It doesn't seem to me important who manages Hull, what plans they had for the season, what place was given to these plans. Leonid Slutsky and what mistakes were made along the way. In the same way, it is not significant, in my opinion, to what extent Slutsky's regalia and his achievements in the Russian championship (absolute), in the Champions League (comparative) can be called into question by his, so to speak, challic practice.
It does not matter, because the first did not interest me before, and will not interest me after. And for the second, I know the exact answer, which I will return to later. Let me say first about what is essential, important and beautiful in its own way.
"He can be great, but not with these idiots." Fans about the departure of Slutsky
Hull fans are sincerely sorry to part with the Russian coach.
Look, a year ago Slutsky left CSKA after last match in a group with Tottenham, and it looked dramatic. He went nowhere. big Russian clubs a coach was not required, CSKA seemed to be a dry mine, where once it was possible to dig up a lot of beauty, but everything in the past, in the year of leaving, was still a failure at the Euro.
No failure at the devil's horns in England can compare with this in terms of drama and negativity of the background. Well, yes, it was a well-fed, prosperous, well-known devil. But who cared about this "Hull"?
To be Russian and at the same time to buy Pogrebnyak to strengthen the composition means to be either a fool or a general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Championship is not worried about this at all. He excites when they break out of it and make noise there, like Bournemouth. Or just surprise like Huddersfield. Or when it's "Reading", which had a nice young Russian owner - do you remember his name? I remember. To be Russian and at the same time buy to strengthen the composition precisely Pogrebnyak- means to be either a fool or a general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
As far as there is a wide spread in concepts, judge for yourself.
In general, this is the scheme by which we know the Championship. This is a place that is interesting to us, our public, mainly as a metaphor for such a dark basement, or an incredible hinterland, or almost a cesspool. When they get out of there into the light of day and turn out to be capable, it surprises us.
That same Huddersfield, right?
But this is a club with a history that goes beyond 100 years. And the story that the most inquisitive Russian journalists are now learning about - how exactly did the relatively young German coach end up there, how they made their way through the playoffs, a wonderful story with season tickets that are sold at a loss of 100 pounds, because the owner promised it , playing a few more divisions below…
We will know all this now, but how? We're just translating it. And in England it was interesting at every stage of Huddersfield's life. Both documented and told. This is about the same as being surprised by the information from a physics textbook for the seventh grade, which is actually surprising only because it has not fallen into our hands before.
That is the price of absolutely any analysis of Slutsky's stay in Hull, made from Russia. This is a world (or little world), which we not only do not know, but which is completely alien to us. This is a curiosity and will remain so. For us "Hull", for the British Slutsky in it.
Leonid Viktorovich and I have quite different fields, but nevertheless, as a commentator, I spent the last year commenting on the Championship. Does this add anything to your knowledge of my career, its development or decline? No. I just disappeared. What is the experience I got there? Yes, I find it difficult to define myself. He definitely was, immersion in terra incognita will certainly carry him in himself. But what to talk about it, he is closed in himself. Like a callus: it is there - and if so, you definitely worked. Are you looking at calluses? Do you discuss with friends?
Don't be the quiet girlfriends of a dashing high school girl. Be sure she liked it. She was perfectly fine!
Incidentally, the British are interested in Slutsky to the same extent. All the same, in the most memorable way in its history, "Hull" was celebrated by a great writer Nick Hornby, but not even in the football book, by the way. How? Oh, you don't know that either?
But what am I getting at?
A year ago, Slutsky left CSKA even worse than nowhere. He went on vacation. In voluntary unclaimedness. This is a nightmare of any coach, of course.
Now Slutsky can choose. If we talk about Russia - anything but CSKA (and he already left there) and Spartak (and he would never have come there, a year ago for sure). "Locomotive" is also not required, but oh well; but Krasnodar, Zenit, Rubin… they just can't stop thinking about it. What exactly their interest is is a technical question.
