Bulykin, Dmitry Olegovich

Dmitry was born on November 20, 1979 in Moscow . His parents, Oleg Sergeyevich and Larisa Vladimirovna were professional volleyball players , masters of sports of international class . Father in the USSR national team became the European champion , played for CSKA ^[2] . Currently, he is the head of the Department of Physical Education at the Higher School of Economics ⁽ HSE) ^[3] . His younger sister Irina is a former tennis player and vice-champion of Europe in beach tennis ^[4] . Bulykin in childhood was engaged in volleyball, swimming , football and chess, has the first youth rank ^[5] .

In 1986, at the age of seven, he began playing sports at the Lokomotiv football school in Moscow. His first coach was Viktor Aleksandrovich Kharitonov. Four years later, together with the team and coach, he moved to the SDSSUSHOR “Labor Reserves”. In 1994, as part of this team, he won the Russian Cup among junior teams. In 1995-1996 he played in the Sports School of CSKA with Evgeny Lobokov. In 1994, he was invited to the Moscow national team, and in its composition he won the Russian championship among youths ^[2] .

Lokomotiv (Moscow)

From 1995 to 1997, he played in the Third League for Lokomotiv-d. At the end of 1996, Yuri Semin invited him to the backup staff of the "railway" ^[2] .

His debut for Lokomotiv took place on April 15, 1997. In the match of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Russia against UralAZ , he came on as a substitute in the 74th minute instead of Zaza Janashia ^[6] . He made his debut in the High Division on May 9, 1998 in a match against the Novorossiysk “ Chernomorets ”, replacing him in the 75th minute instead of Oleg Garas ^[7] . The first goal was scored in the same year, on July 1, hitting the gates of Baltika in the away match ^[8] . In total that season he played 14 matches and scored 3 goals. Lokomotiv finished the championship in third place.

In addition, Dmitry performed in European competitions. In the 1/16 finals of the Cup Cup , in a match against CSKA Kiev , Bulykin took a double ^[9] . And in 1/8, he also scored two goals for Sporting ^[10] .

In 2000, Dmitry scored a goal in the Cup final against CSKA , which was victorious ^[11] .

For three years spent in the “red-green”, he became the bronze medalist of the Russian championship, twice vice-champion and three times winner of the Russian Cup. In all official tournaments for Lokomotiv, he played 89 matches and scored 24 goals.

After the expiration of the contract with the club, Bulykin became a free agent . He had options to leave for Sampdoria or St. Gallen , but in the end he decided to stay in Russia and signed a contract with Dynamo ^[12] .

Dynamo Moscow

In “Dynamo” Bulykin began to play under the leadership of Valery Gazzayev . In 2003, under Victor Prokopenko, he became the team's top scorer and was awarded an invitation to the national team .

After that, I wanted to leave to play in a European club, going into conflict with the club management. In August 2005, Dynamo was put up for transfer at a high price, but no one bought it ^[13] .

In 2006, a new coach Yuri Semin came to Dynamo, and Bulykin signed a new contract for two years and remained at Dynamo. Six months later, Semin was fired, and Dmitry was again put up for transfer. Fans during this time had the opinion that the football player prefers social life to sports. Dmitry himself believes that the club that refuses his services on the field and refuses to sell the player to other clubs is to blame for his “crisis”.

In June 2007, Bulykin was interested in one of the German Bundesliga clubs. They hoped to get the player as a free agent, but he stated that Dynamo would not let him go. The club’s management said that they had long been ready to let Dmitry go for free, and he himself didn’t want to leave ^[14] .

Bayer 04

In late August 2007, Dmitry Bulykin, as a free agent, transferred to Bayer Leverkusen ^[15] . On September 29, 2007, Bulykin made his debut in the German championship , coming on as a substitute 9 minutes before the end of the home match of the 8th round against Bayern (0: 1).

On December 19, 2007, in the UEFA Cup group stage match against Zurich , Bulykin, who had not scored in official games for more than a year, managed to take a double (the match ended with the score 5-0). In the return match of the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup in St. Petersburg, Bulykin scored a goal against Zenit. The goal was the only one in the match.

In the Bundesliga championship, he distinguished himself with two goals scored - in matches with Energy (Cottbus) and Bayern (Munich).

In total, Bayer Bulykin spent 19 matches and scored 5 goals.

Anderlecht

On August 18, 2008 Bulykin became a player of the Belgian Anderlecht , the transfer amount was € 1 million ^[16] . On August 30, the striker made his debut for the Belgian team, scoring two goals against Kortrijk ^[17] . But because of the conflict with the coach, Bulykin spent the season on the bench and was leased to Fortuna the next year.

