Once an indispensable central defender of the Moscow Dynamo and the Russian national team, now he has become a player in the Nizhny Novgorod Volga. The football player had no playing practice for a long time, and his future, to be honest, was apprehensive. Now this problem seems to be solved.
"Denis Kolodin, good evening!" - enthusiastically shouted our columnist, commenting on the match that went down in history between the national teams of Russia and Holland in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008.
In that Hiddink team, Kolodin was one of the best, and his cannon shots made not only the commentators gush with emotions, but everyone who saw it. Although, it would seem, he then failed the opening matches of the Euro. But in the playoffs, he became one of the creators of a landmark victory.
At one time, the then promising Kolodin was called a replacement in the center of the national team's defense. Time passed, the footballer matured, gaining strength in order to become one of the best central defenders in Russia. Has it become? Certainly. Those who would deny it are wrong. Another thing is that he could not gain a foothold in this title.
It cannot be said that he was to blame. The eternal scourge of a football player, injuries - this was the main reason that Kolodin very quickly disappeared from the field of view of specialists and fans.
For the first time, a defender ended up in the infirmary for a long time in the fall of 2008, after the defender of the Wings of the Soviets, Oh Bom Sok, injured his ankle.
The head coach of the Russian national team took this as a personal tragedy. “Kolodin is a terrible loss... Denis may not be a very effective player, if you do not take into account his long-range cannon shots, but he did an excellent job in recent matches for the national team,” said the Dutchman. “We will miss him.”
Kolodin managed to recover just in time to take part in European competitions for the first time in his career in 2009. Moreover, for the match of the 3rd qualifying stage Champions League against Celtic, he brought the team to the field for the first time as captain. And it is not so important that Dynamo then failed. Something else is important. Again the game with the "Wings" - and again the injury, this time rear surface hips. Because of this, Kolodin missed six league matches, including the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Who knows, if he had been in service, maybe there would not have been that nightmare in Maribor. You say his presence would not change anything? Is not a fact.
2010, the match Russia - Hungary, and again Denis pulls his thigh muscles. And yet he continues to be considered one of the best Russian defenders, and idle rumor woo him for € 15 million. Although the football player himself then categorically denied that he could leave Dynamo somewhere.
He remained in the camp of the blue and white. Then an injury followed, another one, and now Kolodin is already sitting in a deep reserve, and he plays in his position not without success.
Where is Kolodin? Who is it? Good evening? No, good night already. How quickly everyone forgot that such a player exists...
Only the Dynamo coach Dan Petrescu did not forget, who brought him out of oblivion and again began to dose him on the field. But it was no longer the same Dynamo and not the same Kolodin.
In early 2012, Denis went on loan to Rostov. But for this club, he spent only 8 matches. Obviously, having once coached Kolodin at Dynamo, he saw alternatives to him in the defensive formations of his team.
And it seemed that everything was over - football player Kolodin was over: his contract with Dynamo had expired and was not renewed. But unexpected and, frankly, pleasant news was his transfer to Volga. Denis has a chance that he must use. If he succeeds, a new morning will begin in his career.
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Over a fifteen year career Russian football player Denis Kolodin played for seven different clubs in the Premier League, and at the end of his performances he went to the championship of Kazakhstan in the local "Altai". In addition, he defended the color of the youth, and from 2004 to 2010 - the national team of Russia. Playing as a central defender, he nevertheless scored about 40 goals in his career, which is a serious indicator for a player of this role.
Denis Kolodin: biography and facts from life
Kolodin Denis Aleksandrovich was born in 1982 in Volgograd region. He lived with his mother, stepfather and younger brother, was fond of fishing and, of course, football.
At the age of 7, the boy began to visit football section local SDYUSSHOR, and in 1994 the coaches of the Volgograd Olympia drew attention to him. By the way, the now well-known coach Leonid Slutsky managed the team then.
