Dmitri Bulykin
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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, who is currently listed with Dynamo Moscow. In 2005 he played only in 8 matches, scoring once.
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.
Bulykin used to be a regular for the Russian national team under the general coach Georgy 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.
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.
He enjoys a somewhat twisted popularity among Russian football fans, being a subject of numerous jokes. He's sometimes referred to as Bulham.
[edit] Famous quotes about Bulykin
- "Bulykin usually scores in April" - (Aleksandr Borodyuk, Russia national team manager)
[edit] 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.