In our football, for the twentieth or more season, Semin, Tarkhanov, Gadzhiev. Well, they are great, what can I say. But the place has been vacated, but there are no new coaches. That's what's important! Simply no. Neither Karpin, nor Grishina, nor Alenicheva(League 1, a great playground at 45) - and this is not about losers either, it's just about our football.
Question of the day. Is Slutsky's English career over?
What reputation did he manage to earn and will he be able to find a job in a European club in the future? Answered by experts and readers.
Slutsky, understand, did not take risks. Even in the word “decided” there is a lot of pathos, because there are at most one and a half more people who could be offered such a job. It wouldn't have occurred to me.
Slutsky did not take risks, because he did not lose anything.
Is it a failure? Certainly.
That's just in vain you say: "He at least tried." Don't be the quiet girlfriends of a dashing high school girl. Be sure she liked it. She was perfectly fine! As that memorable anecdote said: "Sarah liked it too, and then she nursed seven gangsters, not counting the girls."
The question is different. Will Slutsky go to the conditional Zenit now? Or will it wait?
In fact, they can still call him to lead some team. And what, the championship in Russia, a Russian coach, with experience in big tournaments, and in European competitions, and in England. Any free team will think about it, except Saudi Arabia, but she is already struggling with prejudice, judging by the princes.
A year ago, Slutsky left, putting freedom of choice above all of all values. A year later, his choice is much wider and more diverse.
Yes, Hull was a failure. Unconditional. Unconditional.
But a year ago, Slutsky left, putting freedom of choice above all of all values. A year later, his choice is much wider and more diverse.
You are for Leonid Viktorovich, in general, do not worry. He is with us for a long time, and it will be an interesting story.
Where will Slutsky be taken after Hull: 7 options
Leonid Slutsky left Hull City. He is now unemployed and open to offers. Where can a 46-year-old coach continue his career?
Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky. Born on May 4, 1971 in Volgograd. Russian football coach. Honored Coach of the Russian Federation (2013).
Grew up without a father. When he was six years old, his father, a master of sports in boxing, died. The boy grew up with his mother, who worked as a teacher in kindergarten, and then became the head of this preschool.
He has a half-brother Dmitry.
After school he entered the State Institute physical education In Volgograd. Simultaneously with his studies, he was a player (goalkeeper) in the youth football team"Star" from Gorodischi.
The young football player showed promise, however tragic case changed plans. Deciding to help a neighbor get a domestic cat from a poplar, Slutsky put an end to the player's career. Tree branches failed young football player, and instead of training, he ended up in a hospital bed with fractures and a concussion. The treatment lasted for a whole year. He was able to develop a knee joint, but his career as a goalkeeper was over.
He told this story: “I was going to train. A neighbor came in. She had a house cat, she accidentally let him out, he immediately climbed a poplar. She asked to climb for him. I have never climbed trees in my life, but I could not refuse anyone ... , by the way, this is one of the drawbacks - it is very difficult to say "no", and it is generally impossible for relatives ... So I climbed with bated breath. Then they told me that poplar trees have very fragile branches in autumn. Although I was thin then, not that what now ... wild boar. The branch broke off, grabbed the top - also broke off, and flew to the asphalt - from the height of the third floor. Landed on his knee and then hit his face. The diagnosis was as follows: an open multi-comminuted fracture of the left patella, a fracture of the nose, concussion "The injury was then incompatible with football. I spent a year in the hospital. They told me that the leg would not bend at all. I began to work out the joint for a long and painful time. And I even tried to return to football, but it didn’t work out - I could hardly play higher than KFK".
At 22, he recruited "Olympia" twelve-year-old boys who dream of becoming famous football players. His coaching career began in 1993. Under the leadership of Slutsky, Olimpia Volgograd won the Russian Cup by 1999, having the opportunity to play in the second division.
Since 2001, he began to train footballers playing in the backup team "Uralan" from Elista.
