Dmitri Bulykin

Dmitri Bulykin
	Bulykin withVolga Nizhny Novgorodin 2013
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin
Date of birth	20 November 1979(age 45)
Place of birth	Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1986–1990	Lokomotiv Moscow
1991–1994	Trudovye Rezervy Moscow
1995–1996	CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Lokomotiv Moscow
2001–2007	Dynamo Moscow
2007–2008	Bayer Leverkusen
2008–2011	Anderlecht
2009–2010	→Fortuna Düsseldorf(loan)
2010–2011	→ADO Den Haag(loan)
2011–2012	Ajax
2012–2013	Twente
2013–2014	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Total
International career
1998–2001	Russia U-21
2003–2005	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin(Russian:Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин;born 20 November 1979) is a retired Russianfootballer.^[1]Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for theRussian national team.

Club career

Lokomotiv Moscow

Bulykin began his football career withLokomotiv Moscowin 1997. He stayed with Lokomotiv for three years scoring 28 goals in 94 appearances and attracted quite a bit of attention. In Lokomotiv Moscow Bulykin won Silver medals (1999, 2000), Bronze (1997) and 3 times Russian Cup (1997, 2000, 2001).

Dynamo Moscow

In 2001, Bulykin signed withDynamo Moscowand quickly established himself as the first team player for the next three seasons. He scored a total of 29 goals in 90 appearances for the club. In 2003 was invited to the Russian national team.

With improving performances for both club and country, Bulykin, who had never hidden his desire to move to a foreign club, was expected to move abroad. In January 2004 he spent two weeks on trial withEverton,but he did not have enough caps for a work permit.^[2]In 2005, hoping move to England, Bulykin went on trials inPortsmouthbut that transfer did not happen.^[3]As a result, Bulykin remained with Dynamo, and was quickly relegated to play in the second team, and eventually excluded from training process altogether. While almost breaking his relationship with Dynamo, he re-signed for the 2006 season, after the former Russia managerYuri Syominwas appointed as the club's manager. On 31 March, when Bulykin was ready to come as a substitute against Saturn, Syomin shouted at him, "Take off the mittens!", a moment that was televised live. Syomin later said that he considers wearing gloves when the weather is relatively mild to be a sign of unwillingness to work hard,^[4]while Bulykin himself took Syomin's shout as an emboldening, albeit a bit over the top one.^[5]Syomin was sacked mid season and under the next manager,Andrei Kobelev,Bulykin was placed on the transfer list, where he spent the end of 2006. Trying to resolve Bulykin's deadlock with Dynamo, its general manager, Dmitri Ivanov, stated that the club would release Bulykin with no transfer cost, should there be any interest from anyone.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 28 August 2007, Bulykin secured a one-year contract with German clubBayer Leverkusen,after scoring a goal in two friendly matches during his trial for theBundesligaclub.^[6]On 19 December 2007, he scored for the first time for the club, netting two goals againstFC Zürichin the UEFA Cup, and was declared "man of the match" by UEFA. In round 20, Bulykin, starting for the first time in his Bayer career, broke the Bundesliga record for the fastest yellow card received (in the 12th second). He played 19 official games in this 2007–08 season and he scored five goals for Bayer Leverkusen.

Anderlecht

On 19 August 2008, he moved to Belgian clubAnderlecht,hoping to gain more game time as a striker. After initial success where he scored two headers in his debut in the Belgian Pro League, he was quickly benched by the coach Ariël Jacobs and had marginal appearances through the rest of 2008. He played 10 games only and scored 3 goals.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

After being idle for most of 2009, Bulykin was loaned back to Germany, this time to a Bundesliga second division teamFortuna Düsseldorf.^[7]He started with an impressive play in his first match against Hamburger SV in the German Cup. He had bad luck with a serious injury that took him five months to recover from, which made this whole season very unlucky.

ADO Den Haag

While Anderlecht won theBelgian Supercup,Bulykin was on trial atADO Den Haag.The DutchEredivisieteam decided to loan him for the 2010–11 season. He scored 21 league goals and became popular among ADO Den Haag fans. After the season ADO Den Haag tried to buy Bulykin, but an agreement couldn't be reached and he returned to Anderlecht after his season in the Netherlands.

