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Sergei Zenjov
Zenjov with Estonia in 2015
Personal information
Full name Sergei Zenjov
Date of birth (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Pärnu, Estonia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cracovia
Number 10
Youth career
Pärnu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Pärnu Pataljon 19 (27)
2006 Vaprus 17 (8)
2006–2007 TVMK 34 (17)
2008–2014 Karpaty Lviv 137 (21)
2014 Blackpool 8 (0)
2015 Torpedo Moscow 10 (0)
2015–2017 Gabala 47 (8)
2017– Cracovia 29 (3)
International career‡
2005 Estonia U17 8 (2)
2006–2007 Estonia U19 6 (0)
2007–2010 Estonia U21 3 (1)
2008– Estonia 64 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2017

Sergei Zenjov (born 20 April 1989) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Cracovia and the Estonia national team.

Club career

Pärnu

Zenjov began playing football for a local club Pärnu, where he was coached by Juri Ivanov.[1] He made his senior league debut in the II liiga with Pärnu Pataljon in 2005. Zenjov made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 8 March 2006, playing for Vaprus, and scored his side's only goal in a 1–3 away loss to TVMK.[2]

TVMK

In July 2006, Zenjov signed for Meistriliiga club TVMK.[3] He made his debut for the club on 23 July, in a 1–3 away loss to Levadia.

Karpaty Lviv

In February 2008, Zenjov signed a five-year contract with Vyshcha Liha club Karpaty Lviv.[4][5] He made his debut in the Vyshcha Liha on 1 March 2008, in a 1–0 home victory over Kharkiv.[6] On 27 July 2008, Zenjov scored his first goal for Karpaty Lviv in a 1–1 home draw against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Zenjov scored two goals in the qualification for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. He made his debut in the Europa League on 16 September 2010, in a 3–4 home loss to Borussia Dortmund.[7]

Blackpool

On 3 July 2014, Zenjov signed a one-year contract with Championship club Blackpool.[8][9] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, starting in a 0–2 away loss to Nottingham Forest.[10] On 2 December 2014, Zenjov left Blackpool after a mutual agreement was reached to terminate his contract.[11][12]

Torpedo Moscow

After leaving Blackpool, Zenjov signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Torpedo Moscow on 12 January 2015.[13] He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 9 March 2015, in a 0–0 away draw against Amkar Perm.[14]

Gabala

On 16 June 2015, Zenjov joined Azerbaijan Premier League club Gabala on a two-year contract.[15] He made his debut for the club on 2 July 2015, in a 1–2 first leg defeat of their Europa League qualifier against Dinamo Tbilisi. On 19 March 2016, Zenjov scored Gabala's 500th goal in a 1–2 away loss to Qarabağ.[16]

Cracovia

On 27 June 2017, Zenjov signed a one-year contract with Ekstraklasa club Cracovia.[17] He made his debut in the Ekstraklasa on 15 July 2017, in Cracovia's first match of the 2017–18 season, and scored in the 1–1 home draw against Piast Gliwice.[18]

International

Zenjov began his youth career in 2005 with the Estonia under-17 team. He also represented the under-19 and under-21 national sides.

Zenjov made his senior international debut for Estonia on 20 August 2008, in a 2–1 home win over Malta in a friendly. He scored his first international goal in his second match for the national team on 6 September 2008, in a 2–3 away loss to Belgium in a qualification match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 May 2018.[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pärnu Pataljon 2005 II liiga 19 27 — — — — 19 27
Vaprus 2006 Meistriliiga 17 8 0 0 — — — 17 8
TVMK 2006 Meistriliiga 12 3 1 3 — 2[b] 0 2[c] 0 17 6
2007 22 14 2 1 — 2[d] 0 2[e] 0 28 15
Total 34 17 3 4 — 4 0 4 0 45 21
Karpaty Lviv 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha 11 0 0 0 — — — 11 0
2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 28 1 1 0 — — — 29 1
2009–10 25 3 1 0 — — — 26 3
2010–11 18 4 0 0 — 10[f] 2 — 28 6
2011–12 17 1 2 0 — 3[f] 1 — 22 2
2012–13 10 3 2 2 — — — 12 5
2013–14 28 9 2 0 — — — 30 9
Total 137 21 8 2 — 13 3 — 158 26
Blackpool 2014–15 Championship 8 0 0 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Torpedo Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
Gabala 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 26 2 2 0 — 14[f] 2 — 42 4
2016–17 21 6 4 0 — 13[f] 4 — 38 10
Total 47 8 6 0 — 27 6 — 80 14
Cracovia 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 27 3 1 0 — — — 28 3
Career total 299 84 18 6 1 0 44 9 4 0 366 99
  1. ^ Includes the Estonian Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Azerbaijan Cup and Polish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in Baltic Champions Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in Baltic League
  6. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 15 December 2017.[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
2008 3 1
2009 8 2
2010 4 1
2011 6 1
2013 11 2
2014 8 0
2015 8 2
2016 6 1
2017 10 3
Total 64 13

