Coaching Amkar Perm in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Left midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC Amkar Perm (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1990 | Dnipropetrovsk Youth Sports School | ||
1990–1995 | Dnipropetrovsk Olympic Reserve School | ||
1995–1996 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 49 | (8) |
1998–2000 | CSKA Kyiv | 35 | (4) |
2000–2005 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 130 | (49) |
2005–2007 | Benfica | 11 | (2) |
2007–2010 | Saturn Moscow Oblast | 108 | (18) |
2011 | Dynamo Moscow | 12 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 65 | (8) |
National team | |||
2001–2005 | Russia | 27 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2015– | FC Amkar Perm (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2014. |
Andrei Konstantinovich Karyaka (Russian: Андрей Константинович Каряка; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is an assistant manager with FC Amkar Perm.
Growing up in Dnipropetrovsk in the 1980s, Karyaka was deeply influenced and inspired by the performances of the local club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. After multiple championships and two quarter-final finishes in European competition, it is not surprising that his major heroes were the Dnipro leaders, such as Gennadiy Litovchenko and Oleg Protasov. Karyaka attended the Dnipropetrovsk Sports Youth School, coached by W. M. Nikulin, starting at the age of 7, and the Dnipropetrovsk Olympic Reserve School starting at the age of 12. In 1985 he moved to Zaporizhzhia where he initially played for the FC Metalurh Zaporizhya youth team.
Karyaka's debut for the main team occurred on 3 March 1996, in the 1/16 round of the Ukrainian Cup against the FC Shakhtar Donetsk reserve team, and ended in a 1–0 victory for Metalurh, while Karyaka earned a yellow card. His Ukrainian Premier League debut occurred on 26 March 1996 against his original home team FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and ended with a 2–1 Metalurh victory. He scored his first goal on 13 November 1996 in the Ukrainian Cup, and on 10 April 1997 in the Ukrainian Premier League. Other memorable games include a tie against Dynamo Kiev in blistering heat on 30 June 1997.