After the collapse of the Elista club, Leonid Viktorovich took a coaching position in the second team of the football club "Moscow". Not for long he had to train double. Already in 2005, Leonid Viktorovich became the mentor of the main team. Such cooperation with the Moscow club lasted only two years, although the players could get a prize in the Russian Cup. At that time, FC Moscow remained in fourth place and got the opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup. Despite all team achievements, Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky was dismissed from his post, breaking the contract ahead of schedule, which was signed before 2010.
He was offered to become the head coach of the Samara "Wings of the Soviets". The contract was signed for three years, but even here there were frictions and misunderstandings. Although the club played with good performance, Leonid Viktorovich still had to leave after two years, writing a letter of resignation of his own free will.
Became a coach since 2009 CSKA. Under his leadership, the athletes reached the playoffs of the Champions League, and in 2011 they won the championship, taking the Russian Cup for the sixth time. This award was the first trophy for coach Slutsky.
On July 13, 2013, CSKA beat Zenit 3-0 in the Super Cup match. After this victory, Slutsky became the fifth coach in the history of the RPL, who managed to win all the national trophies (before this, Yuri Semin, Valery Gazzaev, Luciano Spalletti and Kurban Berdyev achieved a similar result).
In August 2015, Slutsky was entrusted with coaching the players of the Russian national team, while leaving the opportunity to coach CSKA Moscow.
In the first match under the leadership of Slutsky on September 5, 2015, the Russian team defeated the Swedish team with a score of 1: 0 in qualifying tournament Euro 2016. In the second qualifying match On September 8, the Russian team beat the Liechtenstein team with a crushing score of 7: 0, repeating the 1995 performance record.
In October, the Russian team won two more victories: over the teams of Moldova with a score of 2:1 and Montenegro with a score of 2:0. Thanks to these results, the team took second place in the group and advanced to final part Euro 2016, and Slutsky continued to combine posts in CSKA and the national team until the end of the final stage of the Euro.
In November, the Russian national team played two friendly matches with the national teams of Portugal, which ended with the victory of the Russians with a score of 1: 0, and Croatia, in which the first defeat of the national team under the leadership of Slutsky took place (the Croats won with a score of 1: 3).
On March 26, 2016, the national team won a home victory with a score of 3:0 in a friendly match over the Lithuanian team, and on March 29, Russia lost on the road to the hosts of the upcoming European Championship, the French team with a score of 2:4.
At Euro 2016, the team led by Leonid Slutsky tied with England (1:1), lost to Slovakia (1:2) and Wales (0:3) and could not leave the group. After a failed performance at the championship.
Leonid Slutsky is also known as a humorist. He played for the Volgograd team "Third Sons", took part in games major league KVN, acting as not only a coach, but a dancer and musician.
In 2006, he took part in the comedy show Good Jokes.
Leonid Slutsky in KVN
On May 22, 2016, Leonid Slutsky led the team of experts in the game "What? Where? When?", Consisting of members of the Russian national football team: Akinfeev, the Berezutsky brothers, Dziuba and Ivanov. The game was held on the eve of the European Football Championship 2016.
Height of Leonid Slutsky: 181 centimeters.
Personal life of Leonid Slutsky:
Married. The wife's name is Irina. The couple has a son Dmitry (born 2008).
Team achievements of Leonid Slutsky:
FC Moscow:
Russian Cup finalist: 2006/07
CSKA:
Champion of Russia: 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16
Russian Cup Winner: 2010/11, 2012/13
Russian Cup finalist: 2015/2016
Winner of the Russian Super Cup: 2013, 2014
Silver medalist of the Russian Championship: 2010, 2014/15
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2011/12
Russian team:
The entry of the Russian national team into the final part of the European Football Championship 2016, Main coach Russian team
Personal achievements of Leonid Slutsky:
Best Coach of the year according to the RFU: 2012/13, 2013/14
It will be calculated for two years and will come into force from the next season. In the meantime, the team will be coached Frank Frazier, under whose leadership she is now sixth in the Dutch championship. Contract Fraser with Arnhem club settled to completion this season, accordingly, his departure will not burden Vitesse with any obligations.
Assistant Slutsky in his new team will be , with whom he worked and in , and in , and in , and in .
