Slutsky was born in Volgograd. Slutsky's playing career with FC Zvezda Gorodishche ended at just 19 years of age. He had to retire due to a knee injury sustained after falling out of a tree while rescuing a neighbour's cat. Slutsky became head coach of FC Moscow on 14 July [2] until the end of the season.
Towards the β13 season, Slutsky strengthened the team defense and re-organized the attack, which helped the team set a record of 15 games without being scored against, and to win all the games where the team scored first, resulting in a title. On 7 August , it was announced that Slutsky would take over the Russian national football team in place of the outgoing Fabio Capello. On 14 November , Russia beat Portugal 1β0 in a friendly game and Slutsky repeated Pavel Sadyrin 's achievement of winning his five first games as the head coach of Russia.
This gave Slutsky his third title in four years with the Moscow club. On 20 June , Slutsky decided to resign from being the coach of the Russian team after a 0β3 loss to Wales , which meant Russia finished bottom of their Euro group.
His last game was a Champions League group stage match against Tottenham Hotspur the following day. On 12 March , it was announced that he would replace Henk Fraser as the new manager of Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem , for the start of the β19 season. Under his tenure, Vitesse entered the draw for the third qualifying round of the Europa League , being drawn against seeded FC Basel. The two legs were played at home on 9 August and away on 16 August Vitesse lost 2β0 on aggregate, resulting in their elimination from the Europa League.
At the domestic level, Vitesse finished fifth in the Holland premier League from that season. After five lost games in a row, he decided to quit with his job as manager from Vitesse Arnhem at the end of November Slutsky has commented on football games many times on Russian TV. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs ; the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Slutsky. BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November Retrieved 22 October The Telegraph.
