Biography of Andrei Vatutin

The basketball management school was in practice, starting work in the difficult E, in the context of financial instability and the actual formation of professional sports in the country. The illustrated biography from the book “Legends of Russian basketball” was born on July 25 in Moscow. Father - Vatutin Vladimir Alekseevich G. Mother - Vatutina Irina Vasilievna G. wife - Ignatova Anastasia Mikhailovna G.

Daughter - Mother Andrei Vatutin - Irina Vasilievna - teacher, worked as a teacher and head teacher at the Moscow school, currently retired. Father - Vladimir Alekseevich - was one of the most famous sports journalists of the USSR, the head of the sports department of the newspaper "Trud" - one of the most massive and oldest publications of the country. Andrei spent all his childhood in Moscow, studied at a school with an in -depth study of the French language.

The formation of the teenager was greatly influenced by the figure of his father, a cool journalist, a strong editor who had a threat to talents - both in reporting and in sports. It is not surprising that the diligent student often found himself with his father at sports events, and at the end of the school, in the year, he entered the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.

The decision to go to Ural-Grade in the year for the post of assistant director Sergei Kushchenko looked unexpected, but at the same time put serious challenges to the young manager. The team of Kushchenko and Vatutin fundamentally changed the idea of ​​the whole country to how to lead the professional club, work with the team, and hold matches. It is not surprising that the Perm collective immediately turned into the favorite of the championship of the country, and the Hammer Hall shocked with ANSHELS.

The pre -match shows, work with fans, events for the press - all this has become a signature sign of a young club led by young leadership. Following managerial victories, sports came-in the years of the Ural Grait, what no one did either before or after-to overthrow CSKA from the golden podium. At the same time, the Kushchenko bunch with Vatutin also ruled the affairs of the Russian male team.

Two in a row of champion titles brought to Perm the Euroleague, forced the whole city to rejoice, but deprived the club of the head: Mikhail Prokhorov, who owned CSKA, and the President of the Army, Alexander Gomelsky invited Kushchenko and his team to his place. To the set goal - the creation of the best basketball organization in Europe on the basis of the famous brand - actually had to go from scratch.

From the previous leadership of CSKA, only the bare walls of the office remained in the inheritance. Everything had to be created again, including relations with international organizations - the good help could be provided by the legendary Gomel. I must say more that the first six months in Moscow went to internal perestroika, and this was not easy. The point is not even that I went to the camp of the competitor.

People are different, different tasks, everything else. ” The key figure of CSKA perestroika during this period was the famous Serbian coach Dushanivkovich - he helped the leadership in the creation of a modern club infrastructure. True, despite the solid game of the team, Ivkovich could not achieve the main goal for three years of work. The abundance defeat of the army in the “finale of the four” year in Moscow led to the resignation of Duda and the invitation of Ettor Messina.

With the Italian, at the head of the Red-blue immediately, for the first time in 35 years, became the best on the continent. Almost everything set fire to. Forward, up, to the right, left - you are constantly in motion. Then - bam! Very strong. There was a real decline. The team was frozen after that. And you know, there is still no unequivocal answer why you lost.

Not only for me. " Before Prague, I was not directly related to the life of the team. I did not go into the locker room, did not live their problems, the sweat did not sniff. The main thing is that there was a different level of responsibility. Of course, it’s stupid to declare: I am ready for anything, put me wherever you want, I can at the club, I can at the coach, I can at the Norilsk Nickel, I don’t care, I'm a pro.

Of course, this is not so. The main thing was to learn how to cope with responsibility, because there is no uncle over you who makes a decision for you. ” This year turned out to be not so successful, but still very important in the manager’s career. It was Andrei Vladimirovich who stood at the head of the project to hold the Euroleague match with the Spanish Tau Ceramics in the Megasport Arena, which gathered a record for Russian basketball for a thousandth audience.

It was he who agreed to hold the first large trad in the history of the country, as a result of which the experienced striker Oscar Torres moved to CSKA from KSKA, and Nikita Shabalkin and Alexei Swede went in the opposite direction. That season turned out to be difficult, including injuries of leading players, a decline in the mood of Messina, who lost his brother after a long illness.

In February, Vatutin and his team managed to organize another unique deal: the rights of the Chicago Bulls NBA were redeemed to Viktor Khryapu. The Russian striker quickly got used to it and in the next few years became a key figure in the army, was elected captain of CSKA.But the year brought serious changes. In addition, the global economic crisis struck, and the club owners left the almost unlimited financing of the army.