Ajax

On 31 August 2011, it was announced that RSC Anderlecht and Ajax had come to terms on the move of Bulykin to the Amsterdam club as a free transfer. Bulykin signed a one-year contract with an option for the club to extend it for one more year.^[8]In his first competition match, against rivals PSV Eindhoven, he scored the second Ajax goal, deciding the game on a 2–2 draw.

On 7 December 2011, Dmitri Bulykin was votedBest Russian Football Player abroadby theRussian Football Union,but was unable to attend the Gala in Moscow to receive his award, due to the event being scheduled at the same time as the UEFA Champions League home match againstReal Madrid.^[9]

Twente

After his Ajax contract expired in the summer of 2012, and was not extended, free agent Bulykin signed a one-year deal, with option for another year atFC Twente,who just had seen strikerLuuk de Jongleave forBorussia Mönchengladbach.^[10]

Volga Nizhny Novgorod

On 18 September 2013, Bulykin joinedRussian Premier LeaguesideVolga Nizhny Novgorod,signing a one-year contract.^[11]

International career

Bulykin made his debut forRussiaon 9 September 2003 in theEuro 2004qualifier against theRepublic of Irelandunder managerGeorgi Yartsev.He made quite an impression in his only second appearance by scoring three goals in Russia's next qualifier againstSwitzerland.^[12]Russia eventually won 4–1 to subsequently qualify for thefinal tournament.

In the final tournament Bulykin struggled in Russia's two losses against Spain and Portugal. Bulykin finally made an impact against Greece by scoring a header off aRolan Gusevcorner in a game where Russia emerged victorious 2–1 to console their fans being the only team able to beat the eventual champions.

Bulykin was called up for the2006 World Cup qualifiersand scored in the very first round against Slovakia in a 1–1 draw. He played forRussiain 15 games and scored 7 goals.

Career statistics

As of 14 April 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Russia			League		Russian Cup		Europe		Total
1997	Lokomotiv Moscow	Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1998			18	7	1	1	4	4	23	12
1999			26	8	1	1	9	3	36	12
2000			22	3	4	1	7	0	33	4
2001	Dynamo Moscow	Premier League	28	10	2	2	3	0	33	12
2002			27	5	1	0	0	0	28	5
2003			28	8	1	0	0	0	29	8
2004			22	1	2	0	0	0	24	1
2005			8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
2006			10	2	1	1	0	0	11	3
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2007–08	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bundesliga	14	2	0	0	4	3	18	5
2008–09	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		Europe		Total
2008–09	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Pro League	10	3	2	0	0	0	12	3
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2009–10	Fortuna Düsseldorf(loan)	2. Bundesliga	10	1	1	0	0	0	11	1
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
2010–11	ADO Den Haag(loan)	Eredivisie	30	21	2	1	0	0	32	22
2011–12	AFC Ajax	Eredivisie	19	9	3	1	4	0	26	10
2012–13	FC Twente	Eredivisie	21	5	0	0	7	0	28	5
Total	Russia		191	45	14	6	23	7	228	58
	Germany		24	3	1	0	4	3	29	6
	Belgium		10	3	2	0	0	0	12	3
	Netherlands		70	35	5	2	11	0	86	37
Career total			295	86	23	8	38	10	355	104

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2003	Lokomotiv Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Switzerland	1– 1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
2	10 September 2003	Lokomotiv Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Switzerland	2– 1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
3	10 September 2003	Lokomotiv Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Switzerland	3– 1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
4	11 October 2003	Lokomotiv Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Georgia	1– 1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
5	20 June 2004	Estádio Algarve,Faro,Portugal	Greece	2– 0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004
6	18 August 2004	Dynamo Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Lithuania	3– 1	4–3	Friendly match
7	4 September 2004	Dynamo Stadium,Moscow,Russia	Slovakia	1– 1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

Russian Premier League:Runner-up (Silver) 1999, 2000
Russian Premier League:3rd Place (Bronze) 1998
Russian Cup:1999, 2000

