Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine , (born 16 August 1968 in
MoscowMoscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a...
) is a retired
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
who played as a
goalkeeperIn many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal...
.
He played for Russian sides
FC Torpedo MoscowFC Torpedo Moscow is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and will not participate in the professional competitions in 2009...
,
FC Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, which currently plays in the Russian Premier League. The team's home ground is Dynamo Stadium. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
and
CSKA MoscowPFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
in the early part of his
careerCareer is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life "...
, before moving to
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Premier LeagueThe Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
club
ChelseaChelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club (are a professional English football club based in West London. The team, founded in 1905, play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football...
in December 1992 for £400,000.
With Chelsea, Kharine impressed in their run to the 1994 FA Cup Final - though he conceded four goals in the final itself - and then the club's
UEFA Cup Winners' CupThe season 1994-95 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Real Zaragoza in the final against defending champions Arsenal FC, Zaragoza famously winning thanks to a spectacular last-minute goal by ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nayim with a lob from 40 yards that went over the head of the...
run a year later, where they reached the semi-finals in their first European campaign since the
1970sThe 1970s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 1979.In the Western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow...
.
Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine , (born 16 August 1968 in
MoscowMoscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a...
) is a retired
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
who played as a
goalkeeperIn many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal...
.
Russian football
He played for Russian sides
FC Torpedo MoscowFC Torpedo Moscow is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and will not participate in the professional competitions in 2009...
,
FC Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, which currently plays in the Russian Premier League. The team's home ground is Dynamo Stadium. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
and
CSKA MoscowPFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
in the early part of his
careerCareer is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life "...
, before moving to
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Premier LeagueThe Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
club
ChelseaChelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club (are a professional English football club based in West London. The team, founded in 1905, play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football...
in December 1992 for £400,000.
Chelsea
With Chelsea, Kharine impressed in their run to the 1994 FA Cup Final - though he conceded four goals in the final itself - and then the club's
UEFA Cup Winners' CupThe season 1994-95 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Real Zaragoza in the final against defending champions Arsenal FC, Zaragoza famously winning thanks to a spectacular last-minute goal by ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nayim with a lob from 40 yards that went over the head of the...
run a year later, where they reached the semi-finals in their first European campaign since the
1970sThe 1970s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 1979.In the Western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow...
. His later years at the club were blighted by injury problems and the signing of
DutchThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
goalkeeper Ed de Goey, which limited him to 20 appearances in his last three seasons. In total, he played in 146 games for Chelsea.
Kharine wasn't fit for inclusion in Chelsea's FA Cup Final triumph at the end of the
1996-97 season- Premier League :Manchester United won their second consecutive title, despite a spell in the autumn where they lost three games and conceded 13 goals...
(Norwegian
Frode GrodåsFrode Grodås is a football coach and former national football team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal, Norway. Capped 50 times for his country, he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:During his career he played...
played instead), and didn't make the squad for the Cup Winners' Cup and
League CupThe 1998 Coca-Cola Cup Final was a football match played between Chelsea and Middlesbrough on 29 March 1998 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea, under new manager Gianluca Vialli, won with two extra time goals and would go on to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup later that season...
final victories
a year laterThe 1997-1998 season was the 118th season of competitive football in England.-Premier League:Arsenal overhauled Manchester United's lead during the final weeks of the season to win the Premiership title...
. When
Gianluca VialliGianluca Vialli is a retired Italian football striker and manager. He is one of only six Italian footballers to have won the three main European club competitions.-Playing career:...
became Chelsea manager he established de Goey as the club's first choice goalkeeper; Kharine was limited to five appearances that season, mainly in cup games.
Celtic
Kharine signed for
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side
CelticThe Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
in the summer of 1999 on a free transfer. He arrived at
Celtic ParkCeltic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow in Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club. The all-seater stadium is also known as Parkhead and occasionally nicknamed Paradise by Celtic fans....
as the first signing of new management team
John BarnesJohn Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is a Jamaican-born English football manager and former professional player. His most recent managerial post was at English League One club, Tranmere Rovers...
and
Kenny DalglishKenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a former Scottish international footballer. He is most noted for his successes with Celtic, and both his playing and managing career at English club Liverpool...
