Kuzmichev Vladimir is a former Russian footballer who died in 2016 in a car accident. During his career, he performed as a striker. Kuzmichev Vladimir changed many clubs, not one of them staying for a long time.
Carier start
Kuzmichev Vladimir was born on July 28, 1979 in the USSR, in the city of Moscow. It was there that he began to attend the school of one of the most prestigious clubs at that time - Spartak. Already in 1996, when he was seventeen years old, Kuzmichev began to go out as a member of the club's double, however, even after the conclusion of a professional contract a year later, the situation did not change. The attacker tried his best to break into the first team, but he did not succeed. As a result, until 1999, Vladimir was a player in the Spartak double, played 89 matches for him and scored 16 goals, after which he decided to leave the club. So Vladimir Kuzmichev began his journey through various Russian clubs, once even glancing at Ukraine.
Club career
Vladimir Kuzmichev is a football player who has never been a star, he was not considered the hope of the nation, but at the same time he spoke quite confidently at his level. In 2000, he first played in the Premier League of Russia, as he moved from Spartak to Chernomorets. There, he also first played for the double, but not for long - after three matches he was transferred to the main team, where he entered the field 22 times, distinguishing himself by 4 goals. It was then that he was noticed by Dynamo Kyiv, and in the winter of 2001 the guy turned out to be in Ukraine. But there he played only the end of the season, having chalked up 11 matches and two goals.
Kuzmichev did not have time to join the team and in the summer returned to Russia, where he was signed by CSKA. But there he practically did not enter the field - 14 times a year he entered the game, but spent almost all the time on the bench. In 2002, he was sent on loan to the Moscow Torpedo, where in 16 games he scored just one goal. The following year, he was sent to rent in Nalchikovsky “Spartak”, only this time for two seasons. There he spent 73 matches - it was the longest series of football player games in his career. Having scored seven goals, the striker returned to CSKA, but only to go on lease again - to Anji. There he played 18 matches, scored 4 goals - and, finally, in 2006 he was sold to Kuban.
For the new club, Vladimir played 41 matches and scored 7 goals. But here he did not stop too - in 2008 Kuzmichev moved to Terek, where he entered the field 24 times and scored five goals, and in 2009 he already ended up in Saturn. There he played 39 matches, scoring five goals. In 2011, the next change of the club took place - this time the footballer ended up in Dynamo Bryansk, where he also did not stay for a long time. After 26 matches and scoring two goals, Vladimir went to Khimki. From that moment on, his career went down. In “Khimki” he played only 10 matches, in “Falcon”, where he moved in 2013, in general, only three. In 2014, he moved to Podolsky Vityaz, but he also played only three matches there in a year. In 2016, the 37-year-old football player was already without a contract with any club.
Team appearances
Only in 2000 and 2001, Vladimir Kuzmichev could enjoy a fleeting moment of fame - photographs of him after his debut in "Chernomorets" began to appear in sports publications in Russia. He himself was called up to the Russian youth team. But there he did not have a single match, and in the future he could not give a challenge to the national team even the fact that he is a CSKA striker. Vladimir Kuzmichev during his career has never been called to defend the colors of the country. The football player spent a rich sports career, but it cannot be said that he achieved impressive results. Nevertheless, the news of his tragic death shocked absolutely everyone.
Death
On September 23, 2016, a traffic accident occurred on Michurinsky Prospekt in Moscow, Vladimir Kuzmichev took part in it. He was driving his car and was moving along the road when he suddenly lost control and crashed into a concrete fence. It was not possible to save the football player - he died on the spot from his wounds. Other vehicles were not involved in the accident, so there were no additional casualties. The media reported that Kuzmichev’s car was moving within the permissible speed, so it was not possible to establish the reasons for the loss of control. In such a tragic way, not only his career ended, but also the life of this Russian football player.