Ivan Saenko

Ivan Saenko
Personal information
Full nameIvan Ivanovich Saenko
Date of birth17 October 1983
Place of birthMaslovka, Voronezh Oblast,
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionWinger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001Karlsruher SC2(0)
2002Fakel Voronezh13(4)
2002–2005Karlsruher SC84(21)
2005–20081. FC Nürnberg83(18)
2008–2010Spartak Moscow31(1)
Total213(44)
National team
2006–2008Russia13(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Saenko.

Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (Russian: Иван Иванович Саенко; born 17 October 1983 in Maslovka) is a retired Russian footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

In August 2008, Saenko moved to Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after Nürnberg's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011.[1]

Career statistics

As of 26 July 2010
Club League Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Karlsruher SC 2. Bundesliga 2001–02 200020
Total20000020
Fakel Voronezh Russian First Division 2002 13400134
Total1340000134
Karlsruher SC 2. Bundesliga 2002–03 29610306
2003–04 2910203110
2004–05 26531296
Total842161009022
1. FC Nürnberg Bundesliga 2005–06 25820278
2006–07 329613810
2007–08 2613072363
Total83181117210121
Spartak Moscow Russian Premier League 2008 801061151
2009 13110141
2010 90000090
Total3012061382
Career total2124419213324449

International career

After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution.

He was called up to Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 squad and was a second-half substitute in both their second match against Greece in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the Netherlands in Basel and the semi-final against Spain in Vienna.

Honours

Nürnberg
Russia

References

  1. Российский призер Евро-2008 завершил карьеру в 28 лет (in Russian). lenta.ru. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

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