Sergey Dmitriev. Biography of a football player

Sergey Igorevich Dmitriev is a football player of the Soviet Union and Russia. Acted in the position of the striker. After the completion of his career, he became a coach. He won the title of Master of Sports of the USSR.

Sergey Dmitriev: biography

Born on March 19, 1964 in Leningrad. He grew up and started playing sports there. Subsequently, Sergei was able to get into the newly founded sports school "Smena". After graduating from training, Dmitriev began to compete for the Leningrad "Dynamo". After spending the season in the team, he was invited to Zenit.

"Zenith"

The first game in the St. Petersburg club Sergei Dmitriev spent the fall of the same season, playing against Metalist from Kharkov. The first year on the field the attacker did not appear constantly. He started to start in the season of 1983. Although he played in the attack, a huge number of heads could not boast. Stand out on the field primarily speed and strength, but also had a powerful enough impact. The first title was able to win in 1984, winning together with the team the national championship.

Sergey Dmitriev - a footballer, "Zenith", received in the 1986 season a serious injury. Damage was received during the match with "Dnepr". The cause of the injury was the artificial lawn of the stadium, or rather, its improper creation. The coating was made on top of the concrete foundation. As a result, a huge number of holes and cracks appeared on the field. It was in one of them that Sergey Dmitriyev was pleased. The result was a fracture of the ankle and failure to the World Cup.

Recovery after injury took a long time. The damaged bone fused incorrectly, which led to a skew and a huge load on the knee. Subsequently, many injuries to the player were connected with the knees.

Going to the "Dynamo" and wander through the clubs

In 1989, Dmitriev began to have problems with the leadership of Zenit, and he decided to go to Moscow's Dynamo. Having played in four games, the player was damaged and had to recover.

At that time, the capital's CSKA was interested in the services of a football player, led by Pavel Sadyrin. Soon Sergey Dmitriev signed a contract with the army team. With the club, the striker rose to the first division, and in 1990 he won silver in the championship.

In 1991, the player went to the second league of Spain. The contract was signed with "Sherry". Instead of the usual position in the attack, the player had to stand in midfield. At the end of the season the team flew to the third division and Sergey Dmitriev went back to Moscow.

The result of the 1991 season for the player was the championship and the USSR Cup in CSKA.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sergei went to Austria and played for the local team "Stahl".

For the next three years, Dmitriev played for teams of various championships: St. Gallen (Switzerland), Hapoel (Israel), Beckum (Germany).

Sergey returned to his homeland in 1995 and again began to play for the St. Petersburg Zenit.

In the 1997 season, several players from Moscow's "Spartak" were injured, and the team needed urgent help. Sergei Dmitriev went to replace the injured. Nevertheless, the Moscow team failed to play the qualification games of the Champions League, and the defender soon returned to St. Petersburg.

The beginning of the 1998/99 season was started with a semi-annual disqualification. It was imposed because of the statement about the contractual match of "Zenith" with "Spartacus", which made Sergey Dmitriev. The photo of the player then was in almost all sports publications.

Subsequently, the player spent a year in St. Petersburg "Dynamo" and went to Smolensk, where he played for the football club "Crystal".

2001 the player spent in "Svetogorets" and was preparing for a coaching career.

National team

For the national team of the USSR football player held six matches and scored one time. I was able to play one game in the Olympic team. In 1988 he won with the team "silver" at the European Championships. It is worth saying that he did not have a single match at that tournament due to injury.

Career coach

Coaching career began in 2001 with the team "Svetogorets." The specialist has a license of category A. Soon Sergey Dmitriev took the post of mentor in St. Petersburg "Dynamo". In 2004-2005, Served as a mentor in the "Anji". Then there were the teams "Spartacus" (NN) and "Petrotrest". In 2007 he returned to the Dynamo. After working until 2009, he was appointed the main mentor in "Saturn-2".

In 2015, he fulfilled the obligations of the mentor of the youth team "Sakhalin". In early 2016 he was appointed to the post of coach at the youth club "Tosno".

Personal life

Sergey Dmitriev was twice married. The first wife is the former wife of the team-mate on "Zenith". There is a son Alexei, who is also a football player and some time he trained under the guidance of his father.

Sergei Dmitriev can be called one of the best players in the "Zenith" (1982-1988). The career of the football player was largely ruined by a serious injury, which later often reminded oneself. After the transition from "Zenith", the player could not find a perfectly suitable team and traveled fairly round the championships not only in Russia, but also in Europe. Coaching career at Dmitriev has also not been asked. Basically, he briefly lingers in teams.