International goals

As of 15 December 2017. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zenjov goal.[22]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2008 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium 2  Belgium 1–1 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 28 March 2009 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia 5  Armenia 2–1 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6 June 2009 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 7  Equatorial Guinea 3–0 3–0 Friendly
4 3 September 2010 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 12  Italy 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5 6 September 2011 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 20  Northern Ireland 3–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
6 15 November 2013 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 31  Azerbaijan 1–1 2–1 Friendly
7 19 November 2013 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 32  Liechtenstein 1–0 3–0 Friendly
8 14 June 2015 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 44  San Marino 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
9 2–0
10 31 August 2016 Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu, Estonia 51  Malta 1–0 1–1 Friendly
11 28 March 2017 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 56  Croatia 3–0 3–0 Friendly
12 12 June 2017 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 58  Latvia 1–1 2–1 Friendly
13 7 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 61  Gibraltar 3–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Zenjov, Sergei" (in Estonian). ESBL.
  2. ^ "TVMK alistas vutihooaja avalahingus Vapruse" [TVMK defeated Vaprus in the opening match of the season] (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 9 March 2006.
  3. ^ "TVMK-l kaks uut mängijat, Trans kutsus Kuliki tagasi" [TVMK has two new players, Trans recalled Kulik] (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Eesti noortekoondise ründaja Zenjov siirdus Ukraina kõrgliigasse" [Estonia youth international forward Zenjov moved to the Ukrainian top flight]. Postimees (in Estonian). 27 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Карпаты подписали эстонца" [Karpaty signed an Estonia] (in Ukrainian). Football.ua. 28 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Sergei Zenjovi koduklubi alistas Ukrainas FC Harkivi" [Sergei Zenjov's home club defeated FC Kharkiv in Ukraine]. Postimees (in Estonian). 3 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Dortmund's late rally denies brave Karpaty". UEFA. 16 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Seasiders Sign Sergei Zenjov". Blackpool F.C. 3 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Blackpool: Sergei Zenjov becomes Jose Riga's first signing". BBC Sport. 4 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Nottingham Forest 2–0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Sergei Zenjov Departs". Blackpool F.C. 2 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Blackpool: Sergei Zenjov leaves club by mutual consent". BBC Sport. 2 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Sergei Zenjov siirdub Venemaa kõrgliigasse" [Sergei Zenjov heading to the Russian top flight] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 12 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Zenjov tegi Torpedo ridades Venemaa kõrgliigas debüüdi" [Zenjov made his debut for Torpedo in the Russian top flight] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 9 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Sergei Zenjov siirdub Aserbaidžaani" [Sergei Zenjov heading to Azerbaijan] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Gabala hit 500th goal". Gabala FC. 19 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Sergei Zenjov liitus Poola kõrgliigaklubiga" [Sergei Zenjov joined Polish top flight club] (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 27 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Eestlased välismaal: Zenjov lõi Poola liiga avavoorus värava" [Estonians abroad: Zenjov scored in the first round of the Polish league] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 17 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Belgium 3–2 Estonia". FIFA. 6 September 2008.
  20. ^ "Sergei Zenjov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  21. ^ "S. Zenjov". Soccerway.com.
  22. ^ a b "Sergei Zenjov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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