Gennady Nizhegorodov

Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
Personal information
Full name	Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Nizhegorodov
Date of birth	7 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Fullback
Team information
Current team	SC Rheindorf Altach
Youth career
?	Chornomorets Odessa
?	SCA Odessa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
1996–1999	FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
2000–2004	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2005	FC Terek Grozny
2006	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
2006–2009	FC Chornomorets Odessa
2009–2010	SC Rheindorf Altach
International career‡
2000–2003	Russia
Managerial career
2012–2014	Chornomorets Odesa (ass't)
2014–	Chornomorets Odesa Youth
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2009

Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (born 7 June 1977 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former footballer who last played for SC Rheindorf Altach and current manager.

Club career

Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993. In 1996 he moved to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, before moving to FC Lokomotiv Moscow in 2000, where he stayed until 2004, making 125 appearances for the club. He moved to Chechnya club, FC Terek Grozny in 2004, but only played 10 games before moving to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in 2006, where he played eight games before moving later that year to his home town to play for FC Chornomorets Odessa.

Although born in Odessa (today Ukraine), Nizhegorodov preferred to play for the Russia national football team, capping nine games.

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