For the first time that Slutsky can lead Vitesse, the Dutch media started talking in late November - early December 2016, after it became known that the coach would leave CSKA. However, the specialist left for England, where he accepted Hull, which he left in December 2017. On January 28 of this year, Slutsky was seen at an FA Cup match - sitting on the podium next to the leaders of Vitesse - CEO Jost de Wit and technical director Mark van Hintum.
WHAT THEY SAID IN VITES
Van Hintum today he did not stint on compliments to the 46-year-old Russian coach.
"Leonid is known for his tactical ingenuity, attention to detail and a clear understanding of how the style of play should be. His arrival is an opportunity for Vitesse to reach a new level. I am glad that a person with such qualities will work at our club. He has a wealth of international experience - in particular, he was the head coach of the national team," said van Hintum official site "Vitesse".
"These qualities were a priority for us in the search, they are much more important than nationality," he stressed.
WHO RUNS THE ARNEM CLUB
Vitesse is owned by a Russian businessman Alexander Chigirinsky, in the zero included in the top 100 richest people in the Russian Federation. He acquired the club in 2013 from a former Soviet football player Merab Jordania.
According to the Dutch media, a good friend of Slutsky is involved in the leadership of Vitesse -. In 2010, when Jordania joined Vitesse, information appeared that Abramovich was the true owner of the club. The Georgian did not confirm this, but at the same time he did not hide his friendship with the owner of Chelsea. Informal cooperation between the Arnhem and London teams does exist - more than 20 blue players have been on loan at Vitesse, for example, a Serbian who now plays for Manchester United.
WHAT DID "VITESS" ACHIEVE
The yellow-blacks have been in the top Dutch division continuously since 1990. Above the third place, however, did not rise. If we talk about the last three championships, then in the 2014/15 season, Vitesse finished fifth, in the 2015/16 season - ninth, and in the 2016/17 season, in which he won the national Cup - again fifth. AT current championship, as mentioned above, the Arnhemians are on the sixth line.
According to transfermarkt.de, the total value of Vitesse's first team players is 27.3 million euros. For comparison: the composition of CSKA, where Slutsky worked for a long time, is estimated at 101.68 million, and Hull - 65.3 million.
In "Vitesse" there are Russian football player- defender, well known to Slutsky from CSKA. For the Dutch team, the ex-soldier on this moment played four matches. Recently I was in "Vitesse" and another Russian player- striker, who returned to Lokomotiv in the summer of 2017.
Coach Leonid Slutsky in football is a weighty and authoritative figure. As a sports mentor, only the lazy did not criticize him. He himself claims that he has long been accustomed to the attacks and ridicule that he was subjected to for professional steps and even appearance(Due to being overweight, Leonid was nicknamed Behemoth).
On the field and in the locker room, Slutsky proceeded from the fact that neither the coach nor his teammates are of interest to the player. For a football player, in the first place was, is and will be his own career, personal success. The task of the trainer is to identify strengths an athlete, increase his efficiency and fit into the game schemes with maximum efficiency.
Childhood and youth
Leonid Viktorovich was born in the Volgograd maternity hospital on May 4, 1971. Parents were happy about the appearance of their son, but soon a tragedy happened. When Lena was 6 years old, his father, a master of sports in boxing, died. A number of sources attribute Jewish roots to the head of the family, Viktor Borisovich, but do not provide evidence for this. The question of the coach's nationality arose when Slutsky was in the company and appeared in a commercial for a Jewish cultural center.
The boy grew up with his mother, who worked as a teacher in a kindergarten, and then became the head of this preschool. Lenya grew up as a sympathetic and kind child. He, like all children Soviet Union, went to school, and from the 3rd grade was enrolled in the football section of the Spartak stadium.
After receiving a certificate of completion high school Leonid Slutsky continued his education at the State Institute of Physical Culture in Volgograd. Simultaneously with his studies at a higher institution, Leonid became a goalkeeper in the Zvezda youth football team from Gorodishchi.
