Igor Lediakhov

Igor Lediakhov

Working for Spartak in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Igor Anatolyevich Lediakhov
Date of birth	(1968-05-22) 22 May 1968
Place of birth	Sochi, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Terek Grozny (asst manager)
Youth career
	Torpedo Taganrog
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1989	SKA Rostov-on-Don	64	(1)
1990	Dnipro	6	(1)
1991–1992	Rotor Volgograd	37	(2)
1992–1994	Spartak Moscow	99	(26)
1994–2002	Sporting Gijón	209	(41)
1998	→ Yokohama Flügels (loan)	23	(15)
2002–2003	Eibar	19	(1)
National team
1992	CIS	7	(1)
1992–1994	Russia	9	(0)
Teams managed
2008	Spartak Moscow (youth)
2008	Spartak Moscow (caretaker)
2008–2009	Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2010	FC Shinnik
2011–2013	Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2013	FC Rotor Volgograd
2013–	Terek Grozny (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Igor Anatolyevich Ledyakhov (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Ледяхов; born 22 May 1968) is a retired Russian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current coach. He works as an assistant manager with FC Terek Grozny.

He played for almost a decade in Spain, namely for Sporting de Gijón (eight years, amassing La Liga totals of 106 games and 17 goals in four seasons), later embarking in a managerial career in his country.

Lediakhov represented the CIS at Euro 1992 and Russia at the 1994 World Cup.

Playing career

Born in Sochi, Lediakhov started playing professionally with modest FC SKA Rostov-on-Don, moving in 1990 to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

After impressing with FC Rotor Volgograd, he was bought by Soviet Union giants FC Spartak Moscow, being essential as the capital side conquered three consecutive league titles, which included the inaugural edition of the competition, as the player scored in double digits in two of the three seasons.

In the 1994 summer, 26-year old Lediakhov moved abroad, signing with Spain's Sporting de Gijón. Even though he netted nearly 50 overall goals for the club (17 in four La Liga seasons) whilst showcasing good offensive skills, his eight-year old stay in Asturias was an inconsistent one, marred by irregular performances and disciplinary problems: he received a six-match ban after a 22 February 2000 match at Albacete Balompié, after assaulting an opponent then repeatedly pushing referee Téllez Sánchez after receiving his marching orders.^[1] At the club, he teamed up with compatriots Dmitri Cheryshev (five seasons), Yuri Nikiforov (two) and Alexei Kosolapov (one).

Lediakhov also spent a few months in Japan (loaned by Sporting and coinciding with Portuguese Paulo Futre), after which he returned – with the club now in the second level – having further disciplinary problems which led to a suspension from the club.^[1] He eventually bought out his contract and retired in 2003 (aged 35), after one season with SD Eibar, also in division two.

Lediakhov gained 16 international caps, for both the CIS and Russia, which he represented respectively at UEFA Euro 1992 (did not leave the bench) the 1994 FIFA World Cup (played one match, the 6–1 group stage routing of Cameroon).

Coaching career

In 2007, Lediakhov worked as sporting director at FC Rostov. On 6 June of the following year, he was assigned coaching duties at Spartak Moscow's youth teams.

From August to September 2008, Lediakhov served as caretaker manager of the club, later working as assistant under both Michael Laudrup and the Dane's successor, Valery Karpin.

On 22 December 2009, he was appointed head coach of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, staying in charge for approximately five months. On 9 May 2011, he was announced as new director of football at FC Rotor Volgograd, also working as scout for the club.

Lediakhov returned for a second spell as Spartak's assistant on 6 September 2011.

Statistics

Club

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International

Honours

• Russian League: 1992, 1993, 1994
• CIS Cup: 1992
• Russian Cup: 1994

References

External links

• RussiaTeam biography and profile (Russian)
• KLISF statistics
• BDFutbol profile
• Igor Lediakhov at National-Football-Teams.com

Igor Lediakhov – International tournaments v t e CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine 2 Chernyshov 3 Tskhadadze 4 Tsveiba 5 O. Kuznetsov 6 Shalimov 7 Mykhaylychenko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Aleinikov 10 Dobrovolski 11 Yuran 12 Cherchesov 13 Kiriakov 14 Lyutyi 15 Kolyvanov 16 D. Kuznetsov 17 Korneev 18 Onopko 19 Lediakhov 20 Ivanov Coach: Byshovets v t e Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov 2 Kuznetsov 3 Gorlukovich 4 Galyamin 5 Nikiforov 6 Ternavskiy 7 Pyatnitskiy 8 Popov 9 Salenko 10 Karpin 11 Beschastnykh 12 Tetradze 13 Borodyuk 14 Korneev 15 Radchenko 16 Kharin (c) 17 Tsymbalar 18 Onopko 19 Mostovoi 20 Ledyakhov 21 Khlestov 22 Yuran Coach: Sadyrin