with a fast pace, which was also a goal threat.

Club career

The beginnings

Kantschelskis began his career in 1988 at Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk changed in 1990.

Manchester United

A year later he signed for £ 650,000 at Manchester United. His first game for his new club he made on 11 May 1991 is contrary to Crystal Palace. With the club he was English champion twice (1993 and 1994), he also won the 1994 FA Cup. Also in the final of the League Cup final in 1993/94 he was on the court, but after he was sent off for handball, Manchester United lost to Aston Villa. Overall, he ran 158 times for the club, where he scored 36 goals.

Everton

1995 Kantschelskis was sold to Everton, who had won just before the FA Cup. In his first year with the new club he scored 16 goals, with which he crowned an excellent season in which he was probably the best winger in the country. Even with the Everton supporters he very quickly gained cult status, especially since he at Anfield double hit against the old rivals Liverpool and with his services the club drove to sixth place in the Premier League, the best result Everton for years could produce. But in the second season Kantschelskis missed it, to repeat his top performance and was sold for £ 8 million to Fiorentina.

Later career

When Fiorentina he struggled again to his best and played later for Glasgow Rangers (1998-2002), Manchester City ( 2001) ( on loan ), Southampton FC (2003 ), Al -Hilal (2003), the Saturn Ramenskoje (2004 -2005 ) and Krylia Sovetov Samara ( 2006). After leaving Krylia Sovetov, he was vertragslos; despite interest in continuing his career, he finished this on 12 February 2007.

International career

Although Kantschelskis was born in the Ukraine and his family comes from Lithuania, he decided to represent Russia internationally. He was called out 23 times for the national football team of the USSR, where he scored 3 goals, and 36 times for Russia, 5 goals. But after leading a player boycott against the head coach Pavel Sadyrin, he missed the 1994 World Cup, the only major tournament he played as an A- National player, so were the European Football Championship in 1992 and the European Football Championship 1996.

Achievements

  • European Cup with less than 21 years: 1990
  • USSR Cup: 1990
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1991
  • Victory in the Premier League: 1993, 1994
  • FA Cup: 1994
  • English League Cup: 1992
  • Scottish Championship titles: 1999, 2000
  • Scottish Cup: 1999, 2000
  • Scottish Cup: 2003

Official career

2007 Kantschelskis was sports director of the Russian second division club FK Nosta Novotroitsk

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