Sporty Russia

Dmitri Vyazmikin

Done by: Ataeva Yulia Alexandrovna, English teacher, school 31, Vladimir

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Dmitri Vyazmikin is a Russian football player. He is a striker who last played for FC Spartak Kostroma. Dmitri Vyazmikin is most famous for becoming Russian Top Division top scorer in 2001.

Vyazmikin was born in Vladimir, September 27, 1972. He finished the Sports School there. Vyazmikin played in various leagues of Russian football, including Russian Top Division in 1997-2003. In 2000 he won the league bronze medals with Torpedo Moscow, and in 2001 he became the league top scorer with 18 goals in 29 matches.Dmitri Vyazmikin also scored two goals for Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup 2001-2002.

Senior careerSenior career

Years Team Apps (Gls)1992–1994 Torpedo Vladimir 96 (41)1995–1996 Sokol-PZD Saratov 57 (18)1996 Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk 17 (6)1997–1998 Shinnik Yaroslavl 56 (4)1999 Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 28 (5)2000–2001 Torpedo Moscow 56 (26)2002–2003 Uralan Elista 31 (1)2003 Alania Vladikavkaz 3 (0)2004–2010 Torpedo Vladimir 208 (105)2011 Spartak Kostroma 33 (7)

Ending their career, some players move to a place where they can earn more and have less to run. Dmitri Vyazmikin returned to his home town where the football club bosses didn’t pay much, but the footballers had to run as much as possible. He returned to Torpedo Vladimir in 2004 and was a player of that «black and white» team until 2010. After a short Kostroma «link» in 2011, which was perceived as a pure misunderstanding, Vyazmikin returned to Vladimir again.

• Russian Top Division top scorer: 2001 (18 goals).

• Russian Second Division Zone West top scorer: 2004 (25 goals).

• Russian Second Division, Zone West best player: 2004, 2009, 2010.

Sport achievementsSport achievements

Dmitry Vyazmikin went through thick and thin with the local Torpedo. He experienced the joy of playing in the first league and the bitterness of losing a professional team status. Nowadays Dmitry Vyazmikin is a part of the «black and white» coaching staff. But in conversations he always stresses that if it is necessary he is ready to enter the field.