Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Klimenko (; born 13 May 1968) is a

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

former professional footballer and who is currently the

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager of the

Şagadam FK Football Club Şagadam ( tk, Şagadam futbol kluby) is a Turkmen football club based in Türkmenbaşy, Balkan Region. The team compete in Ýokary Liga, the top division in Turkmenistan football league system. The club was founded in 1949 and h ...

. Honoured Coach of Turkmenistan.

Career

Aleksandr Klimenko spent his entire professional career in Turkmenistan, where he played for FC Merw, FC Nisa,

and

Nisa Aşgabat Nisa Aşgabat is a Turkmen football club based in Aşgabat. They relegated from the top division in Turkmen football in 2006 and currently play in the second division, the Birinji liga. Their home stadium is Nisa-Çandybil Stadium which can hol ...

. He ended his football career in 2006.

Coaching career

In 2007, he was an assistant coach at the FC Ashgabat. In 2011–2012, he was a coach of the

Nebitçi FT Nebitçi Football Team ( tk, Nebitçi futbol topary) is a Turkmen professional football club based in Balkanabat. They compete in top division of Turkmen football, the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 p ...

. In 2014, he worked as an assistant coach in the Turkmenistan national football team, in June he was relieved of his post. In 2015, he worked as an assistant to head coach Rahym Kurbanmämmedow at the

FC Energetik FC Ekibastuz ( kk, Екібастұз футбол клубы, Ekibastūz fýtbol klýby) is a Kazakhstani football club based in Ekibastuz. Until 2008, the team represented Pavlodar and was called Energetik Pavlodar. In 2008, the team played a ...

. Since 2016 he is the head coach of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klimenko, Aleksandr Living people Footballers from Ashgabat Turkmenistan men's footballers Nisa Aşgabat players FK Köpetdag Aşgabat players FC Aşgabat players Turkmenistan football managers 1968 births Turkmenistan men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers