Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Valery Yesipov (born 4 October 1971 in Shchigry, Kursk Oblast) is a retired Russian footballer and a current manager, who is as of 2008 in charge of FC Avangard Kursk. He holds the record for most appearances in the Russian Premier League (390). Yesipov has also been capped five times for the Russia national football team and is among the top ten goalscorers of the Premier League (third with 88 goals as of 30 August 2006[update]).