Historically, Russian football has fallen short of the level of world leaders. However, cool players sometimes grow up on domestic soil. Among the few is the name of Valery Georgievich Karpin.
Starting conditions
The future Honored Master of Sports of Russia Valery Georgievich Karpin was born on February 2, 1969 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the famous town of Narva. His father worked at a textile factory as a mechanic, and his mother as a weaver. The child received everything necessary for harmonious development. The boy was seriously prepared for an independent life. The father, who played football himself well, took his son to a children's sports club.
Valery studied well at school. He knew how to find a common language with classmates and with peers on the street. I was engaged in physical education very seriously. Not a day went by that he didn't hit the ball. After school, Karpin entered a civil engineering college to get a specialized education. At the age of seventeen he was admitted to the Tallinn Football Club "Sport". A year later, the promising footballer was drafted into the armed forces.
Sports activities
Two seasons spent in the army were beneficial for the future coach. Karpin trained at the famous CSKA club. He did not have time to play in the team of masters. However, after demobilization, he spent one season in the Voronezh Fakel. In 1990, the promising player was invited to the team of the Moscow "Spartak". From that moment, his sports career began. Playing for the red and white, Valery scored three dozen goals. Karpin was invited to the national team several times.
In 1994, Karpin was invited to work in the Spanish professional club Real Sociedad. The terms of the contract were very attractive and the footballer agreed. Valery spent several years in the blooming country of oranges. I managed to play for the leading clubs Valencia and Celta. In 2005, the successful player decided to end his sports career and went into business. In parallel with the construction of buildings, he coached the women's volleyball team and hosted his personal TV program.
Essays on personal life
Karpin's biography notes that after a long period of time he returned to Russia as the head coach of Spartak. Experts explain this fact by the fact that there are simply not enough good specialists in football. Valery Georgievich did not achieve much success in the second coming. The football player's personal life was unstable. Valery and Svetlana entered into their first marriage in their youth. The husband and wife raised and raised two daughters.
On Spanish territory, Karpin met a burning brunette and forgot about everything in the world. He left his wife and children. However, the new love burned out after a couple of years. A divorce followed and the search for another girlfriend. After going through several options, Valery started a relationship with Daria Gordeeva. Recently, Gordeeva has taught Estonian at the Narva gymnasium.
