Viktor Kolotov

Full name Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov

Date of birth (1949-07-03)3 July 1949

Place of birth Yudino, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union (now part of Kazan, Russia)

Date of death 3 January 2000(2000-01-03) (aged 50)

Viktor Kolotov

Viktor Kolotov in 1975
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov
Date of birth	(1949-07-03)3 July 1949
Place of birth	Yudino, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union (now part of Kazan, Russia)
Date of death	3 January 2000(2000-01-03) (aged 50)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
1958	Lokomotiv Yudino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1968	Chaika Zelenodolsk
1968	Trudovye Rezervy Kazan
1968–1970	Rubin Kazan	69	(15)
1971–1981	Dynamo Kyiv	218	(62)
International career
1970–1978	USSR	54	(22)
1979	Ukraine
Managerial career
1984–1992	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1993	Borysfen Boryspil
1995–1996	Ukraine U21
1996–1997	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1998–1999	Ukraine U21
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men's Football Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition 1976 Montreal Team competition UEFA European Championship European Championship 1972
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000^[1]) was a Soviet footballer who played as a midfielder and later Ukrainian manager.

He was born in the settlement of Yudino, Kazan municipality. Today, the settlement is included in the Kirov Raion of Kazan city. After becoming a coach, he extended his welcome stay in Kyiv. Together with Dynamo Kyiv, he became the four-time champion of the USSR as well as the two-time holder of the USSR Cup. Also in Europe, he participated in the memorable 1974–1975 season when Dynamo Kyiv conquered the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Kolotov was also a European vice-champion (1972).

In 1979, Kolotov played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.^[2]