Dmitry Bulykin is an excellent ram forward, a former player of the Russian national team and many European football clubs. The media like to call Bulykin "one of the laziest and most odious players."
Biography
The future striker was born on November 20, 1979 in the city of Moscow. Dmitry is a hereditary athlete. The forward's father and mother are former professional volleyball players, his father is a member of the USSR national team. By the way, Dmitry's sister, Irina, played tennis, but after an injury she began her coaching career.
As a child, Dmitry was involved in many sports, but settled on football. At the age of 7 he entered the football school of the Moscow Lokomotiv. After 4 seasons, he joined the Trudovye Rezervy children's team. The last youth team for the forward was the CSKA team.
Career
From 16 to 18 years old Dmitry played in the double of Moscow Lokomotiv. For the main team of Lokomotiv, the forward made his debut in 1997, in the Russian Cup match. In total, Bulykin played 7 seasons for the Moscow railroad workers. As part of Lokomotiv, he won the Russian Cup twice.
In 2001, Dmitry moved to Dynamo Moscow, where he spent 6 seasons and was called up to the Russian national team. The stay at Dynamo was marked by a conflict between the striker and the club's management. The leaders did not want to let Dmitry go to play in Europe. In 2007, the striker still went to Europe, having moved to Bayer Leverkusen. In Germany, Bulykin did not work out, the forward played only 19 games in Bayer. And the German team sold the striker to the grand Belgian championship, Anderlecht.
Then Dmitry spent the season in Belgium, but due to the scandal with the head coach he was loaned to Fortuna from Dusseldorf. In Germany, he was seriously injured, could not show himself in full force and returned to Anderlecht again. In August 2010, he was again loaned, but now for the Dutch championship, to the ADO Den Haag team.
In Holland, the striker played 30 games and scored 21 goals. There, Dmitry was noticed by the scouts of the Ajax Amsterdam. Bulykin signed a contract for one season with the Amsterdam team. As part of Ajax, he became the champion of Holland. At the end of the season, Ajax did not want to renew the contract with the forward.
In the summer of 2012, Bulykin signed a two-year contract with another Dutch club, Twente, in which the striker spent 2 seasons and returned to the Russian championship to end his rich career. Dmitry Bulykin played his last match at the professional level on March 10, 2014.
In the national team, Dmitry played 15 games and scored seven goals. In the camp of the national team, he took part in the European Football Championship in 2004.
Personal life
Bulykin has a wife, fashion designer Ekaterina Polyanskaya, and the couple also have two children. The forward starred in the music video for the Reflex group and in the comedy series Happy Together. At the moment, Dmitry works in the Lokomotiv football club as an advisor to the club president.
