Gennady Altman

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Gennady Altman
Full name	Gennady Semenovich Altman
Date of birth	May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22) (age 29)
Place of birth	Odessa, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	PFC Olexandria
Number	12
Youth clubs
	FC Chornomorets Odessa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2000–2002 2002 2002–2007 2007 2008–	Dynamo Odessa FC Zimbru Chişinău Mashinostroitel Druzhkovka Metalurh Donetsk FC Khimki FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Illychivets Mariupol PFC Olexandria	0 0 24 3 0 33 0 4
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gennady Semenovich Altman (Russian: Геннадий Семенович Альтман), (born May 22, 1979 in Odessa, USSR, now Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper. He is currently playing for PFC Olexandria in the Ukrainian First League.

Gennady got his start in football at the FC Chornomorets Odessa youth school. He is the son of the Ukrainian coach Semen Altman, who is a former goalkeeper himself. Altman’s professional career has been closely linked to his father’s coaching career. He has moved to many clubs that were coached by his father. Over the years Gennady has played for Dynamo Odessa, FC Zimbru Chişinău, Mashinostroitel Druzhkovka, Metalurh Donetsk, FC Khimki, FC Chornomorets Odessa, FC Illychivets Mariupol, and PFC Olexandria. So far his longest playing stint has been with his home town team Chornomorets, which lasted 5 years. With Chornomorets Gennady he won the Bronze medals in the 2005–06 season.

In 2002 Altman, along with his father moved to FC Chornomorets Odessa and was battling for the starting position with Vitaliy Rudenko. In the summer of 2007, along with his father, he moved to FC Illychivets Mariupol. After his father’s unexpected firing in 2007 he was transfered to another Ukrainian First League club, PFC Olexandria.