Sergei Aleinikov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Dinamo Minsk | 220 | (31) |
| 1989–1990 | Juventus | 30 | (3) |
| 1990–1992 | Lecce | 59 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Gamba Osaka | 83 | (14) |
| 1996 | IK Oddevold | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | Anagni | ||
| 1998 | Corigliano | 9 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1984 | Soviet Union Olympic | 4 | (1) |
| 1984–1991 | Soviet Union | 73 | (6) |
| 1992 | CIS | 4 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Belarus | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–1999 | Anagni | ||
| 2000–2001 | U.S. Pontedera 1912 | ||
| 2003 | Torpedo-Metalurg Moscow | ||
| 2003 | Vidnoye | ||
| 2003–2005 | Copertino Youth Academy | ||
| 2005–2007 | Juventus Youth Academy | ||
| 2007–2008 | Kras | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kras | ||
| 2014 | Dainava Alytus | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov (Russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Алейников) (born 7 November 1961 in Minsk, Belarusian SSR) is a former football player from Belarus, and currently a coach. He primarily played as a defensive midfielder and was known for his stamina, intelligence, tactical ability and passing ability. He also played in defense as a sweeper.
Career
Player
Aleinikov played for the USSR national football team, making 73 appearances, scoring six goals, from 1984–91,[1] and was on the Soviet squad that made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2. He also played for the CIS in 1992 and earned 4 caps for Belarus after the independence of Belarus, earning his final cap against Luxembourg in a Euro 96 qualifier in 1994.
He joined Dinamo Minsk in 1981 and won the USSR championship the following season. The midfielder then joined Juventus F.C. in 1989, and won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia in 1990. He signed for U.S. Lecce in 1990, and in 1992 went to Japan to play for Gamba Osaka. He finished his career with Swedish side IK Oddevold in 1996.
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Belarus by the Football Federation of Belarus as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[2]
Coach
In 2007–08 he served as head coach of amateur Promozione team Kras. Since the summer 2011 until 30 October 2012 he has been again the coach of Kras.
Honours
Club
Dinamo Minsk
- Soviet Top League champion: 1982
Juventus
- Coppa Italia winner: 1989–90
- UEFA Cup winner: 1989–90
International
Soviet Union
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1988
Family
His son Artur (born 1991), a midfielder, followed his father’s footsteps and is currently part of Novara squad.[3]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Soviet Union | League | Soviet Cup | Federation Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1981 | Dinamo Minsk | Top League | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 1982 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 8 | ||||||
| 1983 | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | ||||||
| 1984 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | ||||||
| 1985 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
| 1986 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 6 | ||||||
| 1987 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| 1988 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | ||||||
| 1989 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1989/90 | Juventus | Serie A | 30 | 3 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| 1990/91 | Lecce | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 1991/92 | Serie B | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 | |||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1993 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 1994 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | ||
| 1995 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 40 | 9 | |||
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1996 | Oddevold | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1997/98 | Città di Anagni | Nazionale Dilettanti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1997/98 | Corigliano | Nazionale Dilettanti | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Country | Soviet Union | 220 | 31 | 220 | 31 | |||||
| Italy | 98 | 6 | 98 | 6 | ||||||
| Japan | 83 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 97 | 18 | ||
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 406 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 420 | 55 | ||
National team statistics
| Soviet Union national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 1 |
| 1986 | 10 | 1 |
| 1987 | 8 | 1 |
| 1988 | 15 | 2 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 73 | 6 |
| CIS national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
| Belarus national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
References
- ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (18 February 2006). "Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Golden Players take centre stage". uefa.com. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ↑ Luca Cellini (10 February 2009). "TMW VIAREGGIO - Novara, Aleinikov: "Farò strada in Italia"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ↑ Sergei Aleinikov at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Sergei Aleinikov at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Sergei Aleinikov at National-Football-Teams.com
- UEFA.com - Golden player of Belarus
- Aleinikov at Juve and Lecce
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