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Andrei Kanchelskis
Andrei Kanchelskis (born January 23, 1969 in Kirovograd) is a Russian-Ukrainian football player.
Kanchelskis started his career with Dinamo Kiev in 1988. He went to Shakhtar Donetsk in 1990 and signed for Manchester United two years later. Kanchelskis would make his debut for United on May 11, 1991 against Crystal Palace. He helped the club win two Premiership titles (1993 and 1994) as well as an F.A. Cup title in 1994. In 158 appearances for United, he would score 36 goals.
Kanchelskis was sold to Everton in 1995. After that, he played with Fiorentina (1997-98), Rangers (1998-2000 and 2001-02), Manchester City (2001), Southampton (2003), Al-Hilal (2003), and FC Saturn (2004-).
Although Kanchelskis was born in Ukraine and his heritage is Lithuanian, he chose to represent Russia. He was capped 23 times for the Soviet Union national team, scoring three goals, and 36 times for Russia, scoring five goals. After leading a player boycot against head coach Pavel Sadyrin and therefore missing the 1994 World Cup, the only senior major international tournament Kanchelskis played in was Euro 96.
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