Anderlecht

Belgian First Division:Runner-up 2008–09
Belgian Supercup:2010

Ajax

Eredivisie:2011–12

Individual

Best Russian Football Player abroad: 2011

References

^Aalbers, Dave (22 February 2019)."Dmitri Boelykin leeft in Moskou op zijn eigen tempo".vice(in Dutch).Retrieved19 August2020.
^"Everton move for Butt".BBC Sport. 25 January 2004.Retrieved20 December2007.
^"Pompey line up move for Bulykin".BBC Sport. 24 January 2005.Retrieved20 December2007.
^Юрий СЕМИН: "ХОЧУ ОБЪЯСНИТЬСЯ С БОЛЕЛЬЩИКАМИ"(in Russian).Sport Express.20 April 2006.Retrieved18 November2009.
^Булыкин: Я еще молодой и перспективный игрок(in Russian).Sovetsky Sport.15 November 2006.Retrieved18 November2009.
^"Bulykin looks to revive career at Leverkusen".soccerway.Retrieved20 December2007.
^"Dmitri Bulykin kommt zu Fortuna"(in German). fortuna-duesseldorf.de. 29 July 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 19 July 2011.Retrieved20 August2009.
^"Ajax contracteert Dmitry Bulykin"(in Dutch). ajax.nl. 31 August 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 2 October 2012.Retrieved31 August2011.
^"Bulykin wint Russische prijs en kan tien minuten spelen tegen Real"(in Dutch). soccernews.nl. 7 December 2011.Retrieved5 February2012.
^Scholten, Berend (20 July 2012)."Twente entrust Bulykin to fill De Jong void".UEFA.Retrieved20 July2012.
^Булыкин стал игроком "Волги"(in Russian). Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 18 September 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2013.Retrieved20 September2013.
^Matthias Arnhold (31 May 2012)."Dmitriy Olegovich Bulykin — Goals in International Matches".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved14 June2012.

External links

Leverkusen who's who
Player profile(in Russian)
Dmitri Bulykin at ADOstatsat theWayback Machine(archived 24 July 2011)(in Dutch)
Dmitri Bulykinatfussballdaten.de(in German)
Dmitri Bulykinat WorldFootball.net
Dmitri Bulykinat National-Football-Teams

[1] Aalbers, Dave (22 February 2019)."Dmitri Boelykin leeft in Moskou op zijn eigen tempo".vice(in Dutch).Retrieved19 August2020.

[2] "Everton move for Butt".BBC Sport. 25 January 2004.Retrieved20 December2007.

[3] "Pompey line up move for Bulykin".BBC Sport. 24 January 2005.Retrieved20 December2007.

[4] Юрий СЕМИН: "ХОЧУ ОБЪЯСНИТЬСЯ С БОЛЕЛЬЩИКАМИ"(in Russian).Sport Express.20 April 2006.Retrieved18 November2009.

[5] Булыкин: Я еще молодой и перспективный игрок(in Russian).Sovetsky Sport.15 November 2006.Retrieved18 November2009.

[6] "Bulykin looks to revive career at Leverkusen".soccerway.Retrieved20 December2007.

[7] "Dmitri Bulykin kommt zu Fortuna"(in German). fortuna-duesseldorf.de. 29 July 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 19 July 2011.Retrieved20 August2009.

[8] "Ajax contracteert Dmitry Bulykin"(in Dutch). ajax.nl. 31 August 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 2 October 2012.Retrieved31 August2011.

[9] "Bulykin wint Russische prijs en kan tien minuten spelen tegen Real"(in Dutch). soccernews.nl. 7 December 2011.Retrieved5 February2012.

[10] Scholten, Berend (20 July 2012)."Twente entrust Bulykin to fill De Jong void".UEFA.Retrieved20 July2012.

[11] Булыкин стал игроком "Волги"(in Russian). Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 18 September 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2013.Retrieved20 September2013.

[12] Matthias Arnhold (31 May 2012)."Dmitriy Olegovich Bulykin — Goals in International Matches".Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Retrieved14 June2012.

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