Without a rollback there is no tackle?

Footballer Andrei Streltsov talked about how he played for money - he allegedly paid himself to get on the team.

EPISODE ONE. CHARGES FROM PLAYERS

It’s just that some coaches say right away - it’s necessary, it’s necessary, - Streltsov lays bare the truth in an interview with Sovetsky Sport, talking about how football players get into the team. - The entire Russian championship knows this. What can I say? So what? As if no one knows? For a coach, it’s like a bonus to take a player to the team.

Who is Streltsov, who is blowing up football? He played in the major leagues in Spartak (the same one that was still headed by Oleg Romantsev) and Rubin. Neither Spartak nor Rubin worked out particularly well.

The guy is talented, his speed is very high, but he lacked character,” says his then agent and now coach Konstantin Sarsania.

We ask Andrey Streltsov about the technology of football kickbacks.

- What did it look like - did you give cash, transfer it by card?

No, they just said you have to pay to play. And I said - no question.

- And Sarsania says that you are lying and did not have enough character when they took you to Rubin.

Kurban (Berdyev - ex-head coach of Rubin - Ed.) said that I played softly, this and that. And when he started playing hard, he already said something else. They started removing me from training, and I’m already saying that it’s not serious, that’s what we agreed on, but it turned out that way.

So you paid him to get on the roster? If Berdyev sues you tomorrow, how will you prove it? You don’t have a video recording, like they did?

And who said that I gave?

- That's what you said before.

I said that they demanded of me that when they give me the nth amount, I must give it back.

- So you didn’t give it away?

So I left Rubin. And they didn’t give me the full amount. I said, take it for yourself.

- Are the lifting distances not completely?

Yes, some were paid, some remained there.

From the editor

Andrei Streltsov, having already finished his career, became a football star in Russia after his interview. At the same time, after making loud statements, the ex-player suddenly begins to play around, smooth out corners... If you remove all the unnecessary things, the picture turns out to be simple - Streltsov did not pay money specifically for each match, but he gave part of the lifting money to someone. Or rather, the amount was agreed upon, but he received less. And the rest seemed to be paid for being taken to the team. By the way, Andrey played only one match at Rubin.

EPISODE TWO. NEED TO SHARE

The story that happened to Andrei in Bryansk, where he played for Dynamo, is somewhat different.

Some agent of his or someone else came up there and said that your salary is big, you need to share it,” says Streltsov. - And I say - in the sense of sharing? And he says that you need to share with the coach, all the players share. I say that I have a salary, I will not share. If you want, I say, give it away either for rent or in general, but I won’t share it.

Streltsov cannot remember who exactly told him that he needed to share: “Yes, some guy with a mustache. I didn’t understand whether he was a sports director or something.”

Word to the coach

But the coach of the then Dynamo (Bryansk) Valery Petrakov is threatening to sue.

This is just some kind of mockery,” says Petrakov. - You understand, I haven’t even heard of such a football player Streltsov. The people I play are the ones I trust. If for some reason a person doesn’t make it into the main team, believe me, it’s not my fault. You should consult with a lawyer before taking any steps. We’ll discuss it, and if necessary, I’ll use it just to punish this person. So that he knows how to publish such statements and make such slander.

EPISODE THREE. STAND UP WITH YOUR MENTOR

Streltsov remembered Spartak. There, he says, the coach drank. The same Oleg Romantsev, the legend of Russian football.

Romantsev didn’t go on a drinking binge, he just didn’t want to show that he was drinking,” says Andrey. “I just put on glasses so that it wouldn’t be visible.” What's wrong, just in such stressful situations. Moreover, he has both the national team and Spartak. You need to drink anyway. There were a lot of foreigners in Spartak, it was hard. He looked around like that - damn it, he said, how can I explain? And I still explained it with a translator.

From the editor

It’s unclear why Andrey suddenly decided to reveal the ins and outs of our football. Now he works at the Federal Migration Service in Khimki. It is clear that there is so much in our football. But it seems that once again it will not be possible to transfer the case from the category of rumors to the category of trial. Once again there is smoke, but no fire...

Let us note that Streltsov played one match as part of Rubin. The defender played for Spartak in 2001-2002 and became the champion of Russia (2001). He also played for Neftekhimik (2004), Dinaburg (2005), Anzhi (2006-2008, 2010), Luch-Energia (2008), Khimki (2009), Dynamo Bryansk (2011 ).

“Berdyev did not demand any money”

Andrei Streltsov apologized for the scandalous interview about Russian football.

Former footballer of Spartak, Rubin, Khimki and other clubs Andrei Streltsov apologized for his scandalous interview about Russian football. In it, the athlete, in particular, accused Kurban Berdyev of the fact that the specialist took money from the players to get into the squad. The latter promised to sue Streltsov for libel

Andrei Streltsov's interview with Sports.ru literally blew up the media sphere in Russian football. The former defender of Spartak, Rubin, Anzhi, and Khimki openly revealed to readers all the ins and outs of the domestic championship.

Among the most important accusations against Streltsov, who now works for the Federal Migration Service, was the statement that ex-head coach of Rubin Kurban Berdyev, for whom the footballer played in 2003, took money from players to get into the squad.

