Sergei Gurenko

Sergei Gurenko (Belarusian: Сяргей Віталевіч Гурэнка, pronounced [sʲarˈɣʲɛj vʲiˈtalʲɛvʲitʂ ɣuˈrɛnka], Russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Гуре́нко, tr. Sergey Vitalyevich Gurenko, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪˈtalʲɪvʲɪtɕ ɡʊˈrʲɛnkə]; born 30 September 1972) is a Belarusian football coach and a former player.

Sergei Gurenko
Sergei Gurenko in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-09-30) 30 September 1972
Place of birth Grodno, Soviet Union
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Neman Grodno 185 (5)
1995–1999 Lokomotiv Moscow 112 (4)
1999–2001 Roma 7 (0)
2000–2001 → Zaragoza (loan) 11 (0)
2001–2002 Parma 11 (0)
2002–2003 Piacenza 25 (1)
2003–2008 Lokomotiv Moscow 113 (2)
2009 Dinamo Minsk 13 (0)
2014 Partizan Minsk 7 (0)
National team
1994–2006 Belarus 80 (3)
Teams managed
2009 Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
2009–2010 Dinamo Minsk
2010–2012 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
2012–2013 Dinamo Minsk (sporting director)
2013 Krasnodar (assistant)
2014 Spartak Nalchik (assistant)
2014–2015 Amkar Perm (assistant)
2015 Standard Liège (assistant)
2016–2017 Serbia (assistant)
2017–2019 Dinamo Minsk
2019–2020 Dinamo Minsk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Sergei Gurenko began his professional career in his local Belarusian club Khimik Grodno in the 1989 season. From 1990 he was a regular starter for the team, playing more than 25 games per season until 1995.

In 1995, he was transferred to Russian Premier League side Lokomotiv Moscow. His outstanding skills and determination lead him to become one of the leaders of his side, and eventually he left his team for further challenge. In 1999, he became a player of Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma, which cost the club 10.58 billion Italian lire,[1] but couldn't establish himself well there, playing in only 7 games for his club.

In the 2000–01 season he played for Spanish La Liga side Real Zaragoza, but didn't do well there too, participating in just 11 games and for the 2001–02 season he returned to Italy, playing for Parma AC, making 11 appearances that season. The following season he was a regular part of the first team of Serie A side Piacenza, participating in 25 fixtures and scoring one goal.

In 2003, he returned to Lokomotiv. He was a regular for his club and became one of team's vice-captains. In 2004, playing in a pivotal role of defensive midfielder, Gurenko helped Lokomotiv to a second Russian championship title.

On 8 December 2008 he moved back to Belarus to play for Dinamo Minsk[2] and retired on 21 August 2009.

In 2014, he briefly joined Belarusian Second League club Partizan Minsk.[3][4][5]

International

Sergei Gurenko debuted for the Belarus national football team on 5 May 1994, in a friendly against Ukraine and would eventually become the team captain. He ended his national team duty after a row with the manager during preparation for the WC qualifier against Moldova on 3 September 2005.

He is the second most capped Belarusian player, with 80 caps.[6] Gurenko was the Belarusian national team's captain.

As part of the national team won 2002 LG Cup[7]

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 August 1997Dinamo Stadium, Belarus Sweden1 – 01–21998 World Cup qualifier
214 October 1998Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales Wales1 – 12–3Euro 2000 qualifier
329 March 2003Dinamo Stadium, Belarus Moldova2 – 12–1Euro 2004 qualifier

Achievements

On 22 July 2006, Gurenko passed the milestone of 500 competitive games on the highest level, and became a member of the elite club of Sergei Aleinikov.[8] In total, he has played in 612 matches for top league clubs.[9]

Coaching career

After release of Slavoljub Muslin by Dinamo Minsk on 27 July 2009, Gurenko was named new Assistant Coach in the team of new head coach Kirill Alshevskiy. On 21 August 2009 Dinamo Minsk club official promoted their former player and former assistant coach to the head coaching position, he replaced Kirill Alshevski.[10]

In 2013, he worked as Slavoljub Muslin's assistant at Russian top division club FC Krasnodar.

On 4 February 2014, Gurenko was appointed an assistant manager at PFC Spartak Nalchik, where he reunited with former Lokomotiv teammate Khasanbi Bidzhiyev, appointed earlier as a head coach.[11]

Honours

Neman Grodno

Lokomotiv Moscow

Real Zaragoza

Parma

References
  1. "BILANCIO D'ESERCIZIO E CONSOLIDATO DI GRUPPO AL 30 GIUGNO 2000" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). Borsa Italiana Archive. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. Gurenko: Time has come for changes (in Russian)
  3. Футбол. Чемпионат Беларуси. Топ-10 звезд второй лиги: от Грабовского до Гуренко (in Russian)
  4. ФК «Клецк» — ФК «Партизан» 0:3 (in Russian)
  5. Партизан-2002 (Минск) (in Russian)
  6. "Sergei Gurenko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  7. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lgcup2-02.html
  8. "Клуб Сергея Алейникова. Сергей Гуренко: 500 матчей как 50 лет". Pressball Online. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2006.
  9. Дмитрий Лихтарович: шесть сотен! (in Russian). BATE Borisov official website. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  10. Гуренко сменил Альшевского на посту главного тренера Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Сергей Гуренко вошел в тренерский штаб нальчикского "Спартака"" (in Russian). PFC Spartak Nalchik. 4 February 2014.
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