After the lease expired, the Russian returned to Anderlecht ^[18] . But again, because of head coach Ariel Jacobs, he was forced to leave the club again ^[19] .

Fortune (Dusseldorf)

On July 28, 2009, Bulykin, on loan, transferred to the Dusseldorf Fortuna , which performed in the Second Bundesliga ^[20] . The German club had long wanted to buy it, but could not agree with Anderlecht ^{[21] [22] [23]} .

In the first match for the new club Dmitry was injured. On August 3, in the first round match of the German Cup with Hamburg , Bulykin received a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone . In subsequent games, he exacerbated the damage by playing for almost two months with an injury ^[24] . September 20 scored the first goal for a German club ^[25] . In late January, he resumed training. Until the end of the season, Bulykin took part in only two matches.

ADO Den Haag

On August 3, 2010, Bulykin transferred on a one-year leasehold basis to the Dutch club ADO Den Haag ^{[26] [27]} . In the debut game on August 22 , Dmitry scored a double into the goal of “ VVV-Venlo ”, and his team won with a score of 3: 2 ^[28] . In the first nine matches in the championship and the Netherlands Cup, he scored 9 goals. At the end of the season, in the list of the top scorers of the championship, he took second place with 21 goals, losing to Björn Wleminks , who has 23 goals on his account ^[29] .

Ajax

On August 31, 2011 Bulykin signed a one-year contract with the Ajax Amsterdam ^{[30] [31]} .

On September 14, Bulykin made his debut for Ajax, coming on as a substitute at the end of the meeting of the first round of the Champions League against Lyon ^[32] . On September 18, in a Dutch championship match against PSV, Dmitry came on as a substitute during the second half, and in the 79th minute he scored his first goal for Ajax, thereby tearing a draw for his team ^[33] . February 19, 2012 Dmitry took a double in the championship match against the NEC club and joined the Grigory Fedotov Club and the Club of 100 Russian scorers ^[34] .

In total, in the first season for Ajax, Bulykin spent 19 matches in the Dutch championship, scoring 9 goals. He became the champion of the Netherlands 2011/2012 and was recognized as the most effective striker of the championship of the Netherlands 2011/2012. At the end of the contract, Ajax and Bulykin did not renew the contract and Dmitry became a free agent.

Twente

July 20, 2012 Dmitry moved to the Twente club in the Netherlands. The contract was concluded under the 1 + 1 scheme.

On August 2, 2012, Bulykin made his debut in the new team ^[35] in the match of the qualifying round of the Europa League against the Czech club Mlada Boleslav . Dmitry appeared on the field at the beginning of the second half instead of Glynor Plaet and had several good opportunities for scoring ^[36] . On August 26, Dmitry scored the first goal for Twente, hitting the gates of the NEC club.

Volga (Nizhny Novgorod)

On September 20, 2013, Nizhny Novgorod Volga signed a contract with Bulykin under the 1 + 1 scheme ^[37] . He rarely left the starting lineup, did not score a single goal, and the club delayed his salary ^[38] . June 5, 2014 Bulykin left the Volga ^[39] . And on June 6, 2014, he received a category A coaching license ^[40] , as he had previously stated that he would like to train Dynamo in the future ^[41] . However, the player did not consider the option of ending his career - he wanted to continue playing in Russia ^[42] or in the Netherlands ^[43] , but the limit on legionnaires prevented his return to the Dutch championship ^[44] .

Retirement

March 31, 2016 Dmitry Bulykin announced the completion of a professional career. He played his last match on a professional level on March 10, 2014, when he came on as a substitute in the away match between Volga and Amkar (1: 5).

In 1998, Bulykin for the first time received a call to the youth team of Russia . On October 10, he debuted in a match with peers from France , as part of the qualifying round for the Sydney Olympics . The Russians won 2: 1, Dmitry came on as a substitute in the 76th minute instead of Roland Gusev ^[45] . In total for the “youth team” he played 4 matches. In 1999 with the teams of Armenia ^[46] , Iceland ^[47] and Slovakia ^[48] .

In 2003, a match took place in Russia between the Russian national team and the national team of the Premier League . In this match, Dmitry made his debut for the national team. Going for a substitution in the 38th minute instead of Evgeny Aldonin , he scored two goals ^[49] . In the same year, Georgy Yartsev invited Bulykin to the first team. He made his debut for her on September 6 in a away match against Ireland , which was qualifying for the European Championship . Dmitry spent the full match, was noticeable on the field and took a direct part in the scoring attack of his team ^[50] . Already in the next match against the Swiss , on September 10, the football player opened the scoring for goals for the national team and scored a hat-trick . His second goal turned out to be noteworthy, before which Dmitri defeated three Swiss team defenders in a power struggle ^[51] . On October 11, at the 29th minute of the match with the Georgian national team, Dmitry scored the score at 0: 1. As a result, Russia defeated 3: 1 ^[52] , and then won the butt games.

