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Sergei Gurenko
Personal information
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender, left back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Dinamo Minsk (Head Coach)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 1, 2009

Sergei Gurenko or Syarhey Hurenka (Belarusian: Сяргей Гурэнка, Russian Сергей Гуренко; born September 30, 1972 in Hrodna[1]) is a retired Belarusian football player and currently works as Head Coach for FC Dinamo Minsk.

Career

Clubs

Sergei Gurenko began his professional career in his local Belarusian club Chimik Hrodna in the 1989 season. From 1990 he was a the regular starter for the team, playing more than 30 games per season. In 1992 he was signed by Belarusian Premier League club Nioman Hrodna, he established himself at the highest level very soon, playing more than 25 fixtures per year every season for his new team.

In 1995 he was transferred to Russian Premier League side Lokomotiv Moscow. His outstanding skills and determination lead him to become one of the leaders of his side, and eventually he left his team for further challenge. In 1999 he became a player of Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma, cost the club 10.58 billion Italian lire,[2] but couldn't establish himself well there, playing in only 7 games for his club.

In the 2000–01 season he played for Spanish La Liga side Real Zaragoza, but didn't do well there too, participating in just 11 games and for the 2001–02 season he returned to Italy, playing for Parma AC, making 11 appearances that season. The following season he was a regular part of the first team of Serie A side Piacenza, participating in 25 fixtures and scoring one goal.

In 2003 he returned to Lokomotiv. He was a regular for his club. On 8 December 2008 he moved back to Belarus to play for FC Dinamo Minsk[3] and retired on 21 August 2009.

National team

Sergei Gurenko debuted for the Belarus national football team on May 5, 1994, in a friendly against Ukraine and would eventually become the team captain. He ended his national team duty after a row with the manager during preparation to the WC qualifier against Moldova on September 3, 2005.

He is the second most capped Belarusian player with 80 caps[4]. Gurenko was the Belarusian national team's captain.

Achievements

On 22 July 2006, Gurenko passed milestone of 500 competitive games on the highest level, and became a member of elite club of Sergei Aleinikov.[5]

Coaching career

After the releasing from Slavoljub Muslin on 27 July 2009 by FC Dynamo Minsk was named as the new Assistant Coach, he will assist the new head coach Kirill Alshevskiy[6]. On 21 August 2009 FC Dynamo Minsk club official promoted their former player and former assistant coach to the head coaching position, he replaced Kirill Alshevski[7].

References

  1. ^ Playerhistory Profile
  2. ^ "BILANCIO D'ESERCIZIO E CONSOLIDATO DI GRUPPO AL 30 GIUGNO 2000" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). Borsa Italiana Archive. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  3. ^ Gurenko: Time has come for changes
  4. ^ Profile on National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ "Клуб Сергея Алейникова. Сергей Гуренко: 500 матчей как 50 лет". Pressball Online. July 25, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  6. ^ Dynamo Minsk entlässt Muslin
  7. ^ Гуренко сменил Альшевского на посту главного тренера
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