“He told Kostya (player’s agent Konstantin Sarsania - Gazeta.Ru): “As soon as they give him the amount, he must give part of it.” I say: “No question.” I trained, sat in theoretical classes, but did not play either for the reserve team or for the first team. I called Kostya: “What the hell is this?” - “Now you will receive the amount, give it to him and play.” I gave the money, but Berdyev still didn’t let me out. He referred to the fact that I played softly in training,” Streltsov said.

According to Andrey, not only Berdyev, but also Valery Petrakov, whose last place of work is the Moscow Torpedo, took money from the players for a place in the lineup. Allegedly, when he was the coach of Dynamo Bryansk, the coach demanded a “kickback” from Streltsov, but he flatly refused to give the money and soon left the club.

Petrakov was the first person involved in the scandalous interview to declare his desire to sue his former ward and “punish him for slander.”

Soon other heroes of Streltsov’s stories spoke about a similar desire. Andrei accused Omari Tetradze, another coach, of aiding Georgian players, and also told about a fight with a specialist that occurred when he worked at Anzhi Makhachkala.

Streltsov reproached his agent Konstantin Sarsania for wanting to profit from football players. According to the player, Sarsania sought to organize as many transfers for him as possible in order to earn money from interest on transfers.

Finally, Streltsov accused ex-president of Spartak Andrei Chervichenko of the fact that the functionary did not allow him to move to Italian Milan, asking the Rossoneri for too much money, and the former coach of the red-and-white Oleg Romantsev of drunkenness.

“When he’s drunk, he puts on black glasses and sits so that you can’t see. We played once with Torpedo. Romantsev called me in as a replacement: “So, Andryukh, you’re going on the attack” - “I’m actually a defender.” - "Yes? OK". As a result, he was released into midfield,” the athlete said.

Streltsov’s interview caused a serious resonance, revealing the dirty secrets of Russian football. However, the rhetoric of the hero of the conversation himself became less and less accusatory. Later, in an interview with Soviet Sport, Andrei did not deny what was said earlier, but answered all questions with obvious caution.

“I’m talking about my experience. When I arrived, it was like this in Kazan. Why not give it back when they take you? A normal phenomenon... No, it was like at the same time... And what they wrote there that Kurban takes from everyone, I added a little on my own... Heh. And who said that I gave?” — Soviet Sport quoted Streltsov verbatim.

At the same time, Andrei denied the story of a fight with Tetradze, noting that there was only a small scuffle.

A couple of days later, Streltsov’s rhetoric changed dramatically. The ex-football player himself called one of the Russian sports publications and apologized for what he had said earlier. The journalist who interviewed Streltsov was to blame for everything.

“I admit, I didn’t expect that everything I said would cause such a resonance. Only now I realized how wrong I was when I responded to the request of those who persuaded me to give this interview. It is clear that they were pursuing some of their own goals, trying to discredit normal people with my help,” Sport-Express quotes Streltsov.

Therefore, first of all, I want to apologize for my words to Konstantin Sergeevich Sarsania, Valery Yuryevich Petrakov, Kurban Bekievich Berdyev, Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze and all those whom I unwittingly offended in my interview. All of them are extremely decent people devoted to football. I declare: I did not give any money to any of them and no one demanded it from me. But the journalist with whom we spoke did not quite understand me correctly. I myself, in turn, did not bother to check what he wrote.”

Streltsov’s explanations, to put it mildly, raise questions. Just a couple of days ago, he did not deny what was said before, and albeit with reservations, he fully confirmed all the accusations against Berdyev and the company.

Now the ex-football player suddenly realized that he was being used for some selfish purposes. Streltsov apparently made his statements in delirium. The last one, as already mentioned, was a journalist who, it turns out, misunderstood what Andrei said.

It’s interesting how Streltsov could give repeated interviews to the media, confirming his own words in them, if earlier “he didn’t bother to check what he (the journalist) wrote”... An audio recording of the interview has already been posted on the Sports.ru website so that readers can verify authenticity of Andrei's statements.

One of the “heroes” of the sensational interview, Konstantin Sarsania, has already accepted Streltsov’s unexpected apology, saying that he will ask his colleagues mentioned in the conversation not to take further action.

, “Anji”, “Khimki” without concealment revealed to the readers all the ins and outs of the domestic championship.

Among the most important accusations against Streltsov, who now works for the Federal Migration Service, was the statement that the ex-head coach of Rubin Kurban, for whom the footballer played in 2003, took money from players to get into the squad.

“He told Kostya (the player’s agent Konstantin Sarsania - Gazeta.Ru): “As soon as the amount is given, we must give part of it.” I say: “No question.” I trained, sat in theoretical classes, but did not play either for the reserve team or for the first team. I called Kostya: “What the hell is this?” - “Now you will receive the amount, give it to him and play.” I gave the money, but Berdyev still didn’t let me out. He referred to the fact that I played softly in training,” Streltsov said.

According to Andrey, not only Berdyev, but also Valery Petrakov, whose last place of work is the Moscow Torpedo, took money from the players for a place in the lineup. Allegedly, when he was the coach of Dynamo Bryansk, the coach demanded a “kickback” from Streltsov, but he flatly refused to give the money and soon left the club.

Petrakov was the first person involved in the scandalous interview to declare his desire to sue his former ward and “punish him for slander.”

Soon other heroes of Streltsov’s stories spoke about a similar desire. Andrei accused Omari Tetradze, another coach, of aiding Georgian players, and also told about a fight with a specialist that occurred when he worked at Anzhi Makhachkala.

