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Kanchelskis started his career with Dynamo Kyiv in 1988. He went to Shakhtar Donetsk in 1990 and signed for Manchester United one year later. Kanchelskis would make his debut for United on May 11 , 1991 against Crystal Palace . He helped the club win two Premiership titles (1993 and 1994) as well as a FA Cup title in 1994. He also appeared in the 1994 League Cup final, but was sent off for handball as United lost to Aston Villa . He played 158 times for United, scoring 36 goals. Kanchelskis was sold to Everton in 1995 allegedly following the incurrence of substantial gambling debts at Manchester casinos. His first season with the club saw him score 14 goals to cap a season of excellent performances which made him arguably the best winger in the country. He failed to reproduce that form in his second season and was sold mid-way through for £8million to Fiorentina . Again, he struggled to find his best form and later went on to play for Rangers (1998-2000 and 2001-02), Manchester City (2001), Southampton (2003), Al-Hilal (2003), FC Saturn (2004-2005), and FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (2006-). Although Kanchelskis was born in Ukraine and his heritage is Lithuania n, he chose to represent Russia . He was Capped 23 times for the Soviet Union National Team , scoring three goals, and 36 times for Russia, scoring five goals. After leading a player boycott against head coach Pavel Sadyrin and therefore missing the , the only senior major international tournaments Kanchelskis played in were and . External link |
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