Alyaksandr Kulchy

Alyaksandr Mikalaevich Kulchy (Belarusian: Аляксандр Мікалаевіч Кульчы; Russian: Александр Николаевич Кульчий; born 1 November 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and a former player who is the manager of Russian club Amkar Perm. He is the all-time most capped player for the Belarus national team.^[1]

Alyaksandr Kulchy

Kulchiy managing Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Alyaksandr Mikalaevich Kulchy
Date of birth	(1973-11-01) 1 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Amkar Perm (manager)
Youth career
	DYuSSh Gomel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Gomelselmash Gomel	20	(2)
1992–1993	Fandok Bobruisk	52	(4)
1994–1996	MPKC Mozyr	86	(30)
1997–1999	Dynamo Moscow	62	(4)
1997–1999	→ Dynamo-d Moscow	19	(7)
2000–2005	Shinnik Yaroslavl	149	(18)
2006–2007	Tom Tomsk	60	(4)
2008–2010	Rostov	84	(1)
2011–2012	Krasnodar	29	(1)
2012	Sibir Novosibirsk	15	(2)
2013	Irtysh Pavlodar	13	(0)
Total		589	(73)
International career
1992–1995	Belarus U21	16	(2)
1996–2012	Belarus	102	(5)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Belarus (assistant)
2016–2017	Dynamo-2 Moscow (assistant)
2018–2019	Gomel (assistant)
2019	Gomel
2020	Dynamo Moscow (U20)
2020–2023	Dynamo-2 Moscow
2020	Dynamo Moscow (caretaker)
2024	Murom
2025–	Amkar Perm
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Kulchy earned his 100th cap for the Belarus national team on 7 June 2012, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Lithuania. He was part of the national team for nearly 16 years, from 1996 to 2012. ^[2]

Coaching career

On 29 September 2020, he was assigned caretaker manager of Dynamo Moscow following the resignation of Kirill Novikov.^[3] Dynamo won the only game against FC Krasnodar that he managed before Sandro Schwarz was appointed permanent manager on 14 October.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Gomselmash Gomel	1991	Soviet Second League B	20	2
Fandok Bobruisk[a]	1992	Belarusian Premier League	12	1
	1992–93	Belarusian Premier League	32	3
	1993–94	Belarusian Premier League	8	0
	Total		52	4
MPKC Mozyr[b]	1993–94	Belarusian First League	13	3
	1994–95	Belarusian First League	28	9
	1995	Belarusian Premier League	15	5
	1996	Belarusian Premier League	30	13
	Total		86	30
Dynamo Moscow	1997	Russian Premier League	26	3
	1998	Russian Premier League	20	1
	1999	Russian Premier League	16	0
	Total		62	4
Shinnik Yaroslavl	2000	Russian First Division	34	4
	2001	Russian First Division	28	7
	2002	Russian Premier League	27	1
	2003	Russian Premier League	29	3
	2004	Russian Premier League	25	2
	2005	Russian Premier League	6	1
	Total		149	18
Tom Tomsk	2005	Russian Premier League	10	0
	2006	Russian Premier League	28	3
	2007	Russian Premier League	22	1
	Total		60	4
Rostov	2008	Russian First Division	31	0
	2009	Russian Premier League	28	0
	2010	Russian Premier League	25	1
	Total		84	1
Krasnodar	2011–12	Russian Premier League	29	1
Sibir Novosibirsk	2012–13	Russian National Football League	15	2
Irtysh Pavlodar	2013	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	0
Career total			570	66

1. "Traktor Bobruisk" until 1992
2. "Polesye Mozyr" until 1994

International

Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kulchy goal.

List of international goals scored by Alyaksandr Kulchy

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 May 1996	City Stadium, Molodechno, Belarus	Azerbaijan	2–1	2–2	Friendly
2	31 July 1996	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	Lithuania	1–1	2–2	Friendly
3	21 August 2002	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	2–2	4–2	Friendly
4	22 November 2004	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3–2	3–2	Friendly
5	30 March 2005	Arena Petrol, Celje, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	1–1	World Cup 2006 qualifier

Honours

MPKC Mozyr

• Belarusian Premier League: 1996
• Belarusian Cup: 1995–96

Individual

• Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 2009

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps