{{Short description|Tajik South Korean footballer (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Valeri Sarychev<br>Shin Eui-son | fullname = Valeri Konstantinovich Sarychev<br>Shin Eui-son | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|1|12}} | birth_place = Dushanbe, Tajik SSR | height = {{height|m=1.92|precision=0}} | currentclub = | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1978–1981 | clubs1 = Pamir Dushanbe | caps1 = 93 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1981 | clubs2 = CSKA Moscow | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1982–1991 | clubs3 = Torpedo Moscow | caps3 = 161 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1992–1998 | clubs4 = Ilhwa Chunma | caps4 = 157 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2000–2004 | clubs5 = Anyang LG Cheetahs | caps5 = 95 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 510 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1997 | nationalteam1 = Tajikistan | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%신의손|hanja=申宜孫}} '''Valeri Konstantinovich Sarychev''' ({{langx|ru|Валерий Константинович Сарычев}}; born 12 January 1960), also known as '''Shin Eui-son''' ({{langx|ko|신의손}}), is a former Tajikistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web |url=https://www.mbcsportsplus.com/news/?mode=view&cate=&b_idx=99880178.000#07D0 |script-title=ko:[엠스플 인터뷰] '신(神)의 손’이라 불린 사나이 "한국이 내겐 운명" |publisher=MBC Sports+ |language=ko |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> He is regarded as one of the greatest K League goalkeepers of all time.<ref name="K League">{{cite news |url=https://tv.kakao.com/channel/2663796/cliplink/390767801 |script-title=ko:[원투펀치 328회 2부] K리그 역대 베스트 키퍼 Top7 |language=ko |website=TV.Kakao.com |publisher=Daum |date=24 September 2018 |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> In 2000, he gained South Korean nationality.
==Club career== Sarychev started his senior career in Pamir Dushanbe, the Soviet second division club. He spent his heyday in Torpedo Moscow and reached the Soviet Cup final five times with Torpedo. He received the {{ill|Lev Yashin Prize|ru|Приз "Вратарь года" имени Льва Яшина}} in 1991,<ref name="91GK"/> but he left for South Korea the next year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He played for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Anyang LG Cheetahs in South Korea's K League. Since 1999, the K League Federation made a new regulation which bans the use of foreign goalkeepers because the other clubs excessively employed foreign goalkeepers after watching his performances.<ref name="Interview"/><ref name="K League"/> He became a naturalized South Korean in 2000 and named his Korean name "Shin Eui-son" which is his nickname and means the "Hand of God".<ref name="Interview"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://edu.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/07/03/2018070300903.html |script-title=ko:[한국을 사랑한 이방인] '귀화 축구선수 1호' 신의손 씨 |publisher=Chosun Edu |language=ko |date=2 July 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> He had a retirement ceremony on 1 May 2005 and became a goalkeeper coach after retirement. He won one Asian Club Championship and four K Leagues in South Korea and was selected as the goalkeeper of the K League 30th Anniversary Best XI in 2013.<ref name="Legends"/>
==International career== In August 1997, the Tajikistani national team were to take 16 players to South Korea to face their national team, but due to missing passports, only 12 players traveled. As a result, the Tajikistan Football Federation called upon Sarychev, as well as Vitaliy Parakhnevych who were playing in the K League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tajikistan International Matches – Details 1992–1999|url=http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/int/tjk-intres-1992.html#1996|website=rdfc.com.ne.kr|publisher=Yansfield|access-date=13 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215185032/http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/int/tjk-intres-1992.html#1996|archive-date=15 December 2007}}</ref>
==Personal life== He acquired Korean citizenship in the year 2000, after being encouraged to do so by Cho Kwang-rae, the then manager of FC Anyang (currently Executive Director of Daegu FC). He is married to Olga Sarycheva and has a daughter and a son. Shin neither drinks nor smokes, and his only hobby is listening to music. He has a collection of 700 LP records at home, including complete collections of the Beatles and Genesis albums.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://koreana.or.kr/user/0004/nd21941.do?View&boardNo=00000608&pubLang=English&pubYear=2016&pubMonth=WINTER&zineInfoNo=0004|title = ERROR}}</ref>
After acquiring Korean citizenship he founded the Guri Shin clan.
== Career statistics == === Club === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17808/Valeriy_Sarychev.html|title=Sarychev, Valeriy|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://footballfacts.ru/players/107624-sarychev-s-2000-uison-shin-valerij-konstantinovich |title=Сарычев (с 2000 Уи-Сон Шин) Валерий Константинович |language=ru |website=FootballFacts.ru |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=5|Pamir Dushanbe |1978 |Soviet First League |14||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |1979 |Soviet First League |18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||0 |- |1980 |Soviet First League |38||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||0 |- |1981 |Soviet First League |23||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !93||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||97||0 |- |CSKA Moscow |1981 |Soviet Top League |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- |rowspan=11|Torpedo Moscow |1982 |Soviet Top League |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |1983 |Soviet Top League |2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |1984 |Soviet Top League |26||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- |1985 |Soviet Top League |26||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- |1986 |Soviet Top League |6||0||4||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||0 |- |1987 |Soviet Top League |3||0||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||8||0 |- |1988 |Soviet Top League |26||0||6||0||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||37||0 |- |1989 |Soviet Top League |30||0||6||0||4||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||44||0 |- |1990 |Soviet Top League |24||0||6||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0 |- |1991 |Soviet Top League |17||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !161||0||30||0||16||0||14||0||0||0||221||0 |- align=center |rowspan="8"|Ilhwa Chunma |1992||K League||30||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||0 |- align=center |1993||K League||30||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- align=center |1994||K League||30||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||36||0 |- align=center |1995||K League||27||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- align=center |1996||K League||26||0||1||0||1||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||28||0 |- align=center |1997||K League||9||0||0||0||7||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- align=center |1998||K League||5||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- align=center !colspan="2"|Total!!157!!0!!1!!0!!36!!0!! !! !!colspan="2"|—!!194!!0 |- align=center |rowspan="7"|Anyang LG Cheetahs |- align=center |2000||K League||24||0||0||0||8||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- align=center |2001||K League||27||0||2||0||8||0|| || ||1{{efn|Appearance in Korean Super Cup}}||0||38||0 |- align=center |2002||K League||26||0||0||0||9||0|| || ||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- align=center |2003||K League||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- align=center |2004||K League||0||0||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0 |- align=center !colspan="2"|Total!!95!!0!!3!!0!!32!!0!! !! !!1!!0!!131!!0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total!!510!!0!!38!!0!!84!!0!!14!!0!!1!!0!!647!!0 |} {{notelist}}
=== International === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |Tajikistan||1997||1||0 |}
== Honours == '''Torpedo Moscow''' *Soviet Cup: 1985–86
'''Ilhwa Chunma''' *K League 1: 1993, 1994, 1995 *Korean League Cup: 1992 *Asian Club Championship: 1995 *Asian Super Cup: 1996 *Afro-Asian Club Championship: 1996
'''Anyang LG Cheetahs''' *K League 1: 2000 *Korean Super Cup: 2001 *Asian Club Championship runner-up: 2001–02
'''Individual''' *''Ogoniok'' Goalkeeper of the Year (Lev Yashin Prize): 1991<ref name="91GK">{{cite web |url=http://footballfacts.ru/prizes/157884-priz-vratar-goda-imeni-lva-yashina |title=Приз "Вратарь года" имени Льва Яшина |language=ru |website=FootballFacts.ru |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> *K League All-Star: 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1992072200329119014&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1992-07-22&officeId=00032&pageNo=19&printNo=14473&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:프로축구 올스타戰 오늘 동대문구장서 |website=Naver |publisher=Kyunghyang |lang=ko |date=1992-07-22 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1995072300239111008&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1995-07-23&officeId=00023&pageNo=11&printNo=23092&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:프로축구 올스타전 출전선수명단 확정 |website=Naver |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=1995-07-23 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1997112900329115007&editNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1997-11-29&officeId=00032&pageNo=15&printNo=16287&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:프로축구 올스타전 |lang=ko |website=Naver |publisher=Kyunghyang |date=1997-11-29 |access-date=2024-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010117075100/http://www.ech.co.kr/echbin/allstar/main01.html |url=http://www.ech.co.kr/echbin/allstar/main01.html |script-title=ko:'00 나이키 올스타 출전 선수 보기 |publisher='00 Nike All-Star Game |lang=ko |archive-date=17 January 2001 |access-date=2024-06-19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N0300204608 |script-title=ko:고종수 프로축구 올스타 최다득표 |publisher=SBS |lang=ko |date=2001-08-01 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kyeonggi.com/article/200208030051884 |script-title=ko:홍명보 ’영원한 왕별’ |publisher=Kyeonggi Ilbo |lang=ko |date=2002-08-03 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref> *K League 1 Best Defender/Goalkeeper: 1992, 1994<ref name="92K-League"/><ref name="94K-League"/> *K League 1 Best XI: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001<ref name="92K-League">{{cite web|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1992120600289111013&editNo=5&printCount=1&publishDate=1992-12-06&officeId=00028&pageNo=11&printNo=1414&publishType=00010|script-title=ko:올 최우수선수 홍명보|publisher=The Hankyoreh|language=ko|date=6 December 1992}}</ref><ref name="94K-League">{{cite web|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1994112000329119003&editNo=20&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-11-20&officeId=00032&pageNo=19&printNo=15261&publishType=00010|script-title=ko:「적토마」고정운 MVP영예|publisher=Kyunghyang|language=ko|date=20 November 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1993111100329119001&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1993-11-11&officeId=00032&pageNo=19&printNo=14914&publishType=00010|script-title=ko:李상윤 '93프로축구 MVP|language=ko|publisher=Kyunghyang|date=11 November 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1995112400289119002&editNo=5&printCount=1&publishDate=1995-11-24&officeId=00028&pageNo=19&printNo=2405&publishType=00010|script-title=ko:신태용 올 축구 황금발|publisher=The Hankyoreh|language=ko|date=24 November 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=005&aid=0000033967|script-title=ko:[프로축구] 최용수, 첫 MVP 등극|language=ko|publisher=Kukmin Ilbo|date=1 December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=001&aid=0000120668|script-title=ko:프로축구 시상식, 19일 타워호텔서 개최|language=ko|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=18 December 2001}}</ref> *K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013<ref name="Legends">{{cite web |url=https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0107_201305310856320188 |script-title=ko:한국 축구 레전드 베스트11 발표 |publisher=YTN |language=ko |date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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