Dmitri Bulykin
Personal information
Date of birth	November 20, 1979 (1979-11-20) (age 27)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2000 2001-2007 2007-present	Lokomotiv Moscow Dynamo Moscow Bayer 04 Leverkusen	68 (18) 145 (27) 0 (0)
National team2
2003-	Russia	15 (7)
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Dmitri Bulykin (Russian: Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин) (born November 20, 1979 in Moscow) is a Russian football player and a popular public character. He is a striker, currently listed with German Bundesliga team Bayer 04 Leverkusen. is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... The Bundesliga (plural: -ligen) (Federal League, meaning nation-wide league) is the name for the premier league of any sport in Austria and Germany. ... Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

Before joining Leverkusen, he was with Dynamo Moscow. In 2005 he played only in 8 matches, scoring once. His famous nickname "Brioche" came from his last name (Bulykin sounds similar to Brioche in Russian), as well as from his alleged inability to receive a ball anywhere near the opposing team's gate. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Considered a true simpleton, he enjoys a somewhat twisted popularity among Russian football fans, being a subject of numerous jokes. He's sometimes referred to as Bulham.

Career

Bulykin was expected to transfer to English club Portsmouth F.C. in January 2005, but doubts over his level of fitness tempted them to cancel negotiations. He almost joined English club Everton but that deal fell through due to some harsh criticism from the Bluekipper forum, an independent Everton website. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Portsmouth Football Club are an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ...

Bulykin used to be a regular for the Russian national team under the general coach Georgi Yartsev and played for his country at Euro 2004. Just as with his main club, Dynamo, he stopped being invited in the national team after Yartsev resigned. First international Finland 2 - 1 Imperial Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912) Russia 2 - 0 Mexico (Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992) Biggest win Russia 7 - 0 San Marino (San Marino, San Marino; 7 June 1995) Biggest defeat Imperial Germany 16 - 0 Imperial Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Portugal 7... Georgi Aleksandrovich Yartsev (Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Я́рцев) (born April 11, 1948 in Nikolskoye, Kostroma Oblast, Russia, USSR) is a Russian soccer coach and former player, until 2005 the head coach of the Russian national team. ... Euro 2004 Logo The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. ...

While being on the brink of breaking relationship with Dynamo, he re-signed for the 2006 season, when former Team Russia manager Yuri Semin became a new coach. On April 29, 2006, Bulykin scored his first goal in the season. Yuri Semin (Russian: , last name also transliterated as Syomin; born 11 May 1947 in Orenburg) is a Russian football coach most famous for his work at FC Lokomotiv Moscow. ...

Under the next head coach of Dynamo, Andrei Kobelev, Bulykin was placed on transfer list, where he spent the rest of 2006. After Yartsev took over Torpedo, the former elite Moscow team, that left the top Russian football league for the first time since 1933, Bulykin was offered a place in the club's roster. On January 30, 2007, Russian online sports edition, sports.ru, noted that Torpedo was not interested either. Andrey Kobelev (Russian: ) (born 22 November 1968 in Moscow) is a young Russian coach and former footballer. ... FC Torpedo Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо Москва) is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. ...

Trying to resolve Bulykin's deadlock with Dynamo, its general manager, Dmitri Ivanov, stated that the club would release Bulykin with no transfer cost, should there be any interest from anyone.

In August 2007 Bulykin was able to impress a German club Bayer 04 Leverkusen during 2 friendly games, and on August 28 secured a 1-year contract with the club. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

Moment of glory

Dmitry Bulykin's moment of glory was the Euro 2004 qualifier in Moscow against Switzerland (4:1), where he scored 3 goals. Neither before nor after did he come close to that achievement. Despite all jokes and critique, he's noted to be one of the very few Russian footballers capable of performing on the "second floor" - able to score a header. The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4, 2004. ...

Famous quotes regarding Bulykin

• "Bulykin usually scores in April" - (Aleksandr Borodyuk, Russia national team manager)
• "I have 3 offers. One from Torpedo, and 2 more they don't want to tell me about" - (D.Bulykin himself)^[1].
• "Dmitry confessed once that he learned English hoping to play in England one day" - (Yuri Zavarzin, former owner of FC Dynamo)
• "They (Dynamo) won't let me play, but they won't let me change teams either. There were offers from other teams, but Dynamo did not find them satisfactory. They told me I'm an expensive player". - (D.Bulykin in his interview to Sport-Express)^[2]

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Trivia

• When Pelé visited Moscow in 2003, Bulykin emerged from the crowd of fans, and presented his own Dynamo jersey #10 to the football's great. Dumbfounded Pelé (who didn't know who Bulykin was) accepted the gift without a word, and even posed for a photo together.
• Playing as the lone striker in FC Dynamo for most of the 2004, Bulykin scored 1 goal in the entire 2004 season of the Russian Premier League championship. This happened in April.
• The famous story and subsequent jokes about Bulykin and his mittens (Russian: варежки) originated during one of the bad games for Dynamo, played on a chilly day, when the then-coach Yuri Semin shouted at Bulykin in front of the TV cameras: "Mittens! Take off the mittens!". This moment was televised and replayed nation-wide.

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References

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External links

• "Take off the mittens!" Video
• Official website of FC Dynamo
• Every kid knows today - Bulykin is the worst striker on planet Earth
• Leverkusen who's who