Dmitri Kharine

Russian footballer

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
|  1988 Seoul | Team Competition

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is  Viktorovich and the family name is  Kharine.

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 goalkeeper from 1982 until 2004, notably in the Premier League for Chelsea, after playing for Moscow clubs Torpedo, Dynamo and CSKA. He finished his professional career in the Scottish Premier League with Celtic, before returning to England to play for non-league Hornchurch. He earned international caps for the 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[edit]

### Russian football[edit]

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[edit]

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 FA Cup Final triumph at the end of the 1996–97 season (Norwegian Frode Grodås played instead), and was not chosen in the squad for the Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup final victories a year later. When Gianluca Vialli 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[edit]

Kharine signed for Scottish side Celtic in the summer of 1999 on a free transfer. He arrived at Celtic Park as the first signing of new management team John Barnes and Kenny Dalglish, but injury problems ensured that he played just 11 games for the club (8 in the league).

### Hornchurch[edit]

He was released in the summer of 2002 and signed for non-League club Hornchurch, where he was sent off on his debut.

## International career[edit]

Kharine was also an international; as a result of the political turmoil in his home nation, he ended up playing for three different teams. He won six caps for the USSR, eleven for the CIS and then 23 for Russia. Aided in part by the short-lived nature of the CIS, he was their most-capped player. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the football competition. He played for the CIS at the 1992 European Championships, performing well in the 0–0 draw with the Netherlands in Gothenburg; and for Russia at USA 94 and 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Career achievements[edit]

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[edit]

### Club[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Chelsea

* FA Cup: 1996–97
* Football League Cup / EFL Cup: 1997–98
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
* UEFA Super Cup: 1998

Celtic

* Scottish Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02
* Scottish Cup: 2000–01
* Scottish League Cup: 1999–00, 2000–01[4]

Soviet Union

* Olympic champion: 1988

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dmitri Kharine". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
2. ^ "Dmitri Kharine - 1st XI - Hemel Hempstead Town FC". hemelfc.com.
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.

## External links[edit]

* Dmitri Kharine at Soccerbase
* Dmitri Kharine career stats at Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
* International statistics

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Soviet Union football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists

* 1 Kharine
* 2 Ketashvili
* 3 Sklyarov
* 4 Cherednyk
* 5 Janonis
* 6 Tyshchenko
* 7 Kuznetsov
* 8 Ponomaryov
* 9 Borodyuk
* 10 Dobrovolski
* 11 Lyutyi
* 12 Yarovenko
* 13 Fokin
* 14 Tatarchuk
* 15 Mykhaylychenko
* 16 Prudnikov
* 17 Losev
* 18 Gorlukovich
* 19 Savichev
* 20 Narbekovas
* Coach: Byshovets

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CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992

* 1 Kharine
* 2 Chernyshov
* 3 Tskhadadze
* 4 Tsveiba
* 5 O. Kuznetsov
* 6 Shalimov
* 7 Mykhaylychenko (c)
* 8 Kanchelskis
* 9 Aleinikov
* 10 Dobrovolski
* 11 Yuran
* 12 Cherchesov
* 13 Kiriakov
* 14 Lyutyi
* 15 Kolyvanov
* 16 D. Kuznetsov
* 17 Korneev
* 18 Onopko
* 19 Lediakhov
* 20 Ivanov
* Coach: Byshovets

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Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Cherchesov
* 2 Kuznetsov
* 3 Gorlukovich
* 4 Galyamin
* 5 Nikiforov
* 6 Ternavskiy
* 7 Pyatnitsky
* 8 Popov
* 9 Salenko
* 10 Karpin
* 11 Beschastnykh
* 12 Tetradze
* 13 Borodyuk
* 14 Korneev
* 15 Radchenko
* 16 Kharin (c)
* 17 Tsymbalar
* 18 Onopko
* 19 Mostovoi
* 20 Ledyakhov
* 21 Khlestov
* 22 Yuran
* Coach: Sadyrin

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Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996

* 1 Kharin
* 2 Tetradze
* 3 Nikiforov
* 4 Tsymbalar
* 5 Kovtun
* 6 Karpin
* 7 Onopko (c)
* 8 Kanchelskis
* 9 Kolyvanov
* 10 Mostovoi
* 11 Kiriakov
* 12 Cherchesov
* 13 Bushmanov
* 14 Dobrovolski
* 15 Shalimov
* 16 Simutenkov
* 17 Beschastnykh
* 18 Yanovsky
* 19 Radimov
* 20 Gorlukovich
* 21 Khokhlov
* 22 Ovchinnikov
* Coach: Romantsev

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