Oleg Kuleshov
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Omsk, Soviet Union
| Oleg Kuleshov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kuleshov in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Oleg Mikhaylovich Kuleshov | ||
| Born |
15 April 1974 Omsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Nationality | Russian | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-1991 | Omsk | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1991-1999 | HC Kaustik Volgograd | ||
1999-2007 | SC Magdeburg | ||
2007-2008 | VfL Gummersbach | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2007 | Russia | 123 | (390) |
| Teams managed | |||
2011-2012 | HF Springe | ||
2012-2015 | Russia men's team | ||
2016-2018 | HF Springe | ||
2018-2019 | SKIF Krasnodar | ||
2019-2020 | CSKA Moscow women | ||
2021-2024 | Dinamo Volgograd | ||
2024 | CSKA Moscow women | ||
Medal record | |||
Oleg Mikhaylovich Kuleshov (Russian: Олег Михайлович Кулешов, born 15 April 1974) is a former Russian handball player and current coach who won both the World Championship and European Championship. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Currently he is the head coach of Dinamo Volgograd women's handball team.
National team
Kuleshov played early in his career for HC Kaustik Volgograd from 1991 to 1999,[citation needed] where he won the Russian Handball Super League in 1996, 1997 and 1998.[1]
He then joined German side SC Magdeburg,[citation needed] where he won the 2011 Handball-Bundesliga, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and Club World Cup. In 2002 he won the EHF Champions League and in 2007 he won the EHF Cup.
In 2007 he joined VfL Gummersbach.[2] A year later he retired due to injuries.[3]
Kuleshov played 123 games for the Russian national team, scoring 390 goals. He was part of the Russian 1990's golden generation that won the 1996 European Men's Handball Championship and the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship.
In 1996 he was a member of the Russian team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 23 goals. Eight years later he won the bronze medal with the Russian team in the 2004 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches again and scored twelve goals.
