Sergei Ovchinnikov

Ovchinnikov coaching CSKA in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov
Date of birth	(1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1990	Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Dynamo Sukhumi	33	(0)
1991–1997	Lokomotiv Moscow	180	(0)
1997–1999	Benfica	20	(0)
1999–2000	Alverca	25	(0)
2000–2002	Porto	42	(0)
2002–2005	Lokomotiv Moscow	115	(0)
2006–2007	Dynamo Moscow	18	(0)
Total		428	(0)
International career
1993–2005	Russia	35	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Lokomotiv Moscow (goalkeeping coach)
2008–2009	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2009–2010	Kuban Krasnodar
2010–2011	Dynamo Bryansk
2011	Dinamo Minsk
2011–2012	Konoplyov football academy (goalkeeping coach)
2012–2016	Russia (goalkeeping coach)
2014–2020	CSKA Moscow (coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Овчи́нников, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐfˈtɕinʲːɪkəf]; born 10 November 1970 in Moscow) or Boss is a manager and former association football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team.

Concerning his club career, he is most famous for being a part of Lokomotiv Moscow squad for more than 10 years.

Ovchinnikov was also employed as the head coach of FC Dynamo Bryansk in the Russian First Division.

Playing career

Being a Dynamo Moscow pupil, Sergei Ovchinnikov started his senior career at Dynamo Sukhumi but after a year he joined Lokomotiv Moscow. In 1992, he asserted himself in Yuri Syomin's first choice squad and remained the main goalkeeper until his move to Benfica in 1997.

In 2002, having played for Benfica, Alverca and Porto, Ovchinnikov came back to Russia to play for Lokomotiv. He became the winner Cyprus International Football Tournament 2003 with the national team ^[2]

The goalkeeper played two matches for Russia in Euro 2004 but was sent off in the match against Portugal for handling outside the area.

In 2005 Ovchinnikov joined Dynamo Moscow, following former Loko coach Yuri Syomin. In 2006 Dynamo released Ovchinnikov, after the goalkeeper got involved in a clash with a referee Igor Zakharov.

Coaching career

In April 2007 Sergei Ovchinnikov became Lokomotiv Moscow club goalkeeping coach and started to work with children and the reserves. In December 2007, he became Yuri Syomin's assistant at Dynamo Kyiv.

Next, he became the new manager of FC Kuban Krasnodar in the 2009 Russian Premier League season but was sacked on 9 August, after a 0–2 defeat at home, against Saturn.^[3]

On 7 May 2010, Ovchinnikov was named the new coach of FC Dynamo Bryansk.^[4]

Achievements

• Russian Premier League champion (2002, 2004) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Russian Cup winner (1996, 1997) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Russian Super Cup winner (2003, 2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup winner (2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Taça de Portugal winner (1999/2000, 2000/01) with Porto
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira winner (2001) with Porto
• Russian Goalkeeper of the Year (1994, 1995, 2002, 2003)

Career statistics

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