In his youth, the athlete showed promise, but everything was cut short on one autumn day. Responsiveness and kindness played a cruel joke with Leonid. Deciding to help a neighbor get a domestic cat from a poplar, Slutsky put an end to the player's career. The branches of the tree could not stand the young football player, and instead of training, he ended up in a hospital bed with fractures and a concussion. The treatment lasted for a whole year. Leonid Slutsky was able to develop a knee joint, but the goalkeeper's career was over.
coaching career
Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky was an excellent student, having graduated from the Institute of Physical Education with a red diploma. After that, he continued his education in graduate school, starting in parallel coaching. He was 22 years old when he recruited 12-year-old boys who dreamed of becoming famous football players to join the Olympia team. Under the leadership of Slutsky, Olimpia Volgograd won the Russian Cup by 1999, getting a chance to play in the second division.
Leonid Slutsky and the Olympia team Since 2001, Leonid began to train footballers playing in the reserve team of Uralan from Elista. After the collapse of the Elista club, Leonid Viktorovich took a coaching position in the second part of the Moscow football club. Not for long he had to train double. Already in 2005, the man became the mentor of the main team.
Such cooperation with the Moscow club lasted 2 years, although the players could get a prize in the Russian Cup. At that time, FC Moskva remained in 4th place and got the opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup.
Leonid Slutsky at a training session of FC Moscow Despite all the team achievements, Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky was fired from his post, breaking the contract that was signed before 2010 ahead of schedule.
The man was not left without work, he was offered to become the head coach of the Samara Wings of the Soviets. The contract was signed for 3 years, but even here there were frictions and misunderstandings. Although the club played with good performance, Leonid Viktorovich still had to leave after 2 years, writing a letter of resignation of his own free will.
Leonid Slutsky as head coach of the Wings of the Soviets club Since 2009, he has been the coach of the professional club CSKA. Under his leadership, the athletes reached the playoffs of the Champions League, and in 2011 they won the championship, taking the Russian Cup for the 6th time. This award was the first trophy for coach Slutsky.
Now few people remember that the appointment of the head coaching staff the army was opposed by a fan named Malikov, who imagined himself a privileged fan only because he had once transferred 3 million rubles to a children's school. This man came to the leadership of the club and said that in the event of at least some victory, CSKA, led by Slutsky, would buy a hippopotamus for the Moscow Zoo and would patronize him in the future. As soon as the team won the title, the fan disappeared, "technically jumped off."
In August 2015, Slutsky was entrusted with coaching the players of the Russian national team, while leaving the opportunity to work with CSKA Moscow. After the failure at Euro 2016, Leonid Slutsky announced his desire to leave the post of head coach of the Russian national team.
In an interview with a sports publication, the mentor of the champions said that by the mid-2000s he had changed his attitude towards the wards. Behind sports biography Slutsky brought out 2 coaching postulates - people management and football itself.
“I do not try to educate or set ephemeral goals, I do not go into the humanitarian aspect. Everything is quite simple - I have to achieve discipline, the fulfillment of my requirements. Compared to myself 10 years ago, I have become a more cynical coach, more demanding, not explaining my decisions once again. I'm much more interested in how the players relate to each other than how they treat me."
In 2017, Leonid Viktorovich moved to Foggy Albion and took on the British club Hull City. The Russian coach had to learn English language, but apparently not so well, because in a conversation with Dutch reporters he mixed up the words sack and suck.
If the first is translated as a harmless “fire”, then the second sounded obscene in that context. At the same time, Slutsky's reservation caused a stir only in Russian media, Leonid's entourage did not understand at all what it was about.
The English period in his career was remembered by the coach for the fact that he had to work with a team from which players left almost every day. In fact, Slutsky spent the pre-season with one squad, the start of the national championship was with the second, and by the 5th round a third was formed. The hopes of coaches and owners for performance did not materialize: Leonid left the club when he was 20th out of 24 lines in the Championship. The contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
Slutsky came to the Netherlands in mid-2018 to train the local Vitesse. In England, the coach was supported by a businessman, at a new place of work - the owner of the team, oil tycoon and developer Shalva Chigirinsky, who bought the club from Merab Jordania, well known to football fans from the times of the USSR. According to rumors, Abramovich was the true owner of Vitesse.