In 2004, Bulykin played three unofficial matches for the national team. In February, in Japan , against the Olympic team of this country ^[53] and against the Shimizu S-Pals club ^[54] , and on June 2, the match against the national team of the Premier League ^[55] . In 2004, Dmitry spoke at the European Championships and took part in all three matches, scoring one goal against Greece , the future European champion ^[56] . For their performance, the team was criticized, including Bulykin, who did not realize a series of moments in the matches and distinguished himself only once.

He spent the last match for the team in the same year. October 13, Russia suffered the largest defeat in its recent history. In Lisbon, Portugal defeated the Russians with a score of 7: 1 ^[57] .

On June 14, 2017, he was appointed Advisor to the President of FC Lokomotiv . Bulykin will deal with issues of strategy and development of the youth club system ^[58] .

Being a rather tall and strong player, Bulykin played on the field as a ram striker ^[59] . He also played perfectly with his head. He was reliable in defense, coming into the penalty area under standard provisions. Strengths were speed and performance. The main disadvantages are the lack of pronounced dribbling and stability ^[60] .

In 2005, he began to live with his girlfriend, fashion designer Yekaterina Polyanskaya, who was previously married to the son of Joseph Kobzon, Andrei ^{[61] [62]} . Before that, he met with Oksana Kuptsova ^[63] . On December 16, 2007, Bulykin became a father: in Moscow, his wife gave birth to a girl named Agatha ^[64] . In 2010, Catherine gave birth to another girl - Vitalina ^[5] .

In 2000, he participated in the television game " One Hundred to One " ^[65] .

He starred with Sergei Ovchinnikov , Zaur Khapov and Radoslav Batak in the video for the non-stop song of the pop group REFLEX ^[66] .

During the visit of Pele to Moscow in 2003, as the captain of Dynamo, he presented him with a Dynamo T-shirt No. 10 with the inscription PELE ^[67] .

On June 13, 2007 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of pedagogical sciences in the specialty “Biomechanics” on the topic “Technique of starting actions in football and athletics sprint” at the Russian State Pedagogical University ^[68] .

Also in 2007, he played himself in the TV series “ Happy Together ”. He appeared in two episodes: in the 113th series “Advertising requires sacrifice” in the advertising of Zeus sneakers, and in the 155th “The whole world is a theater, all the women go to it” was a star in a sports bar ^[69] .

Bulykin loves to ride motorcycles , prefers the BMW brand ^[70] .

She likes spending free time with friends and family, sometimes going to restaurants, bowling and billiards . In terms of food, Dmitry most likes Russian cuisine ^[71] .

In 2012, for the first time in his life, he parachuted with his sister ^[72] .

Club

As of May 12, 2014

International

Russian Youth Team

Total: 4 matches; 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss.

Russian team

As of October 13, 2004

Total: 15 matches / 7 goals; 6 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses.

Team Achievements

  "Locomotive"

• Silver medalist of the championship of Russia: 1999 , 2000
• Russian Championship Bronze Medalist: 1998
• Russian Cup Winner: 1996/97, 1999/00, 2000/01

  Anderlecht

• Belgian silver medalist: 2008/09

  Ajax

• Champion of the Netherlands : 2011/12

Personal Achievements

• Club member Grigory Fedotov
• Club member of 100 Russian scorers
• The best Russian football player abroad: 2011 ^[73]
• Football gentleman of the year in Russia : 2003
• The list of 33 best players of the championship of Russia : No. 2 ( 2003 )

On June 15, 2019, he announced that he intends to stand as a candidate for deputy in the Moscow City Duma in 43 constituencies (Arbat, Presnensky, Khamovniki districts) at the upcoming September 8 elections as a self-nominee ^[74] . The date of the nomination coincided with the refusal to participate in the elections in this constituency of a self-nominated person, the founder of the Vera Hopsis Assistance Fund, member of the ONF and proxy of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin Anna Federmesser . On the same day, the actor and member of the ONF, Andrei Sokolov , announced his self-nomination ^[75] . Bulykin himself supported the policies of President Vladimir Putin and Sergei Sobyanin, while at the same time denying cooperation with the authorities and political parties ^[76] .

• Player Profile (English) (link not available) . FIFA.com Archived on August 25, 2011.
• Player profile on Transfermarkt
• Player profile (Russian) . Russian national football team. Archived on August 25, 2011.
• Player profile (nid.) . The official website of Ajax. Archived February 4, 2012.
• Statistics on the site “Voetbal International” (nid.)