Dmitry Platonov - Belarusian footballer, striker, two-time champion of Belarus (2006, 2007), two-time winner of the Cup of the country (2006, 2011), winner of the Super Cup of Belarus (2012), as well as two-time champion of Latvia in the Jurmala "Spartak" … At home, Platonov played for Zvezda Minsk - BSU, BATE, Granit, Shakhtar, Gomel and Torpedo-BelAZ.
Biography of Dmitry Platonov
Dmitry Alexandrovich Platonov is a striker, a famous football player from Belarus, was born in the capital of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic - the city of Minsk on February 7, 1986. At the age of six, Dima, together with his brother Pasha, began playing football at the Trudovye Rezervy sports school. In the future, both brothers tied their fate with this sport. 500 people passed through the team. Someone did ten workouts, someone did a year, someone ten years. As a result, about ten people got into the double. Six of them played in the Major League, one of six - Dmitry Platonov.
Football club "ZVEZDA-VA-BSU Minsk"
1993-2001 years. In the ZVEZDA-VA-BSU Minsk team, the first coach of a novice athlete was Yakov Borisovich Lyandris, who had his own system of recruiting future footballers. He came to school, negotiated with the teacher and took all the boys to the stadium. Tests and selections were held there. Now Yakov Borisovich is a coach of the Republican Center of the Olympic Reserve in Football of the Belarusian State University.
The first hat-trick of a football player
This event took place in the summer of 2005 at the Traktor stadium in Minsk. In the match, Zvezda lost to the Naftan team with a score of 5: 3. Moreover, Platonov scored a three-time defeat of the opponent's goal in five minutes - from the 13th to the 18th minute. Then the guests had a good line-up - Aleksey Poge, Alexander Sednev, Vyacheslav Gerashchenko, Valery Stripeikis … This result was very honorable.
"BATE" and "Granite"
In the next season 2006-2008. the forward moved to the Belarusian professional football club from the city of Borisovo - "BATE". In 2008, the leather ball master signed a contract with the Granit team in the city of Mikashevichi, in the Luninetsky district of the Brest region of Belarus.
Football club "Shakhtar"
In 2009, the athlete took part in the Final of the Cup of Belarus on football 2008-2009 in Soligorsk "Shakhtar", this is a football club from the city of Soligorsk. But, unfortunately, the rival team "Naftan" became the owner of the Cup and a ticket to the Europa League. Currently, Shakhtar "is considered one of the leading clubs in the country. Participant of all sovereign championships of Belarus.
Gomel
From 2010 to 2012, forward Platonov, together with his twin brother, played for the Gomel team. The brothers have chosen the Gomel variant for the future in order to qualify for entry into the top league. Psychologically, it is much easier this way, and confidence in one's own abilities increases. In their careers, the brothers had already made mistakes when choosing new jobs, so they wanted to think things over very carefully. The decision to sign a contract initially for only six months was mutual. Both Dmitry and Pavel and the club wanted to take a closer look at each other. 26-year-old Dmitry played 28 matches in Gomel, scored 8 goals and made 5 assists, while becoming the team's top scorer. Pavel played for Gorodeya in the 2012 season and scored 1 goal in 15 matches.
Torpedo-BelAZ and 2nd hat-trick
In January 2013, forward Dmitry, together with his brother, midfielder Pavel, signed a contract and, as free agents, moved to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. In this football club, Platonov spent three seasons, taking part in 53 championship games, in which he hit the opponents' goal 16 times and gave 3 assists. It was here, playing in "Torpedo-BelAZ", the footballer made his 2nd hat-trick in the game against "Slavia".
Baltic football club "Spartak"
In 2016, the 30-year-old Belarusian footballer signed a contract with the Latvian Spartak from Jurmala. Dmitry Platonov has become another Belarusian player in Spartak Jurmala. Four more Belarusians trained in the team: defender-captain Nikolai Kashevsky, midfielders Sergei Kozeka and Sergei Pushnyakov, and forward Fyodor Sapon. The head coach of the Latvian team was the Belarusian specialist Oleg Kubarev. Platonov connects the splash in his game in the Latvian championship with the personality of the head coach. Oleg Kubarev was well versed in tactics, knew how to prepare physically. Athletes trained with Polars that track fatigue, muscle tone, and body condition. Oleg Mikhailovich knew how to prepare an athlete. Kubarev's detailed approach yielded results. There Dmitry Platonov immediately declared himself, becoming one of the main stars of the Latvian championship. In five starting matches for the new team, the forward scored five goals. Jurmala "Spartak" in the 2017-2018 season became the champion of Latvia.
Riga RFSh
In 2018, the leather ball master moved to the Riga Football School, where Maris Verpakovskis was the sporting director. It was the last football club for 33-year-old Platonov, with whom he won the bronze medal of the national championship - 2018. Dmitry scored one goal in 12 matches of the season. The footballer retired on November 1, 2019.
Achievements and awards of Dmitry Platonov
- Champion of Belarus (2): 2006, 2007
- Bronze medalist of Belarus: 2011.
- Winner of the Cup of Belarus (2): June 2005, November 2010.
- Winner of the Super Cup of Belarus: 2012.
Forward's personal life
In addition to his brother Pavel, Dmitry Platonov has a wife and a child. Speaks Russian, Belarusian, English. He understands German and Latvian well. Likes to repeat: “There must be order in the head. I am a thoughtful person who loves to analyze."
Dmitry had difficult periods in his playing career, and it was his brother's support that helped him get through them, but the moment came when he had to disperse. Now Pavel is a programmer in a very large company, he has great prospects.
