Dmitry Kuzelev
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| Born |
1 November 1969 Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
-1998 | Chekhovskiye Medvedi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2007 | GWD Minden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2007-2009 | Aarhus GF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009-2011 | Orlen Wisła Płock | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009-2011 | SKIF Krasnodar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||
– | Russia | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dmitry Leonidovich Kuzelev (Дмитрий Леонидович Кузелев) (born 1 November 1969) is a Russian handball player.
He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where Russia won the gold medal.[1] He also won silver medals at the 2000 European Championship, losing to Sweden in the final.
Club career
[edit]He started his career at Chekhovskiye Medvedi in Moscow, where he won the Russian championship in 1994 and 1995. In 1998 he joined German side GWD Minden.[2] He played 274 games for the club, scoring 1010 goals, which made him one of the most prolific goalscorers on the team[3]
After 9 years at the club he left to join Danish side Aarhus GF.[4][5]
Two years later he joined Polish team Orlen Wisła Płock. In 2011, he won the Polish Championship with the club.[citation needed]
For the 2011-12 he returned to Russia to join SKIF Krasnodar.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile: Dmitry Kuzelev". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de Gegnerkader GWD Minden 1998/99, retrieved 3 September 2019
- ↑ www.handball-statistik.de Statistik: Dimitri Kouzelev retrieved 11 April 2014
- ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de Gegnerkader GWD Minden 2007/08, retrieved 3 September 2019
- ↑ Mads Clausen (2 March 2007). "Århus GF henter russisk stregspiller" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Dmitry Kuzelev at the European Handball Federation
- Dmitry Kuzelev at Olympedia
- Dmitry Kuzelev at InterSportStats
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