Sergei Aleinikov

Not to be confused with Sergey Aleynikov.
Sergei Aleinikov
Personal information
Full nameSergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov
Date of birth7 November 1961
Place of birthMinsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1989Dinamo Minsk220(31)
1989–1990Juventus30(3)
1990–1992Lecce59(2)
1993–1996Gamba Osaka83(14)
1996IK Oddevold5(0)
1997Anagni
1998Corigliano9(1)
National team
1983–1984Soviet Union Olympic4(1)
1984–1991Soviet Union73(6)
1992CIS4(0)
1992–1994Belarus4(0)
Teams managed
1998–1999Anagni
2000–2001U.S. Pontedera 1912
2003Torpedo-Metalurg Moscow
2003Vidnoye
2003–2005Copertino Youth Academy
2005–2007Juventus Youth Academy
2007–2008Kras
2011–2012Kras
2014Dainava Alytus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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.

Career

Player

Aleinikov played for the USSR national football team, making 73 appearances, scoring six goals, from 1984–91, 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.[1]

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.

Family

His son Artur (born 1991), a midfielder, followed his father’s footsteps and is currently part of Novara squad.[2]

Club career statistics

[3]

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
1981Dinamo MinskTop League140140
1982218218
1983292292
1984313313
1985325325
1986216216
1987282282
1988283283
1989162162
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Total
1989/90JuventusSerie A303303
1990/91LecceSerie A290290
1991/92Serie B302302
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1993Gamba OsakaJ. League 11502151222
19943260031357
199536841-409
199600000000
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Total
1996OddevoldAllsvenskan5050
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Total
1997/98Città di AnagniNazionale Dilettanti0000
1997/98CoriglianoNazionale Dilettanti9191
Country Soviet Union 2203122031
Italy 986986
Japan 831462829718
Sweden 5050
Total 40651628242055

International career statistics

[4]

Soviet Union national team
YearAppsGoals
198460
1985141
1986101
198781
1988152
198970
199050
199181
Total736
CIS national team
YearAppsGoals
199240
Total40
Belarus national team
YearAppsGoals
199210
199320
199410
Total40

References

  1. "Golden Players take centre stage". uefa.com. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  2. Luca Cellini (10 February 2009). "TMW VIAREGGIO - Novara, Aleinikov: "Farò strada in Italia"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  3. Sergei Aleinikov at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. Sergei Aleinikov at National-Football-Teams.com

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