Vladimir Volkov

Vladimir Volkov

Volkov playing for Montenegro in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Volkov
Date of birth	(1986-06-06) 6 June 1986
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Left back, left winger
Team information
Current team	KV Mechelen
Number	3
Youth career
	Radnički Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Grafičar Beograd	25	(0)
2005–2006	Železničar Beograd	16	(0)
2006–2008	BSK Borča	54	(12)
2008	→ Portimonense (loan)	3	(0)
2008–2009	OFK Beograd	5	(0)
2009–2011	Sheriff	45	(13)
2011–2015	Partizan	76	(8)
2015–	KV Mechelen	11	(0)
International career‡
2011	Serbia	1	(0)
2012–	Montenegro	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2013

Vladimir Volkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Belgian Pro League club KV Mechelen and the Montenegrin national team.

Club career

Early career

Volkov started playing football in youth categories of FK Radnički Beograd when he was seven years old. Later, already as a senior, he played for FK BSK Borča from 2006 to early 2008, when he was moved to Portimonense. After that, Volkov spent the first part of the 2008–09 season with OFK Beograd, before moving to Moldovan champions FC Sheriff in 2009.

Partizan

Volkov was transferred to FK Partizan before the end of the 2010–11 season, signing a three-year contract on 14 May 2011. He quickly established himself as first choice of coaches Aleksandar Stanojević and Avram Grant mostly because of his good games in qualification stages of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

Mechelen

In summer 2015, Volkov signed a two-year deal with Belgian side KV Mechelen. He was officially presented the following day and was given the number 3 shirt.

International career

On 4 November 2011, the caretaker of the Serbian national team Radovan Ćurčić, called-up Volkov for two friendly matches against Mexico and Honduras. He debuted on 15 November, playing the full match against Honduras.

Under new FIFA rules, a player who has dual citizenship and has played only one match for one of the two countries can change the decision to play for the other national team. As the Serbian national team "showed no interest", Volkov accepted Brnović's call to join the Montenegrin national team. On 25 May 2012, Volkov made a debut for the Montenegrin national team as a starter in a friendly match against Belgium.

Personal life

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Vladimir's paternal great-grandparents migrated from Russia to Serbia in 1917. Besides his native Serbian, he also speaks English, Portuguese and Russian.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheriff	2008–09	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	2009–10	28	8	6	0	10	0	44	8
	2010–11	16	4	1	0	11	2	28	6
	Total	45	13	7	0	21	2	73	15
Partizan	2011–12	21	1	2	0	5	1	28	2
	2012–13	12	1	2	0	10	0	24	1
	Total	33	2	4	0	15	1	52	3
Career total		78	15	20	0	36	3	134	18

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

• Moldovan National Division (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• Moldovan Cup (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• CIS Cup (1): 2009

Partizan Belgrade

• Serbian SuperLiga (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

External links

• Vladimir Volkov at utakmica.rs
• Vladimir Volkov – UEFA competition record