Vladimir Volkov (footballer)

Vladimir Volkov
Volkov playing for Montenegro in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back, left winger
Youth career
1993–2004 Radnički Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Grafičar Beograd 25 (0)
2005–2006 Železničar Beograd 16 (0)
2006–2008 BSK Borča 47 (10)
2008 → Portimonense (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2009 OFK Beograd 5 (0)
2009–2011 Sheriff Tiraspol 45 (13)
2011–2015 Partizan 76 (8)
2015–2016 Mechelen 13 (0)
2016 → Lech Poznań (loan) 7 (0)
2017 Radnički Niš 6 (0)
2017–2018 Rad 26 (5)
2018 Ermis Aradippou 3 (0)
2019 Rad 7 (2)
2019–2020 Borac Banja Luka 7 (0)
Total 286 (38)
International career
2011 Serbia 1 (0)
2012–2015 Montenegro 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Volkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a former professional footballer. Born in Serbia, Volkov represented Montenegro internationally, having played for Serbia previously.

Club career

Early career

Born in Serbian capital Belgrade,[1] back then still the Yugoslav capital, Volkov started playing football in youth categories of FK Radnički Beograd when he was seven years old.[2] 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 Tiraspol 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.[3] 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 Mechelen.[4] 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.[5]

Radnički Niš

On 13 January 2017, Volkov signed with Radnički Niš.[6] The official presentation was on 17 January at club media-center, where Volkov, Anid Travančić and Ryota Noma were presented as the first signings of the winter-break and crucial reinforcements of Radnički for the second half of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga.[1]

Rad

In January 2019, Volkov joined FK Rad.[7]

International career

On 4 November 2011, the caretaker of the Serbia 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.[8]

Under new FIFA rules, a player who has dual citizenship and has played only one match for one of the two countries can change affiliation to play for the other national team. The Serbia "showed no interest", Volkov accepted Brnović's call up to the Montenegro national team.[9] On 25 May 2012, Volkov made a debut for the Montenegro national team as a starter in a friendly match against Belgium.[10] He earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.[11] His final international was a September 2015 European Championship qualification match against Liechtenstein.[12]

Personal life

Born in Belgrade, Volkov grew up in the urban municipality of New Belgrade. Growing up in the neghbourhood, he was friends with Pavle Ninkov and Ivan Čvorović, both of whom would also go on to become professional footballers. As a curiosity, each one of the three ended up representing different national teams.[13]

Volkov's paternal great-grandparents migrated from Russia to Serbia in 1917. Besides his native Serbian, he also speaks English, Portuguese, and Russian.[14] As of 2017, he is in a relationship with Serbian singer Sandra Afrika.[15]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grafičar Beograd 2004–05 25 0 — — 25 0
Železničar Beograd 2005–06 16 0 — — 16 0
BSK Borča 2006–07 30 8 0 0 — 30 8
2007–08 17 2 0 0 — 17 2
Total 47 10 0 0 0 0 47 10
Portimonense (loan) 2008–09 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
OFK Beograd 2008–09 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
Sheriff Tiraspol 2008–09 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2009–10 28 8 6 0 10 0 44 8
2010–11 16 4 1 0 11 2 28 6
Total 45 13 7 0 21 2 73 15
Partizan 2011–12 21 1 2 0 5 1 28 2
2012–13 12 1 2 0 10 0 24 1
2013–14 25 2 1 0 3 1 29 3
2014–15 18 4 4 0 9 0 31 4
Total 76 8 9 0 27 2 112 10
Mechelen 2015–16 13 0 2 0 — 15 0
Lech Poznań (Loan) 2015–16 7 0 1 1 0 0 8 1
Radnički Niš 2016–17 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Rad 2017–18 26 5 2 0 — 28 5
Ermis Aradippou 2018–19 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Rad 2018–19 7 2 0 0 — 7 2
Borac Banja Luka 2019–20 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Career total 286 38 21 1 48 4 355 43

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Partizan

References

  1. ^ a b RADNIČKI PREDSTAVIO POJAČANJA at FK Radnički Niš official website, 17 January 2017 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ Vladimir Volkov at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. ^ "Volkov zvanično predstavljen" (in Serbian). b92.net. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Volkov u Belgiji!" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Volkov piłkarzem mistrza Polski" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ Волков потписао за Раднички (in Serbian). FK Radnički Niš. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  7. ^ UFFICIALE: Due terzini per il Rad. Presi Stevic e il rientrante Volkov, calcioslavo.it, 23 January 2019
  8. ^ "Volkov ubeđen da je odlično debitovao" (in Serbian). smedia.rs. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Volkov: Igraću za Crnu Goru jer u Srbiji nisu zainteresovani za mene" [Volkov: I will play for Montenegro because they are not interested in me in Serbia]. Blic (in Croatian). 10 May 2012.
  10. ^ Remi u Briselu at FSCG.co.me
  11. ^ "Montenegro - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  13. ^ Petrović, Neša (30 September 2017). "Vladimir Volkov: Strah od letenja, Sale me zezao". mondo.rs. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Владимир Волков: "Связь с Россией ощущаю и хочу играть в этой стране"" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ ""Volkov se reklamira preko mene!"". 7 August 2017.