Streltsov reproached his agent Konstantin Sarsania for wanting to profit from football players. According to the player, Sarsania sought to organize as many transfers for him as possible in order to earn money from interest on transfers.

Finally, Streltsov accused the ex-president of Spartak that the functionary did not allow him to move to the Italian Milan, asking the Rossoneri for too much money, and the former coach of the red-and-white Oleg of drunkenness.

“When he’s drunk, he puts on black glasses and sits so that you can’t see. We played once with Torpedo. Romantsev called me in as a replacement: “So, Andryukh, you’re going on the attack” - “I’m actually a defender.” - "Yes? OK". As a result, he was released into midfield,” the athlete said.

Streltsov’s interview caused a serious resonance, revealing the dirty secrets of Russian football. However, the rhetoric of the hero of the conversation himself became less and less accusatory. Later in the interview, Andrei did not deny what was said earlier, but answered all questions with obvious caution.

“I’m talking about my experience. When I arrived, it was like this in Kazan. Why not give it back when they take you? A normal phenomenon... No, it was like at the same time... And what they wrote there that Kurban takes from everyone, I added a little on my own... Heh. And who said that I gave?” — Soviet Sport quoted Streltsov verbatim.

At the same time, Andrei denied the story of a fight with Tetradze, noting that there was only a small scuffle.

A couple of days later, Streltsov’s rhetoric changed dramatically. The ex-football player himself called one of the Russian sports publications and apologized for what he had said earlier. The journalist who interviewed Streltsov was to blame for everything.

“I admit, I didn’t expect that everything I said would cause such a resonance. Only now I realized how wrong I was when I responded to the request of those who persuaded me to give this interview. It is clear that they were pursuing some of their own goals, trying to discredit normal people with my help,” Sport-Express quotes Streltsov. —

Therefore, first of all, I want to apologize for my words to Konstantin Sergeevich Sarsania, Kurban Bekievich Berdyev, and all those whom I unwittingly offended in my interview. All of them are extremely decent people devoted to football. I declare: I did not give any money to any of them and no one demanded it from me. But the journalist with whom we spoke did not quite understand me correctly. I myself, in turn, did not bother to check what he wrote.”

Streltsov’s explanations, to put it mildly, raise questions. Just a couple of days ago, he did not deny what was said before, and albeit with reservations, he fully confirmed all the accusations against Berdyev and the company.

Now the ex-football player suddenly realized that he was being used for some selfish purposes. Streltsov apparently made his statements in delirium. The last one, as already mentioned, was a journalist who, it turns out, misunderstood what Andrei said.

It’s interesting how Streltsov could give repeated interviews to the media, confirming his own words in them, if earlier he “didn’t bother to check what he (the journalist) wrote”... An audio recording of the interview has already been posted so that readers can verify the authenticity of Andrei’s statements.

One of the “heroes” of the sensational interview, Konstantin Sarsania, has already accepted Streltsov’s unexpected apology, saying that he will ask his colleagues mentioned in the conversation not to take further action.

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Denis Romantsov met with Andrei Streltsov, who played for Romantsev’s Spartak, scored for Milan and fought with the Anzhi coach.

Andrei Streltsov flashed in Romantsev's champion Spartak, went to auditions for Milan and Juventus, suffered with Kurban Berdyev, saved Anzhi from relegation, won the Latvian championship, and now, at thirty-one, works in Khimki Federal Migration Service.

- I read that your father trained you as a child.

Yes. My father is still in football. He is the best youth selector in Russia, he was looking for players for Zenit in 2008, when they won the UEFA and Super Cup, and he worked for Spartak. My father has been working with Kostya Sarsania for about seventeen years.

- How did they meet?

Through me. I started in futsal. The coach of the regional team suggested that we try ourselves on a big field. He fulfilled the role of the last defender - he was called to the Black Earth Region team. I played for them - the selector of the Moscow “Nika” Guzikov came up to me: “Come.” I signed a contract with them when I was fourteen years old. Six months later, Sarsania was dragged to the Sportakademklub, which he was collecting. It was then that he met my father, who brought me to Moscow. In Moscow I lived in a boarding school, then at the academy in Chekhov, then we started traveling around Europe - they wanted to sell us, but agent Vlad Svetikov fooled Sarsania.

- How?

Sarsania wanted to sell us to Milan, but Svetikov made a fuss and sold Danishevsky and me to Spartak. Kostya calls: “You’re flying to Italy tomorrow.” I told him: “Where? We are already in Tarasovka.”

- How did this happen?

Sarsania worked in tandem with Svetikov. Vlad told us: “I agreed with Kostya - you are moving to Spartak.” We arrived at the office, signed a contract, left for the base, and in the morning Sarsania called: “You mean in Tarasovka?” - “Svetikov told us to sign with Spartak.” - “Oh, this fat one!...”

- Was the contract at Spartak different from the one at Sportakademklub?

At Sportakademklub I received a thousand rubles, and at Spartak - four hundred dollars. But before, even a thousand was enough for us - we spent two months at training camps in Cyprus. We sit and get ready - well, sometimes we’ll go grab something at the store.

-Have you never been caught?

Two guys were caught in Cyprus - Sarsania had to pay nine thousand dollars for them at the police station. How it happened there - the guys went into a sports store, put on something, their clothes on top - and went. Then they saw the policeman coming and began throwing the stolen clothes into the trash. So, maybe nothing would have happened, but the police saw them undress, and the guys got caught. They were even beaten at the police station. These two guys never developed in football - one came from Shakhtar and then went to Ukraine, and the second was from somewhere on the periphery and then went to the first league.