It is interesting that Denis Kolodin started playing in the attack, but due to his growth and good texture, he was later transferred to the center of defense. The football player is rightfully considered one of the best personal guardians of the Russian Premier League of the last decade. Kolodin easily wins most martial arts in his own court and in the penalty area of opponents. In addition, thanks to a well-placed strike, Denis was a full-time set-piece performer in most of the teams he played for.
The beginning of a professional career
Play on professional level Kolodin started at the age of 18. His first club was the Volgograd "Olympia", the colors of which the player defended in the second league of the PFL. Denis spent 2 years as the main defender, after which he was invited to Uralan.
Kolodin moved to the yellow-blue under the patronage of the same Slutsky. Initially, it was planned to invite a defender who would play in the Uralan reserve team and, if necessary, replace the players of the main team, but Denis quickly established himself and began to play for the first team. In Kalmykia, Kolodin stayed for two years and managed to play forty-four matches for the club. Looking ahead, we note that both in Uralan and later in Krylya Sovetov, the defender began to actively connect to the set pieces of his team, as a result of which he managed to score several times at the opponents' goal.
At the peak
Literally a year later, every fan following the ups and downs in the Russian Premier League knew who Denis Kolodin was. The football player spent two successful seasons as part of the Wings of the Soviets, after which, in 2005, he was invited to the camp of one of the contenders for the main title - Dynamo Moscow.
The first two years in the capital team left mixed impressions about the defender. He played just as well, but literally from the threshold he managed to quarrel with the Portuguese legionnaires of Dynamo, after which he ceased to fall into the base of Wortmann's team. The following year, Dynamo barely escaped relegation to the first league, however, Kolodin himself was named the best central defender of the championship along with CSKA veteran Sergei Ignashevich.
Since 2007, Denis Kolodin finally became a player in the main team of the Blue and White and played for the team until 2013. During this time, the defender managed to win bronze medals Russian Premier League in 2008, and also become the third prize-winner of the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland. In total, Kolodin played 133 matches for Dynamo.
The well-known Romanian coach Dan Petrescu tried to promote Denis's career in the capital's team. He has repeatedly expressed support for the player, even when he missed almost the entire season due to injury. However, over time, both Petrescu and the football player himself understood what to play on high level and Kolodin is unlikely to succeed in fighting for gold medals. Denis left the team in 2013, and Arena Khimki fans chanted his name as a sign of respect.
End of career
Despite the fact that at the time of the transfer to Rostov Denis Kolodin was already over thirty, and his form, due to the lack of constant playing practice, left much to be desired, the head mentor of the Yellow-Blues noted that the defender has good prospects to play in team. So in the end it happened.
Moreover, after the season at Rostov, Denis did not end his career and went to help Volga gain a foothold in the Premier League. He failed to do this, but the club went downhill rather due to financial problems. Kolodin himself confidently played the whole season, after which he went to the Kazakhstani "Altai" - a place that was destined to become the last in the career of a central defender.
Denis Kolodin: personal life
According to the football player himself, there was no true love in his life. Perhaps that is why the athlete is still single, although Denis does not have to complain about the lack of support in the stands in the face of the fair sex.
Thanks to rich football career Denis Kolodin maintains good friendly relations with Roman Adamov and Leonid Slutsky. Together with ex-football players Rinat Dasaev and Nikita Simonyan, the player is the representative of the organizing committee for the upcoming World Cup.
Birthday January 11, 1982
Russian football player, central defender of Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team
He began his professional career at Olimpia Volgograd, then played at Uralan. In 2004 he moved to the Samara "Wings of the Soviets", where he began to show good game, won the sympathy of the fans and was called up to the Russian national team for the first time. In June 2005, due to financial problems, Krylia was sold to Dynamo Moscow.
He played for the youth and Olympic teams of Russia, since 2004 he has been regularly called up to the main team. He played 4 matches at the 2008 European Championship, which was successful for the Russians.
