Serhiy_Kuznetsov_(footballer_born_1982)
Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1982)
Ukrainian footballer (born 1982)
Serhiy Kuznetsov (Hungarian: Kuznyecov Szergej; Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Кузнецов; born on 31 August 1982) is a Hungarian (of Russian descent) football coach and a former player who played as a forward and is a manager. He is a son of another footballer Serhiy Kuznetsov. He was registered with the Russian league as a Hungarian citizen.[1]
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Kuznetsov with Karpaty Lviv in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Serhiyovych Kuznetsov | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-08-31) 31 August 1982 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Győr | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Ferencváros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Jokerit | 7 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | Ferencváros | 12 | (4) |
| 2002 | → Erzsébeti Spartacus (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Oradea (loan) | 9 | (7) |
| 2003 | Gomel | 11 | (5) |
| 2004 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 24 | (13) |
| 2005 | Vorskla Poltava | 12 | (0) |
| 2005 | Illichivets Mariupol | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | Vėtra | 33 | (18) |
| 2007–2008 | Nosta Novotroitsk | 45 | (12) |
| 2008–2011 | Karpaty Lviv | 55 | (22) |
| 2010 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Sevastopol | 48 | (39) |
| 2014–2015 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Balkany Zorya | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Ukraine U21 | 6 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Arsenal Tula (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Spartak Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Spartak Moscow (caretaker) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Panathinaikos (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Diósgyőr | ||
| 2024– | Győr | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kuznetsov began his footballing career in the Hungarian club Ferencváros, the club his father, also Serhiy Kuznetsov, joined in 1991 from Chornomorets. Serhiy Kuznetsov, a highly athletic striker, was noticed by the Professional Finnish side Jokerit in 2000, in which club Kuznetsov began his professional career. When playing in the Lithuanian premier league club FK Vėtra, Kuznetsov became the top scorer in the Lithuanian League, netting 19 goals in 42 appearances. In Nosta, Kuznetsov became the second highest scorer for the club in 2007. After the start of the 2008–09 season in the Ukrainian Premier League, Kuznetsov signed a 2.5-year contract with the Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.
Kuznetsov has also played for the Ukrainian national youth football team.
Kuznetsov started his coaching career as an assistant to Oleg Kononov (who coached Kuznetsov previously for Sheriff, Karpaty and Sevastopol) in Russian clubs FC Arsenal Tula and FC Spartak Moscow. On 29 September 2019, following Kononov's resignation as Spartak manager, he was appointed caretaker manager for Spartak.[2] He left Spartak after permanent manager Domenico Tedesco was appointed on 14 October 2019.[3]
Diósgyőr
On 24 August 2022, he was appointed as the manager of Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Diósgyőri VTK.[4] He led the club to promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I. On 31 January 2024, he was sacked.[5]
Győr
On 24 February 2024, he was apponted as the coach of Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Győri ETO FC.[6][7]
He is the son of footballer Serhiy Kuznetsov who in 1983 represented Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
- As of 14 April 2024[8]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| Spartak Moscow (caretaker) |  |
29 September 2019 | 13 October 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.0 |
| Diósgyőr |  |
24 August 2022 | 31 January 2024 | 53 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 105 | 59 | +46 | 066.0 |
| Győr | |
24 February 2024 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 057.1 | |
| Total | 61 | 39 | 6 | 16 | 117 | 68 | +49 | 063.9 | |||
- Veikkausliiga: runner-up 2000
- Hungarian National Championship I: 2003; third place 2001, 2002
- Hungarian Cup: 2003
- Belarusian Premier League: 2003
- Moldovan Premier League: 2004
- A Lyga third place: 2006
Individual
- Profile on the ua-football (in Ukrainian)
- Serhiy Kuznetsov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Serhiy Kuznetsov at Soccerway
- Serhiy Kuznetsov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- "Kuznetsov Russian Premier League staff page" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- "Олег Кононов покидает "Спартак"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 29 September 2019.
- "Доменико Тедеско — новый главный тренер "Спартака"" [Domenico Tedesco is the new head coach of Spartak] (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 14 October 2019.
- "Wellington Nem már Budapesten, szerdán be is mutatja a Kisvárda". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "ETO FC: Kuznyecov Szergej az új vezetőedző – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- www.esportsmedia.cz, eSports cz, s r o- (24 February 2024). "Kuznyecov Szergej az ETO új vezetőedzője | ETO FC Győr". www.eto.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Sergey Kuznetsov manager profile". 31 January 2024.