- Your first trip abroad?

I went with the Russian youth team to a tournament in Brazil. I was fourteen years old. We just happened to be at the carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Coach Smirnov allowed us to go and unwind. We went out in our gear - the locals greeted us joyfully, no one stole from us. Then we swam in the ocean and bought figurines of Christ for home.

- Was Sarsania a coach or manager at Sportakademklub?

Manager. Lobkov trained us. Terrible coach. We are fifteen years old, and we didn’t work with the ball at all, we just ran. When we come to some tournament, they bully us in the first half, we lose 0:3, and after the break we win 6:3. Our opponents fell, but we, on the contrary, ran away.

- Why did Lobkov harass you so much?

To quickly prepare for sale. Sportakademklub focused on transfers of young players abroad. They hardly played football in training. Lobkov was still angry - he was always throwing everything he could get his hands on at us. Just like in the army, it’s generally tough. How happy I was when I got to Romantsev!

Ivanovich doesn’t have running work, everything is with the ball, but one day he got angry and gave us the maximum speed for thirty minutes. We ran for about five minutes, and Romantsev stopped: “Let’s take the balls!” Nobody wanted to run. “Running is not a Spartak theme,” Romantsev said. But Vyacheslav the Terrible is the opposite. When Ivanovich left for the national team, Grozny forced us to run. Vasek Baranov told him: “Viktorych, what are we, track and field athletes or what?”

- Who did you play with at the Sportakademklub?

Danishevsky, Pavlenko, plus the guys who left for Juventus - Ilyas Zeytullaev, Vitek Budyansky, Seryoga Kovalenko.

- Did you manage to sell Pavlenko too?

Yes, they went to Lausanne with Andryukha Popov. Already from Lausanne, Pavlenko came to Spartak. He is younger than Danishevsky and me. According to your passport. But no.

- Did he change his passport?

- Have there been similar cases among Spartak’s African legionnaires?

Was alone. Our doctors examined him, saw scars, scars, and said: “He is forty years old.” And according to the passport - twenty-five. I don’t remember his name - of course, they didn’t take him to Spartak after such a medical examination.

- Did Spartak watch you before the transfer or did Svetikov’s agent just bring you to the office and they signed you?

They watched us in the Moscow championship. Samedov and Torbinsky played for Spartak at our age, but they were still playing poorly at that time, and they didn’t want to sign them for the first team, but Danishevsky and I were taken immediately. Vyacheslav the Terrible arrived: “These two are coming to us.”

- Did Spartak immediately take you into their first team?

We trained with the main team, but played for the reserve team. And then, at the age of seventeen, I entered the Premier League and became the champion of Russia.

- How did you celebrate the championship?

Gold medals were awarded at the Crystal casino. I was a little late, all the seats were already taken. I was seated with the singers - Trumpeter and Moiseev. I tell them: “Do you know that my favorite song is “Sail the Boat”? You and Sarukhanov sing.” - “Well, that’s it, then, let’s go sing now.” - “No, what are you talking about?” But they dragged me onto the stage - I was the only player who sang that evening.

- How did the Spartak veterans greet you?

Reluctantly. Ananko disliked us most of all. Danya (Danishevsky - Sports.ru) and I were fast, and Ananko constantly beat us. He was angry that he couldn’t catch up with us - we boys didn’t think then, we just ran. We beat Ananko, ran away, and he beat us right away. Then he said about us: “They don’t know shit.” Egor Titov and Dimon Parfenov were also greeted coolly, but then, when everyone scattered to the clubs, they began to communicate as friends.

- Baranov could not have given a cold reception.

Vasek - yes, cheerful. At the training camp he was weird - he threw Kebe and Lawrence Adjei into the pool after gyms in Turkey. Baranov and I played on the same flank. In the last game of 2001, I played with my hand, Lokomotiv scored on us and we lost. During the break I sit in the locker room, I have no strength. Romantsev comes in: “Vasya, help Andryukha, come back. Why is he fussing over you while you smoke bamboo?” Vasek told him: “Why should I come back? He can handle it anyway.” And I feel like I already have a pitchfork.

- Did you compete with Danishevsky in speed?

Grozny once arranged a competition for us - Lawrence Adjei, Sonin and Danya and I. We ran three times and three times I came first. Grozny thought that Danya was running faster than anyone. But Danya runs when he gets up to speed, and short distances are not his thing.

- Have you communicated with Spartak legionnaires?

Certainly. I was asked to help all the foreigners who came to Spartak, to take them there and then there. First we were put in a room with Essien Flo. A peculiar guy - they played poorly, everyone is upset, but he doesn’t care, he turns on rap and has fun. We communicated in English - I just learned the language with him. His English is slightly broken - Nigerians swallow endings and it’s difficult to understand them, you have to figure them out.

- How weird was Kebe?

Didn't like doctors. I hid from them in the toilet. During training, he would start up out of the blue and start fighting. Just catch him and it starts. He kept aloof from everyone, only communicating with me. Then Kebe and I played at Anzhi - they fought with the Dagestanis and Georgians there too.

- Gerry-Christian Tchuyse played in your position at Spartak.