Youth
Denis Kolodin was born in 1982 in Kamyshin. Denis was the first child in the family - he has a younger brother Andrei. He lived in a hostel with his mother and stepfather. Mother, originally from Belarus, worked as a saleswoman, he never knew his own father and in childhood he considered his stepfather to be such. Denis loved to swim and fish, and in the wake of the success of the local Tekstilshchik, like most of his peers, he became interested in football. He got into the section when he was in the first grade of the school - he and several classmates were invited by the coach of SDUSHOR-2 Vladimir Zorkov. The children's team, in which Kolodin played, won 5 tournaments in 3 years.
In 1994, Denis and two of his teammates were noticed by representatives of the Volgograd Olimpia, which needed reinforcement to play in the Children's football league. The future football player did not want to leave for an unfamiliar city and live in a boarding school, but Olimpia coach Leonid Slutsky persuaded Denis to move. Initially, Kolodin played a striker, and at the junior level he often became top scorer. He was forced to change his position by problems with his right knee - having undergone surgery and not training for a long time, Denis both professionally and physically lagged behind his peers in development, after which he could not return to the attack. Slutsky identified the player in midfield, and later gave him a place in the center of defense.
In 1996, Olimpia won the DFL and began playing in the amateur national championship with almost the same squad. At the amateur level, Olimpia also did not stay long - in the second year, Volgograd got the right to play in the second division of the PFL.
Club career
"Olympia"
In 2000, the professional stage began in Kolodin's career. The next two seasons, which he spent at Olimpia, Volgograd played in the Volga zone of the Second League of the PFL.
Denis was a solid base player - 32 matches in the 2000 season and 34 in the 2001 season. Kolodin played as a stopper and had impressive performance indicators for a player of this role - in two years he scored 14 goals. Olimpia at that time was a promising young team. Together with Kolodin, Roman Adamov and Andrei Bochkov began their careers in it. In the second division, Olimpia showed a good game: in the debut season, the Volgograd team became 10th, and in 2001 it was already in the top three. In the same year, Kolodin could end up in the Vienna "Austria" - a scout of the Austrian club watched him and his teammates Zhdanov and Ryabykh, but in the end all three remained in Volgograd.
"Uralan"
In 2002, Slutsky left the team, going to train the double of the Elista Uralan. The Kalmyk club played in the Premier League. Slutsky soon invited Kolodin to watch at a club gathering in Turkey. The young player approached coach Sergei Pavlov, and on February 8 Kolodin's transfer to Uralan was announced. As Denis later stated, perhaps a case helped him - Pavlov was also a native of Kamyshin and, perhaps, wanted to help his fellow countryman. Kolodin's debut game as part of Uralan was a friendly match between the team and the Hungarian Ferencváros, which ended in a 0-0 draw. In this game, Denis replaced Igor Chugainov, who left for the collection of the Russian national team.
Today the Russian national team will play the second match of the group stage at the home match of the World Cup. In St. Petersburg, the wards of Stanislav Cherchesov will meet with the team of Egypt. In the event of a win or a draw, the Russians can secure their first ever qualifying for the playoffs of the world championship in post-Soviet history and the second advance from the group at a major tournament. This opportunity was given to the national team by the defeat of the Saudi Arabian national team (5:0) in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup.
IN last time The Russian football team achieved a major success in the summer of 2008, when, under the leadership of Guus Hiddink, the Russians reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland. One of the heroes of that stellar squad was central defender Denis Kolodin, who recently ended his playing career.
On June 14, the footballer attended the opening match between the teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia, and on Sunday attended the Germany-Mexico match (0:1) at Luzhniki, after which he gave an interview to Izvestia. During the conversation, Denis Kolodin appreciated the performance of the Russians at the World Cup, and also spoke about the phenomenon of the 38-year-old defender of the national team Sergei Ignashevich and his current activities.
- Were you surprised by the score with which the Russian team defeated the Saudi Arabian team?
In itself, the winning result did not really surprise me. I thought that we can win, and not with the smallest score. For example, 3:0. But I did not expect that Russia would score five unanswered goals. To be honest, I believed in victory from the very beginning. After all, we are a big country - in many aspects, including football. Why should we doubt ourselves? Therefore, they should have easily won.
How is the current Russian team different from the team of ten years ago, which excelled at Euro 2008?
