Andrei Tarasenko - Soviet and Russian hockey player, coach of the team "Siberia"

Andrei Tarasenko is a Soviet and Russian hockey player who played as a right-handed hitter. He played for such clubs as Sibir (USSR), SKA Novosibirsk (USSR), Torpedo Yar (Russia), Lada (Russia), Torpedo NN (Russia), Kazakhmys (Kazakhstan) . In 1994 he became the owner of the honorary title of the master of sports of Russia of international class. From 2008 to the present time he trains the hockey club "Siberia".

Andrey Tarasenko: biography of the hockey player

He was born on September 11 in 1968 in the city of Novosibirsk (USSR, Russia). He started hockey in the youth team "SKA", and after a while in "Mashinostroitel".

Ros and brought up in an active sports family - his father was a football player, and his mother a simple housewife. His father devoted his entire life to football - he played for the team "Chkalovets", and at the end of his career began to train (also part-time as director of the specialized children's and youth sports school of the Olympic reserve).

Young Andrew always spent time with his father, wherever it was. At some point, his father hoped that his son would eventually become a professional football player. However, the guy chose hockey, arguing that in football he was too bored, because as a goal scored sometimes you have to wait very long. Fortunately, the parents reacted calmly to the fact that the boy wants to be a hockey player, and even supported him. Father was always a calm and calculating man, and the mother is active and emotional, so all the leadership and volitional qualities of Andrei from his mother.

Andrew really wanted to become a goalkeeper, however, when he got into the hockey section, he was put in defense. But after a while they told me to go play an attack, because in the defensive line they needed high and dimensional players, and Andrei had average growth. It was for the best! After all, Tarasenko had incredible speed and reaction, which is very important for the position of the striker.

Why do they remember him? Andrei Tarasenko - hockey player, who became the property of the country

It was he who led the Russian national team to the semi-finals at the Lillehammer Olympics (Norway, 1994), where the Russians lost the Swedes 4: 3 in the hardest fight. As a result, the Russian national hockey team took the 4th place, and Tarasenko became the first player of the Yaroslavl "Torpedo" at the Olympic Games. Andrey Tarasenko (photo hockey below) twice became the winner of the tournament with the main prize from the newspaper "Izvestia" in 1993 and 1994. In 1994, Tarasenko was awarded the title of the best player of the tournament and the best scorer (6 points).

Andrei Tarasenko - a hockey player with a capital letter, this athlete was one of the best scorers of Russian hockey in the 90s.

In the 1997 Russian ice hockey championship, he earned the title of "the most valuable player of the KHL", which was chosen by voting of trainers and fans. In the same year he became the best scorer of the Russian hockey league.

Player's career

From 1989 to 1996 he played for the team "Torpedo" (Yaroslavl). In 1992, the Italian club "Auronzo" became interested in the candidacy of Andrei Tarasenko. As a result, he was rented for a year, and until 1993, Andrei Tarasenko played in Italy. Returning to the "Torpedo", after a while he became the captain of the team.

In 1996 Tolyatti "Lada" made a transfer offer for Tarasenko. After a brief negotiation, a mutual agreement was signed for a period of five years (until 2001). During the performances for the team "Lada" Tarasenko managed to gain authority and become a real leader in the team. For five years on his account there were 44 goals scored and 36 assists.

In the period from 2001 to 2003 he played for the Novosibirsk "Siberia", and from 2003 to 2006 moved to Kazakhstan and played for the team "Kazakhmys" from Karaganda.

Coaching career of Andrey Tarasenko

In 2008, Andrei Tarasenko began his coaching career. He headed the Novosibirsk hockey team "Siberia".

At the end of 2011, coach Andrei Tarasenko was dismissed from his post. The team's unsuccessful performance at the KHL Championship (Continental Hockey League) was the main factor in the resignation of the head coach. However, after some time he was offered to stay in the club and be just a senior coach. In 2015, at a solemn ceremony before the match "Siberia" - "Locomotive" sweater hockey player Andrei Tarasenko № 10 raised under the arches of the ice sports complex "Siberia". This gesture was made in memory of the living legend of Russian hockey.

Family, private life

Andrey Tarasenko lives in a remarkable marriage with Julia. Ironically, his wife is also a successful athlete - MSMK mountain skiing. There are two sons - Vladimir (elder) and Valentine. Vladimir was born in 1991, now he is a professional hockey player, stands for the team from the NHL "Saint Louis Blues" in the position of the right-handed striker. Vladimir Tarasenko is a graduate of the Novosibirsk hockey school. With the fact that his father is a hockey coach, you can not be surprised why the guy is already playing in the National Hockey League. After all, it's all a drill and heavy workouts, to which Vladimir had let his father down.

Younger son Valentine also dreams of becoming a great hockey player, studying at the sports school "Siberia".