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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vitaliy Kafanov
| image = Vitaliy Kafanov 2016.jpg
| caption = With Rostov in 2016
| fullname = Vitaliy Vitalevich Kafanov
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1960|05|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmen SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| currentclub = [[FC Rostov]] (goalkeeping coach)
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1980–1986
| clubs1 = [[Köpetdag Aşgabat|Kolkozchi Ashkhabad]]
| caps1 = 138 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1987–1988
| clubs2 = [[FC Sokol-Saratov|Sokol Saratov]]
| caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1989–1990
| clubs3 = [[Köpetdag Aşgabat|Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad]]
| caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1991
| clubs4 = [[FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast|Uralmash Yekaterinburg]]
| caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1992–1993
| clubs5 = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| caps5 = 74 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1994–1995
| clubs6 = [[FC Spartak Semey|Yelimay Semey]]
| caps6 = 49 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1996
| clubs7 = [[Nisa Aşgabat]]
| caps7 = | goals7 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1992
| nationalteam1 = [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1996
| nationalteam2 = [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2001
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Kristall Smolensk|Kristall Smolensk]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2001
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Kristall Smolensk|Kristall Smolensk]]
| manageryears3 = 2003–2013
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]] (head assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = [[Kazakhstan]] (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears5 = 2015– | managerclubs5 = [[FC Rostov]] (GK coach)
}}
'''Vitaliy Kafanov''' (born 24 May 1960) is a retired [[Kazakhstan]]i-[[Turkmenistan]]i [[association football|football]] player. He is a goalkeepers' coach with [[FC Rostov]].

He began his career with [[Köpetdag Aşgabat|Kolkozchi Ashkhabad]], before spending one season with [[FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast|Uralmash Yekaterinburg]] in the [[Soviet First League]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=KLISF|title=Kafanov Vitaliy Vital'evich|url=http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=518525886341137|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref> and finishing his career with [[FC Kairat]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sbornaya|title=Профиль: Кафанов Виталий|url=http://www.sbornaya.kz/players/profile/?id=430|language=Kazakh|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref>

Kafanov made six appearances for the [[Kazakhstan national football team]] in 1992. He later appeared twice for the [[Turkmenistan national football team]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html|date=2009-05-08|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref>

Following his playing career, Kafanov became a manager, most recently with [[FC Rubin Kazan]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FIFA]]|title=Serial winners and a new face|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=944221.html|date=2008-11-11|accessdate=2009-09-08}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=15619}}

{{dmy|date=October 2011}}
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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani footballers]]
[[Category:Turkmenistan footballers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan international footballers]]
[[Category:Turkmenistan international footballers]]
[[Category:FC Sokol Saratov players]]
[[Category:FC Ural Yekaterinburg players]]
[[Category:FC Kairat players]]
[[Category:FC Rubin Kazan managers]]
[[Category:Turkmenistan expatriates in Kazakhstan]]


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