, but injury problems ensured that he played just 11 games for the club.
Hornchurch
He was released in the summer of 2002 and signed for non-League side
HornchurchHornchurch F.C. were an non-League football club based in East London. They played in the Conference South, after being promoted from the Isthmian League....
, where he was
sent offMisconduct in association football is any conduct by a player which is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction in accordance with Law 12 of the Laws of the Game....
on his debut.
International career
Kharine was also an international; as a result of the
political turmoilThe Soviet Union's collapse into independent nations began early in 1985. After years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth was at a standstill. Failed attempts at reform, a stagnant economy, and war in Afghanistan led to a general feeling of...
in his home nation, he ended up playing for three different teams. He won six caps for the
USSRThe Soviet Union national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union...
, eleven for the
CISThe CIS national football team represented the Commonwealth of Independent States, a regional confederation formed by 12 of the 15 newly formed sovereign states that emerged out of the break-up of the Soviet Union during the first half of 1992...
and then 23 for
RussiaThe Russia national football team is the national football team of Russia controlled by the Football Union of Russia and affiliated with UEFA. Guus Hiddink is currently managing the team....
. Aided in part by the short-lived nature of the CIS, he was their most-capped player. He represented the Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan...
, winning a gold medal in the
football competitionFinal results for the football competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held from September 17, 1988 to October 1, 1988.-Medal summary:...
. He played for the CIS at the 1992 European Championships, performing well in the 0-0 draw with Holland in
GothenburgGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest amongst the Nordic countries. Situated on the south-west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 502,833 with 622,287 in the urban area and total of 911,406 inhabitants in the metropolitan area.The City of...
; and for Russia at
USA 94The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. The United States was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1988...
and Euro 96, with his team going out in the group stages on each occasion. He won his last cap in September 1998 against
UkraineThe Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992....
.
Coaching
He currently works as the goalkeeping coach at
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
ConferenceConference National is the top division of the Football Conference. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
side
Luton TownLuton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire. The team plays its home matches at Kenilworth Road, where it has been based since 1905...
.
Playing career
| 1984 |
USSR Torpedo Moscow |
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1st level |
1/0 |
| 1985 |
USSR Torpedo Moscow |
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1st level |
10/0 |
| 1986 |
USSR Torpedo Moscow |
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25/0 |
| 1987 |
USSR Torpedo Moscow |
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1st level |
27/0 |
| 1988 |
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1st level |
19/0 |
| 1989 |
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1st level |
20/0 |
| 1990 |
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1st level |
1/0 |
| 1991 |
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Top League The Soviet Top League was the top division of Soviet Union football.-Champions and top goalscorers:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:Republics never represented at top-level were the Turkmen SSR and the Kyrgyz SSR-All-time table:...
1st level |
0/0 |
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USSR} CSKA Moscow PFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
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1st level |
11/0 |
| 1992 |
Russia CSKA Moscow PFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia.- History :...
|
Top LeagueThe Russian Premier League is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season, two teams are relegated to the Russian First Division and replaced with the two top First Division teams....
1st level |
23/0 |
| 1992-93 |
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Premier League 1st level |
5/0 |
| 1993-94 |
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Premier League 1st level |
40/0 |
| 1994-95 |
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Premier League 1st level |
31/0 |
| 1995-96 |
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Premier League 1st level |
26/0 |
| 1996-97 |
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Premier League 1st level |
5/0 |
| 1997-98 |
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Premier League 1st level |
10/0 |
| 1998-99 |
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Premier League 1st level |
1/0 |
| 1999-00 |
Scotland CelticThe Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
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1st level |
4/0 |
| 2000-01 |
Scotland CelticThe Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
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1st level |
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| 2001-02 |
Scotland CelticThe Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
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1st level |
3/0 |
| 2002-03 |
England Hornchurch Hornchurch F.C. were an non-League football club based in East London. They played in the Conference South, after being promoted from the Isthmian League....
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| 2003-04 |
England Hornchurch Hornchurch F.C. were an non-League football club based in East London. They played in the Conference South, after being promoted from the Isthmian League....
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