Viktor Kolotov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Kolotov.

Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000^[1]) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Viktor Kolotov

Viktor Kolotov in 1975
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov
Date of birth	(1949-07-03)3 July 1949
Place of birth	Yudino, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union (now part of Kazan, Russia)
Date of death	3 January 2000(2000-01-03) (aged 50)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1958	Lokomotiv Yudino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1968	Chaika Zelenodolsk
1968	Trudovye Rezervy Kazan
1968–1970	Rubin Kazan	69	(15)
1971–1981	Dynamo Kyiv	218	(62)
International career
1970–1978	USSR	54	(22)
1979	Ukraine
Managerial career
1984–1992	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1993	Borysfen Boryspil
1995–1996	Ukraine U21
1996–1997	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1998–1999	Ukraine U21
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men's Football Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition 1976 Montreal Team competition UEFA European Championship European Championship 1972
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was born in the settlement of Yudino, Kazan municipality. Today the settlement is included in the Kirov Raion of Kazan city. After becoming a coach he extended his welcomed stay in Kyiv. Together with Dynamo Kyiv he became the four-time champion of the USSR as well as the two-time holder of the USSR Cup. Also in Europe he participated in the memorable 1974–1975 season when Dynamo Kyiv conquered the Cup Winner's Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Kolotov was also a European vice-champion (1972).

In 1979, Kolotov played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.^[2]

Career statistics for Dynamo Kyiv

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo Kyiv	1971	25	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	10
	1972	26	11	4	0	6	0	-	-	36	11
	1973	23	6	6	6	5	2	-	-	34	14
	1974	28	7	4	0	9	2	-	-	41	9
	1975	25	12	1	1	4	2	-	-	30	15
	1976 (s)	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
	1976 (a)	7	3	-	-	2	2	-	-	9	5
	1977	15	5	-	-	2	0	1	0	18	5
	1978	23	2	7	1	4	0	-	-	34	3
	1979	28	5	6	3	6	0	-	-	40	8
	1980	11	1	1	0	1	0	-	-	13	1
	1981	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	-	9	0
Total		218	62	34	11	39	8	1	0	292	81

• The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

• Soviet Top League (6): 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981
• Soviet Cup (2): 1974, 1978
• European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1974–75
• European Super Cup (1): 1975

Individual

• The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (7): No. 1 (1971, 1972, 1974-1976), No. 2 (1977), No. 3 (1973)
• ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1972^[3]
• Eric Batty's World XI: 1976^[4]