Viktor Kelm

Template:Infobox football biography Viktor Kelm (Template:Lang-ru,<ref name="ffacts">Viktor Kelm at footballfacts.ru</ref> born 2 January 1997) is a Kyrgyz football forward playing for FK Bežanija in Serbian First League.

Club career

Born in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek,<ref name="ffacts"/> he had played with FC Abdysh-Ata Kant in 2013,<ref>Предлагаем Вашему вниманию фототчет с закрытия Медиа-Лиги ФСЖ. at Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic official website, 30-12-2013, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> and then he was part of the team that finished second in the 2014 Kyrgyzstan League.<ref name="kairat">«Кайрат» пополнил молодой кыргызстанец ("Kairat brings young Kyrgyz") at sports.kz, 4-2-2015, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> After playing in January 2015 with Abdysh-Ata main team in the winter Kyrgyzstan League,<ref name="fckairat">"Кайрат" пополнился футболистом молодежной сборной Кыргызстана ("Kairat signs Kyrgyz U-21 player") at vesti.kz, 4-2-2015, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> as well as with team's U-21 side at a tournament in Kazakhstan,<ref name="fckairat"/> he subsequently stayed in the country and, in February 2015, he signed with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kairat.<ref name="fckairat"/><ref name="afghan">Состав национальной сборной КР по футболу на товарищеский матч против Афганистана ("Kyrgyz team for the friendly match against Afghanistan") at sport.akipress.org, 10-3-2015, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> He spent much tme while at Almaty playing with Kairat youth team.<ref name="kairat"/>

Kelm played with Kyrgyz FC Kara-Balta in 2016.<ref>Viktor Kelm at zerozero.pt</ref> During summer 2016 he joined Serbian side FK Bežanija.<ref>Viktor Kelm at Serbian First League official website</ref>

International career

Kelm had been member of the Kyrgyzstan U-17 team at tournaments during 2013 and 2014.<ref>Viktor Kelm at vesti.kz, retrved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref>

In 2014<ref>Футбол: "молодежка" выиграла контрольный матч у казахстанского "Тараза" ("Youth team plays a preparation match against Kazakh team Taraz") at vb.kg, 22-12-2014, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> as in 2015 Kelm had been member of Kyrgyzstan U-21 team.<ref name="kairat"/>

In March 2015, he was called to Kyrgyzstan main national team by coach Aleksandr Krestinin for the friendly-game against Afghanistan.<ref name="afghan"/>

He debuted for Kyrgyzstan<ref>Viktor Kelm at National-Football-Teams.com</ref> in a friendly game against Turkmenistan played on October 11, 2016.<ref name="interview"/>

In 2016, being only 19, he had a full year regarding national teams; he had represented in same year Kyrgyz U-19, U-21, and debuted for the Kyrgyzstan A national team.<ref name="interview">Виктор Кельм: «Буду доказывать, что достоин играть за сборную Кыргызстана!» ("I will demonstrate my value to play for the main national team of Kyrgyzstan" interview at sport.kg, 9-10-2016, retrieved 11-11-2016 Template:Ru icon</ref> He was then called up for the friendly matches on 6 and 11 October against Lebanon and Turkmenistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>