Sergei Baltacha, Jr.

Sergei Baltacha

Personal information
Full name	Sergei Baltacha Jr.
Date of birth	28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)
Place of birth	Kiev, Soviet Union
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Petershill
Youth career
	Dynamo Kiev
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2003	St. Mirren	64	(2)
2003–2004	Millwall	2	(0)
2004–2005	Petershill
National team
	Scotland U-21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Sergei Baltacha (born 28 July 1979 in Kiev) is a Scottish-Ukrainian former footballer.

Career

He first played football in the Dynamo Kiev academy, but began his professional career in Scotland, at St. Mirren, where he gained 3 caps for the Scotland U-21 side. He joined Millwall in January 2003 and was released a year later, after which he had an unsuccessful trial with Queen of the South, before signing with Petershill in 2004.

Family

Baltacha comes from a very athletic family — his father, Sergei, played football for the Soviet Union, his mother, Olga, was a pentathlete and his sister, Elena Baltacha, is the current British number one for Women's tennis.

External links

• Sergei Baltacha, Jr. career stats at Soccerbase