Max Meschanin

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Аничкин; born December 8, 1941 in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg); died on January 5, 1975 in Moscow from heart failure) was a Russian footballer. He scored 15 goals from 322 matches in all competitions for Dynamo Moscow, of which 6 goals came from 282 league matches. He also played for Dynamo Bryansk.

International career

He earned 20 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup, where the Soviets were the runners-up, and also four years later in UEFA Euro 1968.

Honours

Dynamo Moscow

Soviet Top League winner: 1963

Soviet Top League runner-up: 1967, 1970

Soviet Cup winner: 1967, 1970

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972

Gennady Yegorovich Yevryuzhikhin (Russian: Геннадий Егорович Еврюжихин; born 4 February 1944 in Kazan; died 15 March 1998 in Moscow) was a Russian footballer.

Honours

Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring).

Soviet Top League runner-up: 1967, 1970.

Soviet Cup winner: 1967, 1970.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972.

Olympic bronze: 1972.

International career

He earned 37 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also earned a bronze medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, scoring one goal against Sudan.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Гранат, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡrɐˈnat]; born 22 May 1987) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian former footballer who is currently coaching NPL NSW side Wollongong Wolves FC.

Born in Wollongong, Wilkshire played youth football for Albion Park, Wollongong Wolves and the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for English club Middlesbrough. In 2003, he moved to Bristol City, where he spent three seasons before moving to the Netherlands to play for Twente in 2006. Wilkshire next played in Russia for Dynamo Moscow, but later moved back to the Netherlands to play for Feyenoord in 2014. He was released from the club in August 2015 by mutual consent.

Wilkshire has played eighty times for the Australian national team. This includes matches at both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2007 and 2011 AFC Asian Cups. He was also a member of the squad at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Previously, with Australia's youth sides, Wilkshire took part in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Pascal Mendy (born 11 January 1979) is a Senegalese former footballer.

Career

A former Dynamo Moscow player, Mendy signed for Kaunas in February 2007. After Kaunas was demoted from A Lyga, Mendy joined the Belarusian Premier League side Partizan Minsk, another club owned by Romanov.

Baffour Gyan (born 2 July 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Gyan was born in Accra. He played for Dynamo Moscow, FC Saturn and Czech side Slovan Liberec. After twelve years playing of playing football in Europe, he returned on 28 September 2009 back to his homeland Ghana and signed a three years contract with Asante Kotoko.

International career

Gyan was a regular for Ghana and was part of the squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On 18 November 2007, he scored for Ghana in their 2–0 win against Togo in the Pre-2008 African Cup of Nations Tournament held in Accra, Ghana. He made 25 appearances for Ghana scoring 4 goals.

Zvjezdan Misimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Звјездан Мисимовић, pronounced [zʋjězdan misǐːmoʋitɕ];[2] born 5 June 1982) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who most notably played for Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow, and Beijing Renhe as an attacking midfielder.[3] Misimović is the fourth most capped player in the history of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, capped 84 times. His 25 international goals also makes him his country's third top-goalscorer.[4] He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Prior to joining Dynamo Moscow, Misimović made a name for himself while playing for VfL Wolfsburg, with whom he won the Bundesliga in the 2008–09 season. In the same season, he accomplished 20 assists, which was the most in that season.

Kevin Dennis Kurányi Rodríguez[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛvɪn kuˈʁaːniː], Hungarian: [ˈkɛvin ˈkuraːɲi]; born 2 March 1982) is a German former professional footballer. He played as a striker and possessed great aerial ability and finishing skills. From 2003 to 2008, Kurányi was part of the German national team, for which he scored 19 goals in 52 games. He participated in two UEFA Euro and one Confederations Cup.

Club career

Early career

Kurányi began playing football in 1988 for Petrópolis-based Serrano FC in Brazil, when he was six years old. In 1993, he transferred to Panamanian club Las Promesas, where he played for one year before going back to Serrano FC. Kurányi returned to Las Promesas in 1996 for a further year.

VfB Stuttgart

In 1997, Kurányi moved to Germany, enlisting at VfB Stuttgart's B youth team. After playing a few games in the Germany national under-21 football team, he signed his first professional contract for VfB in 2001.

Following on from his 33 matches and 10 goals for the amateur team, Kurányi played 99 matches for VfB Stuttgart's professional team, scoring 40 goals. He also took part in 22 European team championship games, scoring 10 goals. In the 2002–03 season of the Bundesliga, he was the top German goal-scorer and one of the main reasons for Stuttgart's second-place finish in the league. That year, VfB and its "Junge Wilde" ("young wild ones"), comprising Timo Hildebrand, Andreas Hinkel, Alexander Hleb, Philipp Lahm, Imre Szabics and Kurányi, delighted Stuttgart fans with superb attacking football.

