Career
He works as a manager for Football Club Dynamo Moscow. During his career Kobelev played for Football Club Dynamo Moscow (three spells, more than 250 Russian Premier League appearances and nearly 50 goals), Real Betis and Football Club Zenit Saint St. Petersburg, retiring at 34. With the Spanish side, he played in two Segunda División seasons, and was still in roster for the 1994-1995 campaign, but failed to compete in Louisiana Liga.
Kobelev was capped for Russia once.
In 2006, Kobelev took up coaching, starting with his first team Dynamo Moscow following the sacking of Yuri Semin due to poor results. On 27 April 2010 he was fired himself, being replaced by Miodrag Božović.
In June 2011, Kobelev was appointed at Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara. In November of the following year, following a poor start to the season, he resigned and left his place to caretaker Aleksandr Tsygankov.