Ivan Saenko

Ivan Saenko

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Ivanovich Saenko
Date of birth	17 October 1983 (1983-10-17)
Place of birth	Maslovka, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001	Karlsruher SC	2	(0)
2002	Fakel Voronezh	13	(4)
2002–2005	Karlsruher SC	84	(21)
2005–2008	1. FC Nuremberg	83	(18)
2008–2010	Spartak Moscow	31	(1)
National team‡
2006–2008	Russia	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:02, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (Russian: Иван Иванович Саенко; born 17 October 1983 in Maslovka) is a retired professional association footballer who played striker.

Club career

In August 2008, Saenko moved to Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after Nuremberg's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011.

Career statistics

As of 26 July 2010

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Karlsruher SC	D2	2001–02	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Fakel Voronezh	D2	2002	13	4	0	0	—		13	4
	Total		13	4	0	0	0	0	13	4
Karlsruher SC	D2	2002–03	29	6	1	0	—		30	6
		2003–04	29	10	2	0	—		31	10
		2004–05	26	5	3	1	—		29	6
	Total		84	21	6	1	0	0	90	22
1. FC Nuremberg	D1	2005–06	25	8	2	0	—		27	8
		2006–07	32	9	6	1	—		38	10
		2007–08	26	1	3	0	7	2	36	3
	Total		83	18	11	1	7	2	101	21
Spartak Moscow	D1	2008	8	0	1	0	6	1	15	1
		2009	13	1	1	0	—		14	1
		2010	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		30	1	2	0	6	1	38	2
Career total			212	44	19	2	13	3	244	49

International career

After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution.

He was called up to Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 squad and was a second half substitute in both their second match against Greece in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the Netherlands in Basel and the semi-final against Spain in Vienna.

Honours

• 2007: DFB-Pokal winner with Nuremberg
• 2008: UEFA European Football Championship semi-finalist with Russia

External links

• Ivan Saenko at bundesliga.de (German)
• Career, statistic, goals (German)