Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian football manager and former player who manages the Russian national team. As a player, he was a midfielder and spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow, Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo. He holds citizenships of Russia, Spain and Estonia. Кружков А. – Sport-Express. 31 May 2005.- Летом 2003–го вы получили эстонский паспорт. Российское гражданство при этом сохранилось?- Разумеется.
Club career At club level, Karpin played for Fakel Voronezh (1989), Spartak Moscow (1990–94), Real Sociedad (1994–96 and 2002–05), Valencia (1996–97) and Celta Vigo (1997–2002).
International career Karpin was capped 72 times for Russia, scoring 17 goals (he was also capped once for the CIS). He scored Russia's first goal after the breakup of the Soviet Union, in a 2–0 win against Mexico on 17 August 1992. Karpin played for Russia at the 1994 World Cup, Euro 1996, and the 2002 World Cup. In 2003, he won the Cyprus International Football Tournament when Russia beat Romania.
Managerial career Earlier managerial career In August 2008, Karpin was named as Director General of Spartak Moscow, replacing Sergei Shavlo. In April 2009, following a poor run of results, he replaced Michael Laudrup as caretaker manager of the club. On 18 April 2011, Karpin declared resignation from his position following one of the worse starts in club history. Eventually, he continued working as a manager up to the end of 2011–12 season.
After the sacking of the newly appointed manager Unai Emery on 25 November 2012, Karpin took the responsibility of caretaker manager up until the end of the year. He later officially became the team's coach again and was not the caretaker anymore.
On 18 March 2014, Karpin was relieved from his duties, after exiting the Russian Cup to third division FC Tosno and drawing with top flight's bottom side Anzhi Makhachkala.Spartak part company with Karpin. UEFA.com (18 March 2014). Retrieved on 14 July 2017.
On 12 August 2014, he was appointed at the helm of RCD Mallorca.
He joined Torpedo Armavir for the 2015–16 season after it was newly promoted to FNL. Under his management, the team (by then renamed to FC Armavir) was relegated back to the third-tier PFL, and on 23 June 2016, he left the club "by mutual consent".
FC Rostov and Russia On 19 December 2017, Karpin was announced as the new manager of FC Rostov on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
On 23 July 2021, Russian Football Union hired him as manager of the Russia national team until 31 December 2021 (for the duration of the World Cup qualification campaign). He was expected to continue coaching FC Rostov at the same time until that date. The contract has an option to be extended beyond that date. 10 days later, after just two games coaching both Rostov and national team, on 2 August 2021 he left Rostov by mutual consent.
Russia under Karpin qualified for the second round of World Cup qualifiers after finishing second in their group. However, on 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from international competition until further notice, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 10 March 2022, Karpin extended his contract with the national team until the end of 2022, and also returned to the manager position at FC Rostov. Russian Football Union president Aleksandr Dyukov clarified that Karpin would have to leave Rostov and focus on the national team job in case RFU's pending appeal of the disqualification to CAS is successful or disqualification is lifted otherwise. He was selected coach of the month by Russian Premier League for April 2022 and again for September 2022 and November 2022.
On 5 November 2022, Karpin extended his contract as the national team manager to 1 August 2024, with the suspension from international competitions still in place.
Karpin was voted league's coach of the month once again for March 2024.
On 28 June 2024, Karpin extended his contract with the national team to July 2028.
On 25 February 2025, Karpin resigned from his Rostov position to focus on the national team job.
Dynamo Moscow On 13 June 2025, Karpin signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow, while also staying with the national team. Russian Football Union agreed to the arrangement, until the national team's international suspension is lifted. Karpin resigned from Dynamo on 17 November 2025 to focus on the national team, with the club in 10th place.
TV career In 2016, he started working as analyst with Match TV. On 16 February 2017, he was appointed editor-in-chief of football broadcasts for the channel. He left the channel on 24 July 2017.
Personal life Karpin has four daughters named Veronika (born in 1990), Maria (born 23 February 1996), Valeria (born 18 February 2001) and Daria (born 4 September 2018). Since 2017, Karpin is married to an English teacher, singer, and amateur skater Daria Gordeeva (before that he was married twice). Karpin has Russian citizenship. In 2003 he acquired Estonian citizenship, he is an Estonian citizen through his father's family. He later also received Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for several years.
In a 2022 interview, Karpin hoped for peace after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After retirement
In 2007, Karpin became the holder of road bicycle racing team Karpin–Galicia. He also owns a real estate company with former Celta Vigo teammate Míchel Salgado.
In 2009, he was part of the Russian squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.
Career statistics
Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSport Tallinn1986Soviet Second League101——1011987Soviet Second League150——150Total2510000251CSKA Moscow1988Soviet First League3000—30Fakel Voronezh1989Soviet First League27700—277Spartak Moscow1990Soviet Top League21030402801991Soviet Top League28351814151992Russian Top League267314233101993Russian Top League30132110442181994Russian Top League12533431911Total11728166301016344Real Sociedad1994–95La Liga35330—3831995–96La Liga371321—3914Total721651007717Valencia1996–97La Liga3662080466Celta Vigo1997–98La Liga37451—4251998–99La Liga34820714391999–2000La Liga3462010546112000–01La Liga305611334992001–02La Liga3332032385Total16826172331121839Real Sociedad2002–03La Liga36810—3782003–04La Liga38700804672004–05La Liga34500—345Total10820108011720Career total5561044197921676134
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearValery Georgievich Karpin – International Appearances. Rsssf.com (31 July 2008). Retrieved on 14 July 2017.National teamYearAppsGoalsCIS199210Total10Russia1992311993601994611995831996124199720199850199996200041200190200271200310Total7217
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karpin goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Valery KarpinNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 16 August 1992 RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia 1–0 2–0 Friendly2 12 October 1994 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying3 16 August 1995 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying9 10 November 1996 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 4–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification10 27 March 1999 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying11 2–012 5 June 1999 Stade de France, Paris, France 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying13 9 June 1999 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying14 4 September 1999 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying15 9 October 1999 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying17 5 June 2002 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan 2–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordSpartak Moscow16 April 200930 June 2012Spartak Moscow26 November 201218 March 2014Mallorca12 August 201410 February 2015Torpedo Armavir10 July 201523 June 2016Rostov19 December 20172 August 2021Russia23 July 2021PresentRostov10 March 202225 February 2025Dynamo Moscow13 June 202516 November 2025Total
Honours Spartak Moscow Russian Top League: 1992, 1993, 1994 Soviet Cup: 1991–92
Celta UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 Copa del Rey runner-up: 2000–01
Individual Winner of the National Team Leader Prize: 2000
References
External links
Valeri Karpin on the RSSSF All goals and career in Spain