Although I played in his position, Chunya encouraged me all the time: “Andryukh, come on!” He spoke Russian well, and thanks to his wife from Krasnodar, he received Russian citizenship. Friendly guy. By the way, I still communicate on Facebook with all the foreigners from Spartak - Flo, Zoa, Kebe, Brazilians. Zoa once wrote: “Fly to me in Cameroon!” I looked at how long it would take to fly there, and also get vaccinations - well, them.

- How did you spend time with these guys in Moscow?

We hung out with Africans in clubs - they played tricks there, and I was their translator. Once we ran away from skinheads in Sokolniki Park. Let's go - me, Flo and Kebe. I look: skinheads are running after us. And Flo and Kebe look at them calmly. I told them: “Let’s run!” The skinheads followed us right up to the entrance.

- Was Spartak divided into groups?

Yes. In my company were Sonin, Pavlenko, Danishevsky and Kudryashov. In training, we always beat the old guys, and they were unrealistically angry. There were fights. Especially with black veterans, they often fought. The Africans were crazy - they jumped with both legs, and a showdown began.

- What surprised Romantsev?

He loved to drink. When drunk, he puts on black glasses and sits so that it is not visible. We played once with Torpedo. Romantsev called me in as a replacement: “So, Andryukh, you’re going on the attack” - “I’m actually a defender.” - "Yes? OK". As a result, he was released into midfield.

- Did Sychev and Zhirkov come to Spartak with you?

Sychev came three times. They didn’t take him twice, I told him: “Don’t be upset, you’ll come back.” Yurets Zhirkov was weak back then, he only played with one leg, and he didn’t impress the coaches.

- Did you still go to Milan?

Yes, but later. After the Commonwealth Cup, Franco Baresi came and invited me again. I was seventeen years old. When I left for Milan, Shikunov and Chervichenko said: “If they give you one and a half million, we’ll let you go.” I played two friendly games for Milan - I contributed two goals and scored two. I was no different from the Milan players at all, because Romantsev taught me to play with one touch, two, and dribble. Serginho came up to me: “Which state of Brazil are you from?” Kakha Kaladze, who helped with the translation, explained to him: “He is not from Brazil, he is from Spartak.” Serginho: “It’s amazing, but you can’t tell from the technique.”

- First impression of Milan?

As soon as I arrived, I lived for two days in Baresi’s house, then at the base in Milanello. I go into the locker room and see Maldini. Kaladze and Kutuzov were always next to me - but Sheva was injured then. We only met him at someone's birthday party on a boat. I also remember that all Milan training sessions were shown on club television. You return to your room in the evening and look.

- Was it interesting to live in Italy?

Compared to Russia, it’s boring. The training ended - me, Kakha, Gattuso, Rui Costa went to a cafe. They were with their wives, took wine, had dinner - and that’s it, there was nothing else to do there. The youth of Milan, the primavera, went to the clubs, but I didn’t go because I talked with experienced players, and they didn’t advise me to go to the clubs.

- What did Ancelotti tell you?

- “Don’t hold the ball, throw it to Inzaghi!” And he was running offside all the time. Well, it so happened that I gave two assists to Inzaghi, and I scored two goals from Ibrahim Ba’s passes. Friendly matches were played with Fiorentina and Chievo.

- What interesting things did Kaladze say?

He said: “Here you can drink and smoke, no one is watching anyone.” Gattuso came to training in a Ferrari with a cigar in his mouth. The main thing is who shows themselves on the field. It's much easier to play in Milan - you can take the ball and dribble past someone. In Russia, you beat someone, and he jumps at you from behind. In Milan, I played as a right lineman and, without looking, they gave me passes forward, on the move, because they knew that I should be there. If I hadn’t been there, the coach would have asked why you weren’t there.

After two games, Ancelotti called me and said through Kakha: “Let’s sign a contract.” Sarsania conveyed this to Chervichenko and Shikunov, but they changed the conditions: “Let them give four million.” As a result, Milan bought Dario Simic for four million.

Konstantin Sarsania and Dick Lawyer

- And you?

I went to Juventus for one game. Juve said: “If he suits us, we will give him four million.” I again gave two assists - in a friendly game with Udinese. Marcello Lippi: “We like everything. But he is not Zidane to evaluate him based on one game. Let him come again." Sarsania to him: “How will he arrive? He flew to Italy almost on the sly. I had to change my passport so that no one would know about this trip.”

I returned to Spartak. I had a fight with Romantsev, he covered me up a little - before the trip to Italy, I constantly played for Spartak at training camps. Then Yuran came to the Spartak reserve and told me: “Andryukh, I’ll talk to Ivanovich - everything will be fine.” So Romantsev brought me back to Spartak. Ivanovich called me: “Why don’t you want to play in Spartak?” - “Yes, I want to, I just have such an agent - he takes me back and forth. I can’t refuse him.” After the season, Sarsania says: “I agreed with Kurban - let’s go to Rubin.” I didn’t realize it yet - the agent spoke and I drove off. We should have stayed at Spartak.

- Did Chervichenko communicate with you often?

Constantly - both with Kostya Sarsania and with my dad. Chervichenko asked me not to leave Spartak for Rubin, but Spartak did not want to raise my salary, and Rubin made an offer that was normal for those times. In the end, they didn’t sell it to Milan for one and a half million, but sold it to Rubin for four hundred thousand. And instead of four hundred dollars at Spartak, I began to receive fifteen thousand dollars at Rubin.

- Why do you regret leaving Spartak?

