Alexandru Spiridon

Alexandru Spiridon
Personal information
Full nameAlexandru Spiridon
Date of birth20 July 1960
Place of birthEdineț, Moldovan SSR
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Shakhtar Donetsk (Assistant manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1976–1981Nistru Chișinău54(2)
1982SKA Kiev34(3)
1983Zorya Voroshylovhrad4(0)
1983-1986Nistru Chișinău84(7)
1987–1990Zaria Bălți133(48)
1991Zimbru Chișinău32(5)
1992–1996Zimbru Chișinău85(42)
1996–1997Tiligul Tiraspol7(6)
National team‡
1992–1995Moldova16(2[1])
Teams managed
1992–1996Zimbru Chișinău (assistant)
1994–2000Moldova (assistant)
1997–1999Tiligul Tiraspol
2000–2001Moldova U-21
2001Moldova
2001–2002Zimbru Chișinău
2002–2004Nistru Otaci
2004–presentShakhtar Donetsk (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 October 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 November 2013

Alexandru Spiridon (born 20 July 1960, in Edineț) is a professional football manager and former footballer from Moldova. Spiridon played as a midfielder during his football career, winning the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992. He made 16 appearances for the national team, scoring one goal. He currently works as the assistant manager at Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk, joining the club in 2004 with manager Mircea Lucescu.

Career

Playing career

Spiridon played as a midfielder during his football career, winning the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992. He began his career at Nistru Chișinău, before moving to SKA Kiev in 1982.[2] He scored 3 goals in 34 games for the club.[3] Spiridon rejoined Nistru Chișinău in 1983 and played 19 times in his first season.[4] He made 16 appearances the following year,[5] and played 23 times for the club in 1985, scoring 4 goals.[6] In 1986, he played 27 matches and scored 3 goals.[7] He joined Zarya Bălți in 1987 and moved to Zimbru Chișinău in 1991. He was named the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992 and scored 12 goals in 30 appearances in the 1992-93 season.[8] In the 1993-94 season, he scored 13 goals in 20 games for the club.[9] He won 5 league titles in a row with the club between 1992 and 1996. He joined Tiligul Tiraspol in 1996 and ended his playing career with the club.

Spiridon made 16 appearances for the national team, scoring two goals.[1] He played his final international match on 29 March 1995 in a 3-0 defeat to Albania.[10]

Managerial career

Spiridon joined Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in 2004 as the assistant manager to Mircea Lucescu. Shakhtar won the Ukrainian Premier Leaguetitle in the 2004-05 season. Shakhtar have won the league 7 times during Spiridon's time as assistant manager (2004–05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13). They have also won 4 Ukrainian Cup trophies (2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) and 5 Ukrainian Super Cup trophies (2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013). Shakhtar also won their first European trophy in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, the last UEFA Cup before its rebranding as the UEFA Europa League.

International goals

[11]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 iulie 1991 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău  Georgia 1-2 2-4 Friendly
2. 22 August 1992 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Sudan  Sudan 1-0 2-1 Friendly

Honours

As player

Zimbru Chișinău
Champion (5): 1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996
Runner-up (1): 1996-1997
Winner (1): 1996-1997

As manager

Shakhtar Donetsk
Winner (1): 2008-2009
Champion (7): 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013
Runner-up (2): 2006-2007, 2008-2009
Winner (4): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
Winner (5): 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "International appearances of Alexandru Spiridon". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Alexandru Spiridon". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "SKA Kiev - 1982". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nistru Chișinău - 1983". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Nistru Chișinău - 1984". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Nistru Chișinău - 1985". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nistru Chișinău - 1986". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Zimbru Chișinău - 1982/83". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Zimbru Chișinău - 1983/84". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Albania vs Moldova 3-0". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  11. ↑ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19846

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