[4] He is also the record goalscorer in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, with 20 goals for FC Spartak Moscow.

Beschastnykh's club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar.

On 15 December 2005, Beschastnykh signed up with another First Division club – Khimki, a well-funded football team from a Moscow suburb, competing for a place in the upper echelon of the Russian championship.

Until Aleksandr Kerzhakov surpassed him in September 2014, he was the top goalscorer for the Russian national team.

One of these goals came in the 2002 World Cup against Belgium; Beschastnykh also played in the 1994 edition of the tournament, as well as at Euro 96.He became the winner Cyprus International Football Tournament 2003 [5] On 16 October 2019, he was appointed manager of Russian Football National League club Fakel Voronezh, with the team in last place in the table.