Since then I have changed clubs almost every year. This is beneficial for Kostya Sarsania - he made money from it. And Romantsev treated me very well - even when he played for the veterans, he took me, eighteen years old, with him. It was more pleasant for him to work with Russian football players; the foreigners had several translators, but it happened that he explained something to them for a long time, and they still did not understand.

- Why did you give up football?

Ravil Sabitov invited me, Dima Polovinchuk, Seryoga Yashin, and Eldar Mamaev to Daugava. We became champions, but we were not paid any money. We contacted UEFA. While the trial is ongoing, the football player has no right to play - and the trial is still ongoing. Only two years after leaving Daugava they sent me permission to show up somewhere. Where will I go after such downtime? To the second league? Travel around Russia by bus and kill yourself for the same 60-100 thousand rubles? There is no strong desire.

- How much do Latvians owe?

Thirty thousand euros. I had the same situation with Makhachkala - I left Anzhi, but they didn’t let me go. The contract was ending, Sulik Kerimov came, he wanted to see me on the team, but Gadzhiev didn’t care. He and I didn't really get along. I was invited to Dynamo Moscow, where Kostya Sarsania and Bozovic were. I signed a preliminary contract, was about to fly with Dynamo to training camp, and I was taken off the plane.

- How so?

At the last moment they said: you are not flying. I called Kostya. He: “I’ll figure it out now.” It turns out that he was fired from Dynamo and was replaced by Viktor Panchenko, who brought in another right-back.

- Your actions?

Bryansk coach Alexander Smirnov, having learned that I was not accepted into Dynamo, called me to his place. Smirnov’s nickname is War, for some reason the players called him that. But I didn’t stay in Bryansk for long. As soon as Petrakov appeared there, I immediately left.

- What's wrong with Petrakov?

He came and said that he needed to pay for me to play.

- Is this the first time in your career?

No. It was the same at Rubin.

- At Berdyev's?

Yes, he takes from everyone. He takes from the contract and from the salary. When I came to Rubin, I was not yet nineteen, and before that the youngest was Andryukha Konovalov - at the age of thirty, he was always the first to enter the square, because the others were even older.

- When did Berdyev tell you that he needs to pay for a place in the lineup?

Right away, as soon as I signed the contract. He told Kostya: “As soon as they give him the amount, he must give part of it.” I say: “No question.” I trained, sat in theoretical classes, but did not play either for the reserve team or for the first team. I called Kostya: “What the hell is this?” - “Now you will receive the amount, give it to him and play.” I gave the money, but Berdyev still didn’t let me out. He referred to the fact that I played softly in training. When I started playing hard, Berdyev started kicking me out of training. Kalisto, the left back, was there, we fought with him, and because of him Berdyev kicked me out.

- Did you give a significant percentage?

Decent.

- Did only Russian players give away?

Montenegrin Radosav Bulic said: “This is the first time I’ve seen this. They come up to me and say that I need to pay the coach. This doesn’t exist in Europe.” “And here it is,” I say.

- What else surprised Berdyev?

Berdyev did not forbid the players to hang out, we constantly gathered in restaurants, and took third place. The next year he banned it - and Rubin fell. Then he allowed it again - and Rubin became fourth. In Spartak, for example, this was not the case - so that the whole team rested in one place, where the veterans considered themselves great and did not communicate with the young ones, and the experienced Rubin players always invited me with them.

- Berdyev was a candidate for the position of Spartak coach. How did you react to this?

If Berdyev had come to Spartak, it would have been a complete mess. He has a purely defensive style. In installations, he emphasized only counterattacks.

- Maybe thanks to this you managed to take third place in your first season in the Premier League?

Thanks to this and thanks to money.

- Money - for salaries of your players?

No, the other team.

- In Tatarstan you were sent to Neftekhimik. What do you remember about that time?

They were flying out and several people from Rubin were sent to save them. I scored Neftekhimik’s seven hundredth anniversary goal from the center of the Baltika field, and they gave me a stereo system and a TV.

- What other gifts did they give you?

In Makhachkala - Vertu phone. I saw such a phone with Anzhi director Ilyas Magomedov and said: “Come on, if we stay in the first league, you will give me a Vertu.” - "No problem". In the end, I scored, we stayed, and Ilyas gave me a phone - it cost $500.

- How did you leave Rubin?

“Rubin” owed me one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And he refused to let me go to another club. I suggested to them: “Keep this money for yourself, but let me go.” Osman Kadiev, the president of Dynamo Makhachkala, pulled me out of Kazan; he was Yaponchik’s right hand. They somehow agreed through the bandits to let me out of Rubin. This Osman was friends with the president of the Latvian Dinaburg, where I went to get in shape after an injury. And then I ended up in Anzhi.

- Where did you live in Makhachkala?

The boys are at the base, and I am in the city. You can’t come to the base with a girl or anything. True, in the city I got into fights with locals twice - but then I became friends with these same guys. I made many friends in Makhachkala - for example, comedian Khalil from STS. Even now, when Dagestanis come to see me at the FMS and see my name on the sign, they start chatting with me about Anzhi.

- Why did they fight in Makhachkala?

