Dmitri Kharine

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Dmitri Kharine
Kharine in 2010 while goalkeeping coach for Luton Town
Personal information
Full name Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine[1]
Date of birth (1968-08-16) 16 August 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Hemel Hempstead
(Goalkeeping Coach)
Youth career
1982
FShM Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 FC Torpedo Moscow 63 (0)
1988–1991 FC Dynamo Moscow 40 (0)
1991–1992 CSKA Moscow 34 (0)
1992–1999 Chelsea 118 (0)
1999–2002 Celtic 8 (0)
2002–2004 Hornchurch 23 (0)
Total 286 (0)
International career
1988–1991 Soviet Union 6 (0)
1992 CIS 11 (0)
1992–1998 Russia 23 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine (Russian: Дмитрий Викторович Харин; born 16 August 1968) is a Russian football coach and former professional footballer, who is goalkeeping coach of National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town.

As a player, he was a

USSR, CIS and the Russian
national football teams.

Kharine joined Luton Town in 2004 as goalkeeping coach, and remained with the club until 2013, later joining Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead Town in a similar capacity.

Club career

Russian football

He played for Russian sides Torpedo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow in the early part of his career, before moving to English FA Premier League club Chelsea in December 1992 for £400,000.

Chelsea

With Chelsea, Kharine impressed in their run to the

1994 FA Cup Final – though he conceded four goals in the final itself – and then the club's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup run a year later, where they reached the semi-finals in their first European campaign since the 1970s. His later years at the club were blighted by injury problems and the signing of Dutch goalkeeper Ed de Goey
, which limited him to 20 appearances in his last three seasons. In total, he played in 146 games for Chelsea.

Kharine was not fit for inclusion in Chelsea's

became Chelsea manager he established de Goey as the club's first choice goalkeeper; Kharine was limited to five appearances that season, mainly in cup games. He remained at the club as a reserve goalkeeper for a further two seasons after this.

Celtic

Kharine signed for

, but injury problems ensured that he played just 11 games for the club (8 in the league).

Hornchurch

He was released in the summer of 2002 and signed for

sent off
on his debut.

International career

Kharine was also an international; as a result of the

Euro 96, with his team going out in the group stages on each occasion. He won his last cap in September 1998 against Ukraine
.

Coaching career

Kharine joined Luton Town in 2004 as the club's goalkeeping coach. He remained with the club until 2013 when he was released from his contract. Kharine then joined fellow league two side Stevenage until he left in 2015 shortly after Teddy Sheringham had left. Kharine is now the goalkeeping coach at Hemel Hempstead Town.[2]

Personal life

His younger brother Mikhail Kharin played football professionally as well. Mikhail's son Filipp Kharin is now also a professional goalkeeper.

Career achievements

Dmitri Kharine achieved the following successes during his football career: 1985 U'16 European Champion, 1986 USSR Cup Winner, 1988 Olympic Champion, 1990 U'21 European Champion, 1991 USSR League Champion, 1992 Runner's Up Russian Cup & 1994 Runner's Up F.A. Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2001–02 season[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Torpedo Moscow 1984 Soviet Top League 1 0 1 0
1985 10 0 10 0
1986 25 0 25 0
1987 27 0 27 0
Total 63 0 - - - - - - 40 0
Dynamo Moscow 1988 Soviet Top League 19 0 19 0
1989 20 0 20 0
1990 1 0 1 0
1991 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 40 0 - - 0 0 - - 63 0
CSKA Moscow 1991 Soviet Top League 11 0 2 0 13 0
1992 Russian Top League 23 0 1 0 5 0 29 0
Total 34 0 1 0 - - 7 0 - - 42 0
Chelsea 1992–93 FA Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993–94 Premiership 40 0 8 0 3 0 51 0
1994–95 31 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 41 0
1995–96 26 0 1 0 2 0 29 0
1996–97 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997–98 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1998–99 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0
Total 118 0 12 0 11 0 5 0 - - 146 0
Celtic 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
2000–01 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001–02 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - - 11 0
Hornchurch 2002–03 Isthmian League Division One North 0
2003–04 0
Total - - - -
Career total 263 0 13 0 13 0 13 0 302 0

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 5 September 1998[3]

Soviet Union
Year Apps Goals
1988 3 0
1989 2 0
1990 0 0
1991 1 0
1992 9 0
Total 15 0
Russia
Year Apps Goals
1993 4 0
1994 6 0
1995 5 0
1996 6 0
1997 0 0
1998 2 0
Total 23 0

Honours

Chelsea

Celtic

Soviet Union

References

  1. ^ "Dmitri Kharine". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Dmitri Kharine - 1st XI - Hemel Hempstead Town FC". hemelfc.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Dmitri Kharin". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Celtic clinch Cup with Larsson treble". BBC. 18 March 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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