Schalke 04

Kurányi left Stuttgart during the 2005 summer transfer window to join Schalke, signing to 2009–10. At Gelsenkirchen, he finished top goalscorer for the team from 2005–08, while the team achieved three consecutive UEFA Champions League berths.

On 15 April 2008, Kurányi scored four goals in Schalke's 5–0 win over Energie Cottbus in a league match, the other being an own goal. Three days earlier, incidentally, Schalke were beaten 5–1 at Werder Bremen, with Kurányi also netting.

Dynamo Moscow

Kurányi captaining Dynamo Moscow

On 9 May 2010, it was announced that Kurányi would move to Dynamo Moscow on 1 July 2010 and signed a three-year contract. After renewing his contract with Dynamo until 2015, he became captain of the team in July 2012. He netted two goals for Dynamo on 9 December 2012, to lift the capital club to a 2–1 victory over Terek Grozny.

1899 Hoffenheim

After his contract with Dynamo expired in the summer of 2015, Kurányi returned to Germany and signed for 1899 Hoffenheim on 24 July 2015, on a one-year deal.

Kurányi announced his retirement on 24 March 2017.

Tsvetan Valentinov Genkov (Bulgarian: Цветан Валентинов Генков; born 8 February 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for OFK Kostinbrod.

Career

Lokomotiv Mezdra

Born in Mezdra, Genkov began his career in the local Lokomotiv, previously having been a track and field athlete. He made his debut during the 2001–02 season on 14 October 2001 in a 0–2 away loss against Sitomir Nikopol in the campaign of V AFG. On 12 May 2002, Genkov scored his first goal in a 2–2 home draw against Olimpik Teteven. As of the 2002–03 season he became first-choice forward scoring 14 goals. After 24 goals in the next season he transferred to Lokomotiv Sofia.

Lokomotiv Sofia

He made his debut for Lokomotiv Sofia on 6 August 2004, in a 0–2 away loss against Litex Lovech. In Sofia, Genkov established himself in one of the leading A PFG clubs and helped his team to reach the fourth place in 2005–06 and secure a place in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. During the qualification rounds, Genkov scored four goals in six matches. In Bulgaria's A PFG, he became the top goalscorer of 2006–07 with 27 goals, leading Lokomotiv to the third position and 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualification.

Dynamo Moscow

On 9 June 2007, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Dynamo Moscow for a transfer fee of €2.25 million.

Return to Lokomotiv Sofia

In January 2010, Genkov was loaned out to his former club. On 7 March 2010, he netted twice in the 5–1 away win against FC Sportist Svoge. In the following season, with 11 goals to his name, Genkov had climbed up to second place in the scoring charts in the A PFG by the time his loan expired.

Wisła Kraków

Genkov playing for Wisła

On 28 January 2011, Genkov joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a three and a half-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Dynamo Moscow. He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season. Genkov was club's top goalscorer in the second part of the season with six goals in the league.

In the following season, he was a starter in all six matches in the Wisła's ultimately unsuccessful UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign. On 9 September, Genkov picked up an injury at beginning of the league match against Lech Poznań. He returned to play on 15 October, scoring the winning goal in a 3–1 home win over Jagiellonia Białystok. Genkov also netted the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over FC Twente, in the last UEFA Europa League group stage match, which lead his team to qualify for the round of 32.

On 16 February 2012, he scored a late equaliser in the first leg tie against Standard Liège. Wisła Kraków played with ten-men for most of the match after Michał Czekaj was sent off in the 27th minute. He scored his first hat-trick for Wisła Kraków on 14 April, scoring all three of his team's goals in a 3–2 home win over ŁKS Łódź in the Ekstraklasa. Genkov was a top goalscorer of 2011–12 Polish Cup with four goals from three games.

Levski Sofia

Genkov signed with Levski Sofia on 19 June 2013 on a three-year deal. He was not registered for the 1st round of the UEFA Europa League games against Kazakh club Irtysh Pavlodar, which his team lost by an aggregate score of 0–2. Genkov made his official debut for Levski Sofia on 21 July 2013, in the 1–2 away loss against Botev Plovdiv in an A PFG match. He scored his first goal for the team from Sofia a week later in the 1–2 home defeat inflicted by Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Okzhetpes

On 14 February 2017, Genkov signed for Okzhetpes of the Kazakhstan Premier League.

OFK Kostinbrod

After three years without a club, Genkov signed with Bulgarian fourth division club OFK Kostinbrod.[12] As of September 2021, Genkov was still playing for Kostinbrod.

Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov (Алексей Анатольевич Козлов; born 25 December 1986) is a Russian footballer. He plays as right-back for Nizhny Novgorod.

Club career

Kozlov made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2007 for FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.

On 24 June 2019, he left FC Dynamo Moscow after 5.5 seasons upon the expiration of his contract.

On 3 July 2019, he signed with FC Rostov.

On 9 July 2021, he joined Nizhny Novgorod, newly promoted into the Russian Premier League