Belarus
The ART-STARS team was founded by Albert Skorokhod in 1994. It consists of pop artists, actors, TV hosts, directors, and football veterans. According to Skorokhod, the existence of the football team of pop stars "Starko" in Russia inspired him to create a Belarusian equivalent. "Art-Stars" has participated in six World Championships of "Art-Football" (with the best result being sixth place). In 2025, the team will participate in the World Championship among artists for the seventh time in Moscow.
In 2024, at the Belarusian ALF (Amateur League) championship, "Art-Stars" took second place. According to its results, Ilya Kononov was recognized as the best scorer, and Dmitry Kulinkovich was awarded the title of best player. The team composition for "Art-Football 2025":
1. Albert Skorokhod - founder and captain of the "Art-Stars" team - self-taught musician, creator of the group "Delta", founder of the Theatre of Sports and Song "Delta Show". In 1999, he entered the Guinness Book of Records by singing the song "Upturned World" while standing on his head at the "World of Music" contest in Italy. He practiced artistic gymnastics, karate, and kickboxing.
2. Alexander Volchok - manager and producer of the team, musician of the group "Delta" (keys), winner of the show "Musical Ring" on STV.
3. Sergey Minsky - singer, producer of the "First Production Company" (in 2022 took under his wing 11 participants of the X-Factor Belarus! show, a year later 7 people remained), participant of "Slavyansky Bazaar - 1999" in Vitebsk.
4. Nikita Belko - winner of the first season of the show "X-Factor Belarus" (joined Olga Buzova's team), recognized as the best performer (male vocals) at the "Song of the Year Belarus" in 2024 at the age of 19.
5. Vadim Galygin - comedian, actor, former KVN player, ex-resident of "Comedy Club", producer, first assistant coach.
6. Alexander Gleb - head coach of the team, football veteran. From 1999–2019, played for professional football clubs: BATE, "Stuttgart", "Arsenal" (London), "Barcelona", "Wings of the Soviets" (Samara), "Konyaspor", "Genclerbirligi", "Isloch", and others.
7. Ilya Kononov - ex-footballer (played for BATE's reserve team in 2008), VJ at BelMusic TV, host of TNT International, programs "Penny for Penny", "Join In!" on Belarus 2 channel, best scorer of "Art-Football 2018", and top scorer in the history of the team.
8. Oleg Konopelko - musician of the group "Delta" (drummer), winner of the show "Musical Ring" on STV, player of amateur football and hockey teams.
9. Andrey Konopelko - musician of the group "Delta", guitarist, winner of the show "Musical Ring" on STV. Goalkeeper.
10. Dmitry Kulinkovich - musician of the group "Delta" (solo guitarist), winner of the show "Musical Ring" on STV, children's football coach, head coach of the women's football team of Belarus since 2015 (10 years).
11. Ilya Prokopovich - singer-songwriter, host. In 2015, he took first place and received the grand prize (a crystal bison) at the Republican contest "Young Talents of Belarus" in the "Author's Song" nomination. In school years, he was the goalkeeper of the youth hockey team "Shakhtar Soligorsk."
12. Mikhail Kolbenev - singer, actor of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre (since 2022).
13. Andrey Pukhovi - violinist, host, actor.
14. Andrey Sheryakov - football veteran, played for teams: "Minsk", "Dinamo" (Brest), "Gomel", "Slavia" (Mozyr), and others.
15. Anatoly Dlusky - Belarusian actor, TV host, poet, composer, author and performer of songs, winner of the Andrei Mironov actor's song contest in Moscow, laureate of the "Chansonnier-92" contest in Paris, multiple winner of Belarusian actor's song contests, participant of the first "Slavyansky Bazaar" festival in Vitebsk. Creator of a cycle of songs dedicated to sports: "Football", "Gymnastics", "Judo", "Biathlon", "Tennis", and others. Acted in films: "Wild Hunt of King Stakh", "Ivan and Maria", "Fortune Telling by Candlelight", "The Pack", "Prosecutor", etc. Hosted the program "Breath of Strings", dedicated to bard and author's songs on the "Belarus-3" channel for several years. In 2019, he created the group "Dlusky and Company", and he leads the Song Theatre of Anatoly Dlusky.
16. Tengiz Dumbadze - TV host, journalist, documentary filmmaker.
17. Nastya Kravchenko - singer, finalist of the show "X-Factor Belarus" (joined Sergey Sosedov's team), winner in the "Best Radio Performer of the Year" nomination at the "Song of the Year Belarus 2024". On September 20, the singer will represent the Republic of Belarus at the "Intervision-2025" contest in Moscow. Nastya Kravchenko will participate in concerts at the "Art-Football 2025" festival.
18. Vitaly Buliga - football veteran, played 37 matches for the national team of Belarus from 2003 to 2008, scoring 8 goals.
19. Vyacheslav Gleb - football veteran, played 45 matches for the national team of Belarus, scored 12 goals. Holder of the German League Cup (2003). Holder of the Belarus Cup (2004/05, 2007/08), holder of the Belarus Super Cup (2012). Winner of the Second League of Belarus football (2019).
20. Alexey Bogdanovich - showman, TV host, event organizer.
21. Vyacheslav Henkin - actor of the "Gaaton" theatre (Israel).
22. Sergey Shutkevich - a person of another profession (not related to football or music, permitted by the "Art-Football" regulations).
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