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The life of Leonid Viktorovich does not pass monotonously. He is interested in more than just sports. His hobbies include the Funny and Resourceful Club and the TV comedy show Good Jokes.
Leonid Slutsky in KVNThe man played for the Volgograd team "Third Sons", took part in the games of the Major League of KVN, acting as not only a coach, but also a dancer and musician. Leonid Slutsky cannot imagine his life both without sports and without humor.
In 2017, the coach made his debut as sports commentator when he led the match of the one-fourth final of the Champions League along with Nobel Arustamyan.
Personal life
The personal life of Leonid Slutsky took shape at the age of 32, when he married Irina. The wife is a philosopher by education and, probably, therefore, she was sympathetic to the constant absence of her husband. On rare visits of her husband, Ira provided him with a good rest, as the media wrote, Leonid did nothing at home with his hands.
Son Dmitry, born in 2005, does not share his father's passion for sports. The guy, according to his grandmother, dreamed of becoming a scientist in order to come up with a cure for cancer, from which his grandfather died. Grown up - became interested in rap.
In 2014, in the photos published in the press, Slutsky appeared significantly thinner. He said that he lost 13 kg with the help of a protein-vegetable diet and swimming. True, at what point the arrow of the scales stopped, the man, whose height is 181 cm, did not specify.
Leonid Slutsky now
Leonid Slutsky's contract with Vitesse runs until the end of 2020. At the time of the arrival of the new coach, the team was in 6th place in the national championship. The club's management attracted tactical ingenuity, individual style and attention to detail in the "cultivation" of football players in the Russian specialist.
Leonid Slutsky in the Netherlands In Arnhem, where Vitesse is stationed, Leonid met former player CSKA Vyacheslav Karavaev. 7,000 spectators gathered for the first training session of the first Russian coach in Dutch football. Coincidentally or not, in the fall of 2018, the club began selling earflaps with their own symbols. Slutsky began with innovations: he made visiting meals free, every day he began to spend 2 training sessions, although the players were afraid that they would not survive, from games outside the country, athletes were allowed to return directly home, and not to the base.
The scale of the Dutch team, of course, cannot be compared with the "soldiers". According to ransfermarkt.de, the total cost of Vitesse's main players was € 27.3 million, and CSKA was estimated at € 101.68 million. Even Hull City cost more - € 65.3 million.
Coach of the Dutch team "Vitesse" Leonid Slutsky Leonid Viktorovich noted high level national championship and expressed hope that the wards will compete for 3rd place in standings. During the break in the 2018-2019 season, the Yellow-Blacks left the 5th position.
Slutsky dreams of staying in the Netherlands for 10 years. The coach abandoned the mansion and lives in a modest apartment, the neighbors are pensioners, and the family remained in Moscow. The company car was provided by the sponsor, Audi. Attempts to learn the language ended after a couple of lessons, "English is enough to convey all my thoughts to the players, staff colleagues, management, fans." Leonid is particularly pleased with the opportunity to ride a bicycle everywhere.
In the early days of 2019, Leonid Viktorovich, in the role of assistants, previously - before the end of the season, was joined by those who ended their careers as CSKA players and the Russian national team. In addition, the coach intends to strengthen the composition of Vitesse with Spartak Jano Anannidze, whose performance in the Russian Championship Slutsky is well aware of.
Last updated: 11/29/2016
Dossier
Leonid Viktorovich Slutsky was born in 1971 in Volgograd. His father died when Slutsky was only six years old. Mom worked as a kindergarten teacher, and later as its head.
