Sergei Aleinikov

Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov (Russian: Сергей Евгеньевич Алейников; Belarusian: Сярге́й Яўге́навіч Але́йнікаў; born 7 November 1961) is a Belarusian former professional footballer, 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.

Not to be confused with Sergey Aleynikov.

Sergei Aleinikov

Personal information
Full name	Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov
Date of birth	(1961-11-07) 7 November 1961
Place of birth	Minsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s)	Defensive 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	0	(0)
1998	Corigliano	9	(1)
Total		406	(51)
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

Playing career

Aleinikov was born in Minsk, Belarusian SSR. He played for the USSR national football team, making 73 appearances, scoring six goals, from 1984–91,[1] and was on the Soviet squad that made the final of Euro 1988, 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 1996 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.

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.[2]

Coaching career

In the 2007–08 season Aleinikov served as head coach of amateur Promozione team Kras. He coached the side for a second time from summer 2011 until 30 October 2012.

Personal life

His son Artur (born 1991), a midfielder, followed his father's footsteps and was part of Novara squad in 2009.[3][4]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dinamo Minsk	1981	Top League	14	0					14	0
	1982		21	8					21	8
	1983		29	2					29	2
	1984		31	3					31	3
	1985		32	5					32	5
	1986		21	6					21	6
	1987		28	2					28	2
	1988		28	3					28	3
	1989		16	2					16	2
	Total		220	31					220	31
Juventus	1989–90	Serie A	30	3					30	3
Lecce	1990–91	Serie A	29	0					29	0
	1991–92	Serie B	30	2					30	2
	Total		59	2	0	0	0	0	59	2
Gamba Osaka	1993	J1 League	15	0	2	1	5	1	22	2
	1994		32	6	0	0	3	1	35	7
	1995		36	8	4	1	-		40	9
	1996		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		83	14	6	2	8	2	97	18
Oddevold	1996	Allsvenskan	5	0					5	0
Città di Anagni	1997–98	Nazionale Dilettanti	0	0					0	0
Corigliano	1997–98	Nazionale Dilettanti	9	1					9	1
Total			406	51	6	2	8	2	420	55

International

Source:[5]

Soviet Union
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	6	0
1985	14	1
1986	10	1
1987	8	1
1988	15	2
1989	7	0
1990	5	0
1991	8	1
Total	73	6
CIS national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	4	0
Total	4	0
Belarus national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	1	0
1993	2	0
1994	1	0
Total	4	0

Honours

Club

Dinamo Minsk

• Soviet Top League: 1982

Juventus

• Coppa Italia: 1989–90
• UEFA Cup: 1989–90

International

Soviet Union

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1988

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto (18 February 2006). "Sergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
2. "Golden Players take centre stage". uefa.com. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
3. Luca Cellini (10 February 2009). "TMW VIAREGGIO - Novara, Aleinikov: "Farò strada in Italia"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
4. Lorenzati, Simone (31 January 2018). "Aleinikov, sotto la Rocca nel nome del padre". Le Valli (in Italian). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
5. "Sergei Aleinikov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.

External links

• UEFA.com - Golden player of Belarus
• Aleinikov at Juve and Lecce
• Sergei Aleinikov at J.League (in Japanese)