The girls, singers, invited me to the club. The locals are all in black, but I came as a Muscovite. One of them comes up to me, completely drunk: “We don’t like you. What are you doing here? - "In terms of?" - "You know who I am?" - “I don’t give a damn.” - “I am a fighter.” And the drunk himself is in the trash. He says: “Let’s go outside.” He came down, turned around, and wanted to hit me. I kicked him off his feet. The guard came running: “What happened?” “He fell down the stairs drunk,” I say. The ambulance arrived, gave him ammonia, and his friends came running. I called our security: “I have problems, come.” Security arrived and knocked everyone down: “Why didn’t you know that this was an Anzhi football player?” - “He didn’t tell us.” Since then we have become friends. And the second time I fought with these guys against others.

-Have you ever fought on the field?

In Latvia we played with Skonto. Two were pushing, their player ran up, hit ours from behind - and away we went. There was a lot of confusion, and the goalkeeper and I were fighting elsewhere. At first I was not sent off the field, and then I was disqualified for seven games. And at Anzhi I once got into a fight with Omari Tetradze.

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- How so?

There were nine Georgians on the team. Tetradze said: “When we get together, no one should speak Georgian.” But they did not listen to him and began to speak in their own way. I approached Tetradze: “We agreed. They speak Georgian on the field too.” - "It's none of your business". Then we played with Kamaz. I scored a beautiful goal - the ball came from the left flank and I volleyed it. 1:0, and then we conceded two goals and went into the break with 1:2. In the locker room - Georgian speech, then Tetradze attacked the Dagestanis. I told him: “What are you doing, your Georgians Khojava and Arziani don’t run at all, they walk.” - “What are you doing, blah?!” And we, in short, grappled with him. Tetradze: “You won’t play with me anymore?” Then the fans came to the president of Anzhi Magomedov, but he was not aware at all that I had been suspended. Magomedov approached Tetradze: “Here I will decide who plays and who doesn’t.”

Tetradze didn’t love me, but he let me out. Moreover, he forced me to run from my barbell to someone else’s - and also complained that I didn’t close. He told him: “Mikhalych, you yourself played as a full-back and didn’t run for shit. How can you create something in an attack if you no longer have the strength?” You ran to attack - they didn’t give you a pass, you came back, your pulse was two hundred and you had to run forward again.

- Tetradze took teams out of the FNL twice, but he was not allowed to work in the Premier League. Why?

You can take anyone out of the first and second leagues. There you solved the problem with money, but you have to play in the Premier League.

- Were the Georgian players supplied by one person?

Mamuka. He was always next to Anzhi and decided who entered the field and who did not. Mamuka told me: “Sign a contract with me and you will play.” - “Fuck you.”

- How did you end up in Vladivostok “Luch”?

I sued Anzhi in the KDK, again Osman helped me, and then moved to Luch. The coach of Luch was Zoran Vulic - he knew which clubs I played in, asked me about training in Spartak and Milan. And then I got injured, the team flew away to the game, and I went to the clubs - I didn’t drink, I just relaxed with the girls. Vulich didn’t like this, he pushed me aside. Vulich was replaced by Semyon Altman, and he brought me back to the team. Vulich and I trained once a day, and Altman decided to also do a morning training session - at five in the morning Moscow time. Everyone fell asleep. The first month in Vladivostok it was hard to even breathe.

- How did you cope with the flights?

At first it was difficult, then we started getting to know the flight attendants - and it was fine.

- Who did you become friends with at Luch?

Vitalik Bulyga and I went somewhere every day. It was fun. I still go to Minsk on vacation to see him.

- Did Sarsania invite you to Khimki from Luch?

Yes. One day he was asked in an interview to form his dream team, and he wrote me as a right-back. I put Tymoshchuk in the middle, in defense of Lombaerts and Krizanac.

- After Khimki, what is your impression of Sarsania: is coaching his?

No. His calling is a manager. He doesn't know how to train at all. I took the program of some Frenchman and works only according to it, without introducing any originality. Kostya asked my dad: “What do the guys say about my training?” - “Yes, they say - you’re giving some kind of crap.”

- What's the craziest match of your career?

We went with Khimki to Nalchik in 2009. Before Sarsania arrived, in the previous season, Spartak Nalchik agreed with Khimki that they would give them points. The management changed and when Nalchik reminded him about the debt, Kostya replied: “Why do we have to give you points? You agreed with the previous management. We need glasses ourselves.” We arrived and the bus didn’t even meet us. We hitchhiked, whoever took what, we arrived half an hour before the game, changed clothes, and went straight to the field. Moreover, at first only ten people entered the field; all the rest did not make it in time for the start of the match. We played a draw - the Nalchik leadership was raging, and we again had to get to the airport on our own. Local Caucasians in their fives and sixes took us to groups.

- Did you come to Zenit twice?

Yes, the first time to Petrzhela, but I had an injury then - the cartilage above the knee was inflamed and it was impossible to bend my leg. Even the injections didn’t help, and I couldn’t play at the training camp then. After Anzhi, I again came to Zenit for a tryout - to see Advocaat. At the training camp in the Emirates, I played all over the edge - both from behind and in attack. The lawyer said: “Don’t waste your energy.” I answered: “Yes, I have a lot of strength.” And Vlad Radimov was so used to my connections that he shouted to me, receiving the ball: “Strel, run!”

Anzhi asked Zenit for four million for me. The lawyer said: “I’ll take him, but he will be second after Anyukov in the right-back position.” But the Zenit management decided: “Why do we need a spare for that kind of money?”

- You were invited to the Russian national team?

The call came twice (when I was in Anzhi and Khimki), but due to injury I couldn’t go both times.

- Why didn’t your relationship work out with Gadzhiev?

