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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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 profilic 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.
For the 2011-12 he returned to Russia to join SKIF Krasnodar.
References
- ^ "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.