Andrei Kanchelskis
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| Full name | Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis | |
| Date of birth | January 23, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Kirovograd, USSR | |
| Playing position | Winger (retired) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Nosta Novotroitsk (Sporting Director) | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2002 2001 2002 2003 2004-2005 2006 |
Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Manchester United Everton Fiorentina Rangers → Manchester City (loan) Southampton Al-Hilal Saturn Moscow Oblast Krylia Sovetov Total |
22 (1) 21 (3) 123 (28) 52 (20) 26 (2) 76 (13) 10 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 32 (3) 22 (1) 388 (71) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1989-1991 1992 1992-1998 |
USSR CIS Russia |
17 (3) 6 (0) 36 (4) |
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Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis (Russian: Андрей Антанасович Канчельскис) is a retired Soviet and Russian football midfielder of Lithuanian and Ukrainian origin. He played for a number of teams, most notably Manchester United, Everton and Rangers. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.[citation needed]
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Kanchelskis started his career with Dynamo Kyiv in 1988 and then went to Shakhtar Donetsk in 1990.
[edit] Manchester United
He signed for Manchester United in March 1991 and made his debut for United on May 11, 1991 against Crystal Palace - the final game of the 1990-91 season, which United lost 3-0.
In 1991-92, Kanchelskis enjoyed many first team opportunities and helped United win the Football League Cup, although they were beaten to the Football League title by Leeds United.
In 1992-93, Kanchelskis established himself as an able deputy for the ageing Bryan Robson on the right side of midfield, being a key part of the team who won the first ever Premier League title.
1993-94 brought more success as United won the Premier League title and the FA Cup, and Kanchelskis was now United's first choice right-sided midfielder, and their first "proper" right-winger since Steve Coppell in the early 1980s (Robson was more of a midfielder).
Kanchelskis was United's leading goalscorer in the 1994-95 season with 15 goals in 32 games, but missed the final few weeks of the season due to a hernia and during that time United surrendered the league title to Blackburn and the FA Cup to Everton.
Kanchelsksis had played 145 times for United and scored 48 goals in the space of four years, but he had fallen out with manager Alex Ferguson earlier in the season and felt that they could no longer work together.
[edit] Everton
Kanchelskis was sold to Everton just after the start of the 1995-96 season. His first season with the club saw him score sixteen goals to cap a season of excellent performances which made him arguably the best winger in the country. He rapidly gained cult status with Everton fans especially after his two goals against rivals Liverpool at Anfield and his performances helped the club to a sixth place finish, their best finish since 1988. Before Kanchelskis had been able to reproduce that form in his second season he was sold mid-way through for £8million to Fiorentina, and it was to be six years before Everton recovered anything like the form they had been showing while Kanchelskis was in the side.
[edit] Later career
At Fiorentina he again struggled to find his best form and later went on to play for Rangers (1998-2002), Manchester City (2001) (on loan), Southampton (2003), Al-Hilal (2003), FC Saturn Moscow (2004-2005), and Krylia Sovetov (2006). Whilst playing over 70 games for the Ibrox side, he only showed glimpses of his earlier career success, and found himself yet again on the fringes of the first team.
After leaving Krylia Sovetov he was without a contract and despite expressing interest in continuing playing, he retired on February 12, 2007 his last competitive game being on 25 November 2006 in Round 30 of the Russian League.[1] [2]
[edit] Honours
- USSR Top League Champion 1990
- USSR Cup 1990
- UEFA Supercup 1991
- English Premier League Champion 1992–93, 1993–94
- FA Cup 1994
- Charity Shield 1993, 1994, 1995
- Scottish Premier League Champion 1999, 2000
- Scottish Cup 1999, 2000, 2002
- Scottish League Cup 1999, 2002
[edit] International career
Although Kanchelskis was born in Ukraine and his heritage is Lithuanian, he chose to represent Russia. He was capped 23 times for the Soviet Union national team, scoring three goals, and 36 times for Russia, scoring five goals. After leading a player boycott against head coach Pavel Sadyrin and therefore missing the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the only senior major international tournaments Kanchelskis played in were Euro 92 and Euro 96.
[edit] Controversy
In his autobiography, Managing My Life, Sir Alex Ferguson alleged that he was offered a £40,000 bribe to sell Kanchelskis. When this was refused, he claimed that death threats were made to Martin Edwards, then chairman of Manchester United. There was no suggestion that Everton or Kanchelskis were aware of either the bribe or the threatsBBC report.
[edit] Post-playing Career
In 2007 Kanchelskis became the sporting director of Russian 1st division football club FC Nosta Novotroitsk
[edit] External links
- Andrei Kanchelskis career stats at Soccerbase
- Andrei Kanchelskis on RSSSF-site
- Kanchelskis: all goals in career
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