When he was coaching Wings, he was asked to watch me after an injury. “Where will I take it? He's not ready." Then I came to Anzhi, told him about that story, but he didn’t even remember me. Because of this, there was tension - he didn’t want me, but his assistant Andryukha Gusin said that I needed to be installed. Gusin did all the training at Anzhi. Gadzhiev watched the training on TV - it was better for him to see.

There was another case - we played against Dynamo. I missed the goal from two meters and in Sport Express they wrote: “A friend of Sarsania has forgiven the Sarsania team.”

- Sarsania remained your agent until the end of his career?

After Rubin I stopped communicating with him. He just called: “Come here, come there.” It only made things worse for me. His father still works with him because he is very faithful. Smolentsev also called him to Monaco, but he didn’t go.

-Where was your biggest salary?

In Vladivostok. There were also big bonuses. Once, for a home draw with Dynamo, everyone was given twenty thousand dollars. We played a draw with Zenit during the flood, when there was water polo and not football - we got twenty-five each.

- What are you doing now?

I finished playing football three years ago, I traveled for a couple of years, I didn’t have time before. Bali, Maldives - it’s boring, you lie there like an amoeba, but I like to swim underwater and ride a jet ski.

For more than six months I have been working in the Federal Migration Service - a service that no one can do without. Everyone calls and asks for help with citizenship. Monaco director Evgeniy Smolentsev recently asked a Ukrainian player to help obtain Russian citizenship, because a Russian club wants to buy him. I also play hockey with the actors at Yantar. Basharov, Inshakov, Sailors, Merzlikin. Maxim Konovalov from Boomer brought me to this team - we have a mutual friend in Tambov. Marat Basharov plays hockey best of all the artists; he used to play professionally.

- Where did you meet your wife?

In Latvia. The wife is Latvian. My son has dual citizenship.

- Were you invited anywhere besides the FMS?

One day I went into the Skylink office on 1905 Street, and Kolyukha Pisarev was sitting there. “Come join me - the Russian beach soccer team.” - “No, not mine.” I was still playing in Bryansk then.

I also wanted to open my own school in Khimki. I had friends here in the administration. The deputy governor proposed opening a school, but they didn’t have time - he was fired, although he had worked here for ten years.

- How did the option with the FMS arise?

I have many friends in the organs. They always suggested: “When you finish, come work for the police.” But I don’t have a legal education, and the FMS doesn’t particularly require it, only the boss. I work as a deputy chief. Three hundred people pass by every day - each with their own negativity, passports, citizenship, residence permits, you get more tired than after training. Some energy vampire comes in - and that’s it, after him you can’t work at all. In our area there are two hundred thousand, and in our office there are four people.

Oleg Ivanov came by recently. He had to include his children in his passport. He says: “They called me up to the national team - probably for show.” - “Okay, you’ll play.” I tell him: “We didn’t run around the FMS in our time - everyone did that to us.”

Denis Romantsov

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Andrey Streltsov: Previously, Spartak played with one touch, now this is not the case

Former red-and-white midfielder Andrei Streltsov spoke about the delights of working as a football agent.

Streltsov is only 33. He is the 2001 Russian champion with Spartak. Fans probably remember him from his performances for Anzhi. But Andrei has already completed his playing career. Just a few years ago.

“AFTER FOOTBALL I WORKED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE”

- We haven't heard anything about you for a long time. What did you do after hanging up your boots?
- After finishing my career, I worked a little in the structure of the Federal Migration Service. When the service began to move to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I left. Just at that moment, my friend arrived from Kharkov, and we took up the football topic.

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- Why didn’t you immediately take the football path, but chose the civil service?
- I didn’t try to go somewhere special. I just had good friends who offered to try myself in a new capacity. Without thinking twice, I agreed. I was tired of football and everything connected with it. Therefore, that work became something new for me.

- How quickly did you manage to adapt to your new profession?
- Every athlete should be able to do this. I had no difficulties, the management helped me in every possible way. Just like in the football club, I built relationships within the team. In any structure there is a team where everyone helps each other.

- Did the team know that you were a football player, and even a champion of Russia?
- Yes, we knew. There was one football in the work book. Many, of course, were taken aback: they say, how is it possible, a football player? They've never had anything like this.

- Then, after all, you were drawn to the old craft?
- Certainly. I spent my whole life in sports, my whole family is sports. My father worked in the selection department at Zenit and Dynamo. I introduced him to Kostya Sarsaniya. So he worked with him for a long time. At some point, my father and I talked, and he advised me to return to football, because civil service is not my thing.

I decided to become an agent. We turned to Alexey Safonov, who suggested how and where to start.

- You are the owner of a legendary football surname. Has this helped you in your life?
- Everyone asked if I was a relative of Eduard Anatolyevich. Of course, it’s nice when you are compared with players who have written their names in the history of world football. Should I say that this somehow helped me? I think no.

“SPORT IS OUT OF POLITICS. A LOT OF UKRAINIANS PLAY IN RUSSIA”

- Why did you choose agency work?
- My father works in the breeding service and, accordingly, knows all of Russia. I sincerely want to help athletes and make them comfortable. And further their careers. And not like some: they installed it and forgot about it. I went through all this as a player myself, so I know what I’m talking about.

- Have you already succeeded as an agent?
- Yes, my partner Alexander Shekhovtsov and I have done significant work. Some got settled, some still have to go to clubs.