Sergei Aleinikov

Infobox Football biography
playername = Sergei Aleinikov


fullname = Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|11|7
cityofbirth = Minsk
countryofbirth = USSR, (now Belarus)
height = height|m=1.82
nickname =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1981–1989 1989–1990 1990–1992 1992–1995 1995–1996 1996 1997 1998
clubs = Dinamo Minsk Juventus Lecce Gamba Osaka Corigliano IK Oddevold Anagni Corigliano
caps(goals) = 220 (31) 30 (3) 59 (2) 83 (14)
nationalyears = 1984–1991 1992 1992–1994
nationalteam = flagicon|URS USSR flagicon|CIS CIS flagicon|Belarus|1991 Belarus
nationalcaps(goals) = 73 (6) 4 (0) 4 (0)
manageryears = 1998–1999
2000–2001
2003 2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007
managerclubs = Anagni U.S. Pontedera 1912 Torpedo-Metalurg Moscow Vidnoye Copertino Youth Academy Juventus Youth Academy FC Kras

Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov ( _ru. Сергей Евгеньевич Алейников) (born 7 November 1961 in Minsk) is a former football (soccer) player from Belarus, now coach. He played for the USSR national football team, making 77 appearances for the USSR, scoring six goals, from 1984-92, when USSR made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2. He also earned 4 caps for Belarus after the independence of Belarus.

He joined F.C. 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. [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html]

From June 2007, he is the head-coach of the Italian team FC Kras. His son, Artur, a midfielder, moved to that team as well.

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57155/newsId=139779.html UEFA.com - Golden player of Belarus]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/aleinikov-intl.html RSSSF]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=20862 national-football-teams.com]
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=101 Aleinikov at Juve and Lecce]