We had an individually strong Arshavin. And the rest of the half of the team remained the same. Remained Zhirkov, Akinfeev, Ignashevich. According to the game - I don't know what the current one is national team different from that one. Just then there were individually bright players. Now there are simply no guys like Arshavin. Maybe only Golovin will reach his level.
Is it due to the fact that Ignashevich, Zhirkov and Akinfeev are so good even at their age? Or do they just not have a worthy replacement?
Don't know. Maybe there is a replacement, but none of the clubs are looking at talent. 10 years have passed, and there are, in fact, no new people of this level. Especially as a central defender.
- So, in 2022, at the World Championships in Qatar, is it worth waiting for the 43-year-old Ignashevich?
Yes, sure (laughs). I'm waiting for Ignashevich at the next championship.
- Does it surprise you that at 38 he still plays for the national team at the World Cup?
If you go through your entire career without injury, then, of course, you have a lot of strength. I also thought that I would play until the age of 50. But once it broke - and the strength is already less. Therefore, God forbid Ignashevich to go even further without injury. And so that the coaches still trust him.
- Did you have the opportunity to avoid the epidemic of injuries that happened after Euro 2008?
Don't know. These injuries happened by accident when, for example, I ran in the wrong direction on the field. I didn’t have such that out of the blue the back of the thigh was torn due to the fact that I didn’t warm up properly. He just ran to the wrong place at the wrong time. Here is the result.
- Which players and teams in the early days of the World Cup made the biggest impression on you?
I really liked the game of Portugal and Spain. If judged personally by the players, the Portuguese defender Guerrero looked good. Argentina has one Messi running around, he stands out from the background of his partners. But in general, in terms of dedication, almost all the players at this World Cup play to the limit. Everyone gives 150%. Not like in clubs, when they can afford to play imposingly in certain parts of the season. At this World Cup, everyone shows the maximum of what they can.
- What do you expect from the match between Russia and Egypt? How important will Salah's presence on the pitch be?
I think you need to look first of all at your game. It doesn't matter if Egypt plays with or without Salah. Imagine that he does not represent Egypt, but Saudi Arabia. Would this change the result in their match against us? I think no. Unless they could win not 5:0, but 4:0. Nothing would have changed. I think Uruguay would beat this opponent with 10 goals with Salah.
- How important is the starting victory?
We have taken a very important first step. It is especially pleasing that it was accomplished in the form of a victory with a large score. This gives Russia tremendous self-confidence. A stone has fallen from our shoulders, the pressure has decreased - now we must fly on wings to victories in the next matches.
- Did you have a similar situation in 2008?
We also played hard against Spain (1:4) and Greece (1:0). It was only later that we ran at full speed in the quarter-finals with Holland (3:1 in extra time). And before that, I would not say that we were running somewhere at full speed. Except that friendly matches before the Euro played better. But we do not know what tasks Cherchesov set for the last preparatory meetings. Maybe he specifically gave instructions to roll back, to check the reliability of the defense. We do not know whether the result in those meetings was important for the coach.
- What are you doing now?
I work in Khimki as a children's coach. I was invited there by Alexander Kiselyov, director of the local school Olympic reserve, who once worked as the head of the Dynamo Moscow team when I was a club player. Once we phoned and met when I was still playing. Kiselyov said that he works at Khimki, and made me promise that I would come to work for him when I finished playing. I finished and immediately went to him.
What age group do you lead now?
born in 2011 - the youngest this moment. At the same time, I study at the Higher School of Coaches (HST) and look at the profession. It's hard to decide which way to go next. After all, I just recently finished my career as a football player. I need to unlearn, look around and already decide what I want to do. So far I've only been working for 3-4 months.
Has the work with children in football changed compared to what Leonid Slutsky offered his wards in Volgograd, when you and Roman Adamov played at his Olympia school?
I once asked Leonid Viktorovich: “How to work with children? What to give them? What did you give them? To which Slutsky replied: "See for yourself and decide how to work." I prefer to let my players play more with the ball. They are children - they don’t want to fold yet, they want to play more with the ball.
