Viktor Bulatov

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Viktor Bulatov

| fullname = Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov

| height = 1.75 m{{Sportbox.ru|Futbol/Viktor-Bulatov-Futbol-22011972}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR

| currentclub = Dynamo Kirov (manager)

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SDYuShOR-3 Chelyabinsk

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = FShM Moscow

| years1 = 1990 | clubs1 = Zvezda Moscow | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1990–1992 | clubs2 = Volgar Astrakhan | caps2 = 94 | goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1993 | clubs3 = Dimitrovgrad | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 17

| years4 = 1994 | clubs4 = Kirovets-Torpedo Kopeysk

| years5 = 1994 | clubs5 = Dynamo Stavropol | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1995–1997 | clubs6 = Krylia Sovetov Samara | caps6 = 87 | goals6 = 12

| years7 = 1998 | clubs7 = Torpedo Moscow | caps7 = 30 | goals7 = 9

| years8 = 1999–2001 | clubs8 = Spartak Moscow | caps8 = 87 | goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2002–2003 | clubs9 = Krylia Sovetov Samara | caps9 = 38 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2004–2005 | clubs10 = Terek Grozny | caps10 = 51 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2006–2007 | clubs11 = Alania Vladivkavkaz | caps11 = 38 | goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2007 | clubs12 = Sibir Novosibirsk | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2007–2008 | clubs13 = Astana | caps13 = 11 | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2008 | clubs14 = SKA-Energia Khabarovsk | caps14 = 15 | goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2009 | clubs15 = Torpedo Moscow | caps15 = 8 | goals15 = 1

| totalcaps = 526 | totalgoals = 81

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2001 | nationalteam1 = Russia | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2008 | managerclubs1 = SKA-Energia Khabarovsk (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2008 | managerclubs2 = Nika Moscow (youth team)

| manageryears3 = 2009 | managerclubs3 = Nika Moscow

| manageryears4 = 2009 | managerclubs4 = Chernomorets Novorossiysk (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs5 = Dnepr Smolensk

| manageryears6 = 2012 | managerclubs6 = Khimki (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs7 = Zenit Penza

| manageryears8 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs8 = Arsenal Tula (reserves)

| manageryears9 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs9 = Arsenal Tula

| manageryears10 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs10 = Torpedo Moscow

| manageryears11 = 2018 | managerclubs11 = Chayka Peschanokopskoye

| manageryears12 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs12 = Spartak-2 Moscow

| manageryears13 = 2020 | managerclubs13 = Krasny

| manageryears14 = 2021 | managerclubs14 = Khimik Dzerzhinsk

| manageryears15 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs15 = Noah

| manageryears16 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs16 = Chelyabinsk

| manageryears17 = 2023– | managerclubs17 = Dynamo Kirov

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Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov ({{langx|ru|Виктор Геннадьевич Булатов}}; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of Dynamo Kirov.

Playing career

Bulatov spent the prime years of his career at Spartak Moscow. Apart from Spartak, Bulatov played for various Russian clubs, including Torpedo Moscow, Terek Grozny, Alania Vladikavkaz and had two spells at Krylia Sovetov.

In summer 2007 as an experienced player he moved to Kazakh champions Astana{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/ru/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId%3D352866 |title=Goal.com - Трансферы - Булатов переходит в "Астану" |access-date=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193536/http://www.goal.com/ru/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=352866 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }} "Bylatov moves to Astana" from Goal.com to strengthen the club in its forthcoming Champions League journey.

On international level, Bulatov made his debut for Russia national football team in a 1998 friendly match defeat to Brazil and played his last game in 2001, against Greece.

Honours

=Player=

Russian Premier League champion: 1999, 2000, 2001.
Russian Cup winner: 2004.
Russian Cup finalist: 2004 (played in the early stages of the 2003/04 competition for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, who lost in the final to FC Terek Grozny, for which he was playing at the time).