The size of the budget remained at the level of top European teams, but became limited by a serious, reasonable framework. After the four -year period, the team of Ettore Messin left, who moved to Madrid Real Madrid. Evgeny Pashutin, the red-and-blue, practically inherited at their own high level, again, again becoming the best in all internal tournaments and breaking through the final of four Euroleague.

And then the season has come, which will subsequently name the worst in the modern history of the club. Against the backdrop of the budget reduction, the composition had to be redeemed, veterans acted below their own level, Serb Dushko Vuioshevich did not live up to the expectations, the holder of the title of the best coach of the Euroleague, who in every sense did not find a common language with the wards.

The army team interrupted a series of 10 outputs to the “final of four” in a row, moreover, they didn’t even make their way to the top against this background Andrei Vatutin had to try himself as a crisis manager. First of all, the changes were made on the bridge of the team - in February it was led by an experienced Lithuanian Jonas Kazlauskas. The most important step was the creation of the Club Council - it included representatives of the owner, Norilsk Nickel, important government officials, and club veterans.

On behalf of the Council, the club management developed a three -year strategy. Taking into account the departure of Holden, Langdon and Smodish, the first task was the radical restructuring of the composition. The leaders of the Serbia Milostheodosich and Nedkrostic team became its new cornerstones - probably the strongest ligament of the playmaker and the center at that time.

Under the banners of CSKA, probably, the strongest composition in modern European history gathered, he spent a brilliant season, which was obliged to end in the “final of four” Euroleague. But, alas, leading 17 points along the third quarter, the army team missed the threads of the game, allowed the opponent to pull themselves up and lost the printsis with a throw in moments to the siren.

This experience gave us life, although it was negative. The team deserved the title. But the rest is many differences. The main difference is that the loss in Moscow became a tragedy, collapse, failure, and the defeat in Istanbul was painful, offensive, but no more. We built a team from scratch, new players were invited to all key positions. We understood that we had a good team, but not brought to automatism, unstable.

The format of the Final Four is ruthless: one loss - and you are left without a title. One reason for the defeat cannot be distinguished, there were several of them. It was important to assemble the team in the locker room, thank you over the season. Support players, coaches, employees. Make it clear that we are together. To say that we received additional motivation to work, and next season we will strive even more for victory.

” In the next two seasons, the red and blue performed confidently, but the Euroleague did not reach the title of champions, while maintaining hegemony in the inner arena. In the winter of the year, Messina told Vatutin about the desire to leave the team. In May, the red-blue disappointingly spoke poorly in the Milan finals of four, information about the decision of Messina leaked to the press, and in the playoffs of the Unified League of VTB CSKA, it started from two home defeats in a quarter-final series with the Lokomotiv-Kuban.

However, the collapses did not wait for the collapse. The army team at the finish gave nine victories in a row and again became the best in the Unified VTB league. The Italian specialist left the team to enter the San Antonio coaching staff, and the management again fell on a serious responsibility for reorganization. Suddenly, for many fans and specialists, the President of CSKA, supported by the Club Council, relied on a young specialist.

The head-blue coach was the summer Dimitrisitudis, in the resume of which there is no experience of similar work in “large” teams-European grandios or national teams. At the same time, behind his shoulders - 13 seasons as the first assistant of one of the geniuses of the profession, Zhelko -shaped. Moreover, the assistant who performed a significant part of the work on the preparation of Panatinaikos, during this period five times that became the European Clue champion.

The composition of CSKA at the same time practically retained the former outlines. The key acquisition was the current European champion, defender of the French team de Kol, who lived on the Toronto bench. But still, the main changes awaited the team inside. The Theodosich, Vorontsevich and UMS began with another mood, a serious attitude to business and excellent form - having signed new three -year contracts, these players show themselves real stars and leaders of the team.

The team played with pleasure, at other, higher speeds, with a fair amount of improvisation and a noticeable interaction in both halves of the site. Army men with the best on the continent with the indicator completed the group stage of the Euroleague. A separate line in the biography of Vatutin was work for the benefit of the development of domestic basketball.In the summer of the year, a scandal broke out around the refereeing matches of the playoff series between the Moscow Dynamo and Lokomotiv-Kuban.

His result was the departure of clubs from the RFB wing and the creation of a professional basketball league. This was the first independent official tournament in game species, and its organization fell, first of all, on the qualified and experienced management of CSKA. Vatutin became the head of the league. PBB managed to attract the title sponsor and spent two spectacular seasons, which were remembered for a long time.

The Russian organization was awarded such recognition for the first time in history.