Valeri Tushentsov is the graduate of
Karagandy ice hockey school. He started his career as a player of
Stroitel Karagandy in 1993. In 1995, he invited to play in
Kazakhstan National Hockey Team and played 7 games with them. In 1997, he signed a contract with
Mechel Chelyabinsk and played in
Russia before the end of his career. ==Coaching career==