Vladimir Volkov

Vladimir Volkov

Volkov playing for Montenegro in 2012
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Volkov
Date of birth (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986
Place of birth Disputed:Niš or Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back, left winger
Club information
Current team
KV Mechelen
Youth career
Radnički Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Grafičar Beograd 25 (0)
2005–2006 Železničar Beograd 16 (0)
2006–2008 BSK Borča 54 (12)
2008Portimonense (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2009 OFK Beograd 5 (0)
2009–2011 Sheriff 45 (13)
2011–2015 Partizan 76 (8)
2015– KV Mechelen 13 (0)
2016Lech Poznań (loan) 7 (0)
National team
2011 Serbia 1 (0)
2012– Montenegro 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2013

Vladimir Volkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for KV Mechelen and the Montenegrin national team.

Club career

Early career

Volkov started playing football in youth categories of FK Radnički Beograd when he was seven years old.[1] Later, already as a senior, he played for FK BSK Borča from 2006 to early 2008, when he was moved to Portimonense. After that, Volkov spent the first part of the 2008–09 season with OFK Beograd, before moving to Moldovan champions FC Sheriff in 2009.

Partizan

Volkov was transferred to FK Partizan before the end of the 2010–11 season, signing a three-year contract on 14 May 2011.[2] He quickly established himself as first choice of coaches Aleksandar Stanojević and Avram Grant mostly because of his good games in qualification stages of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

Mechelen

In summer 2015, Volkov signed a two-year deal with Belgian side KV Mechelen.[3] He was officially presented the following day and was given the number 3 shirt.

Lech Poznań

On 30 January 2016 he was loaned to Lech Poznań on a half-year deal.[4]

International career

On 4 November 2011, the caretaker of the Serbian national team Radovan Ćurčić, called-up Volkov for two friendly matches against Mexico and Honduras. He debuted on 15 November, playing the full match against Honduras.[5]

Under new FIFA rules, a player who has dual citizenship and has played only one match for one of the two countries can change the decision to play for the other national team. As the Serbian national team "showed no interest", Volkov accepted Brnović's call to join the Montenegrin national team.[6] On 25 May 2012, Volkov made a debut for the Montenegrin national team as a starter in a friendly match against Belgium.[7]

Personal life

Born in Niš, but grew up in Belgrade, Serbia, Vladimir's paternal great-grandparents migrated from Russia to Serbia in 1917. Besides his native Serbian, he also speaks English, Portuguese and Russian.[8]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheriff 2008–09 11000011
2009–10 28860100448
2010–11 16410112286
Total 4513702127315
Partizan 2011–12 2112051282
2012–13 12120100241
Total 33240151523
Career total 781520036313418

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol
Partizan Belgrade

References

  1. Vladimir Volkov at Reprezentacija.rs
  2. "Volkov zvanično predstavljen" (in Serbian). b92.net. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. "Volkov u Belgiji!" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. "Volkov piłkarzem mistrza Polski" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "Volkov ubeđen da je odlično debitovao" (in Serbian). smedia.rs. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  6. sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/214381/Volkov-Igracu-za-Crnu-Goru-jer-u-Srbiji-nisu-zainteresovani-za-mene
  7. Remi u Briselu at FSCG.co.me
  8. http://www.moldfootball.com/?index=news&news=4134&print=on
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