Aleksandr_Khatskevich

Alyaksandr Khatskevich

Alyaksandr Khatskevich

Belarusian footballer (born 1973)


Alyaksandr Khatskevich (Belarusian: Аляксандр Хацкевіч, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of Polish club Zagłębie Sosnowiec.

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Playing career

Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

He made 39 appearances and scored four goals for the Belarus national team from 1993 to 2005.[1]

Managerial career

After Khatskevich retired from playing, Khatskevich became a football coach. At age 33, his former club, Dinamo Minsk appointed him to replace Pyotr Kachura after the first match of the 2007 Belarusian Premier League season.[2]

From December 2014 until December 2016, he was the head coach of Belarus national team.

On 20 December 2019, he signed with Russian Football National League club Rotor Volgograd.[3] The club only played two games after the resumption of the 2019–20 season after the winter break and then the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Rotor were leading the league at the time of abandonment, the club was promoted to the Russian Premier League. He was dismissed by Rotor on 19 March 2021, with the club in the 13th position in the league.[4]

On 16 January 2024, Khatskevich was appointed manager of last-placed Polish I liga outfit Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[5] On 1 April, during a press conference following a 0–4 home loss to GKS Katowice, he jokingly agreed for the media to send him tactical suggestions to use in future games,[6] and stated he let the players set their own strategy for the lost match,[7] a claim which was refuted by one of Zagłębie's players Kamil Biliński on X the following day.[8] On 3 April, amid allegations of verbal abuse and poor treatment of players by the Belarusian,[9] it was reported that Khatskevich, along with several players, was physically attacked by hooligans on club grounds during a training session.[10][11] He left the club by mutual consent on 5 April 2024.[12]

Personal life

His son Artyom Khatskevich is also a footballer, most recently playing for Czech side TJ Spohe Praha.[13]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Khatskevich goal.
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Managerial statistics

As of 3 April 2024
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Honours

Player

Dinamo Minsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

Manager

Dynamo Kyiv


References

  1. Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Belarus - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. "АЛЕКСАНДР ХАЦКЕВИЧ ПОКИДАЕТ ПОСТ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА РОТОРА" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. Kamil Biliński (2 April 2024). "Nigdy tak nie bylo i nie bedzie". twitter.com (in Polish). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. "Trener polskiego klubu pobity! Opłakane skutki wizyty kiboli na treningu". sport.pl (in Polish). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. "Komunikat Zarządu Zagłębie SA" (in Polish). Zagłębie Sosnowiec. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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