And with whom does this not happen? Recently "Hamburg" in Germany took off. It happened with other famous clubs. Of course, this is unpleasant. I talked to some people from Dynamo and know a little about what happened that season at the club. I won't say publicly what happened there, but it's not serious. It's good that they quickly returned to the Premier League and had a decent season, finishing eighth. They started this championship hard, but they gave a good ending.
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Denis Aleseevich Kolodin is a Russian football player. The position in which he plays is the defender. IN best years the player was able to achieve enough of his career good results. Twice became the bronze champion of Russia. At Euro 2008, together with the national team, he took third place. In recent seasons, the player has been lost in the lower leagues, and fans are increasingly interested in the question of where Denis Kolodin plays. In early 2016, the player signed a contract with Kazakhstan's Altai.
Family and youth of a football player
Kolodin's birthplace is a small town in the Volgograd region, Kamyshin. The footballer was born on January 11, 1982. Kolodin has a younger brother. The footballer's mother is from Belarus. In Russia she worked as a saleswoman. Denis never saw his own father. Together with his family, the young football player lived in a hostel. Denis Kolodin began to get involved in this sport with early childhood. From the first grade, he began to study in the section along with several classmates.
When the boy was twelve years old, he and several teammates were noticed by the leadership of Olimpia from Volgograd. Denis did not want to leave his native city. Leonid Slutsky, who served as a coach at Olympia, was able to persuade him. At first, the player began to play in the attack and showed himself well, regularly scoring goals. A knee injury forced him to change position. He simply could not cope with the pace of the game, and the coach assigned him first a place in midfield, and then completely in defense.
"Olympia"
The contract of a professional player Denis Kolodin signed in 2000. Playing for the club, he secured his place at the base and appeared on the field in almost every match. In addition, the footballer often scored goals. In two years in the team, he was able to score fourteen goals.
Soon, the player and his teammates, thanks to excellent performance, began to observe the Austrian "Austria", but the transition did not take place.
"Uralan"
In 2002, Leonid Slutsky went to train doubles of the Elista club, and soon invited Kolodin to watch. The team management liked Denis's game, and soon a contract was signed with him.
Thanks to excellent performances, Denis Kolodin was able to move into the main team. The first season in the team turned out to be successful, the player appeared on the field twenty-two times. Soon, many teams in the Russian championship wanted to get a defender. However, the player's transitions were constantly frustrated.
The player began the 2004 season as part of the Samara team. Denis Kolodin demonstrated great game helping out the team in the most difficult moments. Thanks to excellent performances in August, the player was invited to the Russian national team.
In 2005, Wings of the Soviets began to have financial problems, and it became clear that the team needed to part with some players. Dynamo Moscow was interested in the footballer's services and soon signed a contract with him. Later, Denis Kolodin stated that he would hardly have left the Samara club if it were not for financial problems.
"Dynamo"
In the capital club, the player quickly managed to gain a foothold in the base and began to appear in almost every match. With Dynamo, he managed to win bronze medals in 2008. Denis Kolodin is a football player who was able to prove himself excellently at Euro 2008 and grow in price by one million euros. In the autumn of the same year, he received a serious ankle injury and even thought about ending his career. The player underwent a complex operation and had to recover for a long period.
In 2011, the player was injured again, and Vladimir Granat took his place on the field, who subsequently put Kolodin on the bench. Soon, information began to appear about the transfer of a football player to another club.
Rent to "Rostov" and transfer to "Volga"
In the winter of 2012, Kolodin was rented by the Rostov team. Thanks to this club, Denis was able to get a long-awaited game practice. For Rostov, the defender played eight matches and returned to Dynamo.
Despite the promises of the management about the appearance of the player on the field, Kolodin came out only once during the season.
In the summer of 2013, the player left the capital club and, as a free agent, signed a contract with Volga. Throughout the season, the player showed a fairly good game, but due to financial problems at the club, he was forced to sign a contract with Sokol.
In early January 2016, information appeared that the defender had joined the Kazakh Altai.
