Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1989 | Dinamo Minsk | 220 | (31) |
1989–1990 | Juventus | 30 | (3) |
1990–1992 | Lecce | 59 | (2) |
1993–1996 | Gamba Osaka | 83 | (14) |
1996 | IK Oddevold | 5 | (0) |
1997 | Anagni | ||
1998 | Corigliano | 9 | (1) |
National team | |||
1983–1984 | Soviet Union Olympic | 4 | (1) |
1984–1991 | Soviet Union | 73 | (6) |
1992 | CIS | 4 | (0) |
1992–1994 | Belarus | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1998–1999 | Anagni | ||
2000–2001 | U.S. Pontedera 1912 | ||
2003 | Torpedo-Metalurg Moscow | ||
2003 | Vidnoye | ||
2003–2005 | Copertino Youth Academy | ||
2005–2007 | Juventus Youth Academy | ||
2007–2008 | Kras | ||
2011–2012 | Kras | ||
2014 | Dainava Alytus | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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. He primarily played as a defensive midfielder and was known for his stamina, intelligence, tactical ability and passing ability. He also played in defence as a sweeper.
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.