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Vladimirs Koļesņičenko

Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
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Koļesņičenko playing for FK Ventspils
Personal information
Full name Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
Date of birth (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 37)
Place of birth Riga, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Skonto-Metāls 27 (1)
1997–2002 Skonto Riga 121 (52)
2003 Torpedo-Metalurg 7 (0)
2003–2004 Skonto Riga 23 (5)
2004 FC Moscow 1 (0)
2005 FK Venta Kuldiga 0 (0)
2006–2008 FK Ventspils 64 (8)
2009 FC Inter Baku 9 (1)
2009 Skonto Riga 10 (3)
2010 Chornomorets Odesa 6 (0)
2011 Skonto Riga 10 (1)
National team
1997–2011 Latvia 47 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (born 4 May 1980 in Riga) is a retired Latvian footballer and the former chairman of Latvian Higher League club Skonto Riga.

Being a member of Skonto Riga footballing system, Koļesņičenko started his career in 1996 with Skonto-Metāls, later joining the same club in 1997, but this time with a different name - Skonto Riga. He played there until 2002, becoming league's top scorer in 2000.

In 2003, he left his native Latvia, joining Russian club Torpedo-Metalurg. After an unsuccessful period with this team (only 7 matches played and no goals scored) he returned to Skonto Riga in 2004. In the same year another challenge from Russia came Koļesņičenko's way, as he joined FC Moscow.

This change was also unsuccessful, and after playing only one match, he yet again returned to Latvia, this time with the newly created and ambitious FK Venta from the city of Kuldīga. The club's ambitions were high, but its finances turned out to be just a bubble as the club went bankrupt and couldn't even manage to finish its first season in the top-flight soccer.

In 2006 Koļesņičenko joined FK Ventspils, playing there for 2 years and becoming a vital first eleven player. In 2009 Vladimirs accepted a challenge from Azerbaijan, joining his fellow international teammates Andrejs Rubins and Ģirts Karlsons at Inter Baku. He soon returned to Latvia, continuing to struggle abroad. Yet again it was Skonto Riga, who took him under their wing.


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