Slutsky began playing football from the third grade, studying at football school"Spartacus". He played as a goalkeeper in the Zvezda team. However, the "field" career of the budding goalkeeper was short-lived. Slutsky climbed to remove the neighbor's kitten from the tree and fell, crushing his knee joint. Since the young man could no longer play after the injury, he decided to become a football coach.
coaching career
After graduating from the Volgograd State Institute of Physical Culture with honors, Slutsky in 1993 entered graduate school. At the same time, he began coaching career, working with a group of 12-year-old football players at the Volgograd "Olympia". In this team, he raised such famous football players as Roman Adamov, Denis Kolodin, Vitaly Kazantsev, Andrey Bochkov and Maxim Burchenko. In 1999, the club took first place in the "South" zone of the Amateur football league and won the Cup of Russia among the Collectives of Physical Culture (KFK). Olimpia won the right to play in the second division of Russia in football.
In 2001, the then head coach of the Elista "Uralan" Sergey Pavlov invited Slutsky to lead the backup team. In 2002 he took 2nd place in the championship among doubles. In 2003, after the relegation of Uralan from the Higher Division, Slutsky was replaced as the head coach of the club Igor Shalimov. After the disbandment of Uralan, Slutsky was offered a position as coach of the Moscow double.
In July 2005, he replaced the head coach of the main team of FC Moscow Valeria Petrakov. Under Slutsky, in the first match, the team beat Spartak - 3: 1. In the 2007 season the club last round claimed the first championship medals in its history and reached the final of the Cup of the country. At the end of the season, the leadership of the football club decided to dismiss Slutsky from the post of head coach. The media did not report the reasons for terminating the contract.
In November 2007, Slutsky became the new head coach of the team, replacing Alexandra Tarkhanova. On December 21, he signed a three-year contract with the Wings. In the very first season, he achieved 6th place with the team in the Russian championship, and at the same time brought the Volzhans to European competitions.
On October 9, 2009, Slutsky wrote a letter of resignation from the Wings of his own free will. It was accepted by the president of the club Igor Zavyalov.
To CSKA
On October 26, 2009, Slutsky was appointed head coach of CSKA, the contract was signed according to the 3 + 2 year scheme.
In 2010, CSKA, under the leadership of Slutsky, reached the quarterfinals in the Champions League, but dropped out of the tournament, losing on aggregate to Italian Inter. In the 2010 Russian Championship, the club took second place.
In May 2011, CSKA, under the leadership of Slutsky, won the Russian Football Cup for the sixth time, beating Alania Vladikavkaz with a score of 2: 1.
On July 13, 2013, CSKA beat Zenit 3-0 in the Super Cup match. After this victory, Slutsky became the fifth coach in history Russian prime minister league (RPL), which managed to win all the national trophies (before this, a similar result was achieved Yuri Semin, Valery Gazzaev, Luciano Spalletti and Kurban Berdyev).
From August 7, 2015 to June 30, 2016, he was the head coach of the Russian national football team. He replaced in this post Fabio Capello.
How much did Capello cost Russia?
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In his youth, Slutsky participated in KVN and played for the Third Sons team from Volgograd: in one of his performances, he sang a song, imitating the Detective from the cartoon In the Footsteps of the Bremen Town Musicians.
In 2006, he took part in the comedy show Good Jokes.
In the 2013 KVN Premier League final, he helped the MFUA team (Volgograd / Moscow) win by performing an extravagant dance on stage.
In the semi-final of the Major League of KVN in 2014, he took part in the "STEM with a Star", where he played the role of an amateur club coach from Dolgoprudny in the performance of the "Phystech Team".
Family
Wife Irina, son Dmitry.
Achievements
Command:
- Finalist of the Cup of Russia: 2006/07.
- Flag of Russia CSKA.
- Champion of Russia (2): 2012/13, 2013/14.
- Russian Cup Winner (2): 2010/11, 2012/13.
- Winner of the Russian Super Cup (2): 2013, 2014.
- Silver medalist of the Russian Championship (2): 2010, 2014/15.
- Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2011/2012.
Personal:
- Honored Coach of Russia.
- The best coach of the year according to the RFU (2): 2012/13, 2013/14.