Zenjov with Estonia in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergei Zenjov | ||
Date of birth | 20 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Pärnu, Estonia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Gabala | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2006 | Pärnu | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | Pärnu Pataljoni JK | 19 | (27) |
2006 | Vaprus | 17 | (8) |
2006–2007 | TVMK | 34 | (17) |
2008–2014 | Karpaty Lviv | 137 | (21) |
2014 | Blackpool | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Torpedo Moscow | 10 | (0) |
2015– | Gabala | 41 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
Estonia U21 | 2 | (1) | |
2008– | Estonia | 54 | (10) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2016 |
Sergei Zenjov (Russian: Серге́й Зенёв; born 20 April 1989) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Azeri club Gabala and the Estonia national football team.
Zenjov made his first-team debut for Vaprus at the age of 16 in 2006. A year later he joined TVMK. Zenjov was named the Meistriliiga Young Player of the Year in 2007. At the age of 18, after two seasons at TVMK, Zenjov moved abroad.
In February 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Karpaty Lviv. On 25 February, he scored his first career hat-trick in his first game for Karpaty Lviv, a friendly against Horsens. His first Ukrainian Premier League match came on 1 March, a 1–0 win against Kharkiv. He scored his first Ukrainian Premier League goal on 28 July, in the 57th minute of a 1–1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk. He only started ten games (one in the Cup competition), but by the mid-season of his second year in the club he played in 27 games overall.
On 3 July 2014, Zenjov signed a one-year deal with English Championship club Blackpool. He made his debut for the club on 9 August, starting in a 0–2 defeat at Nottingham Forest. On 2 December, Zenjov left Blackpool after the mutual agreement was reached to terminate his contract.
After leaving Blackpool, Zenjov signed a contract with Russian Premier League club Torpedo Moscow till the summer of 2017.