Gennady Aleksandrovich Nizhegorodov (russian: Геннадий Александрович Нижегородов; born 7 June 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player.

Club career

Nizhegorodov began his career at

FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan Volgar FC (russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian First League. History The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food in ...

in Russia in 1993. In 1996, he moved to

FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League. History Early years The team of the railway workers was founded in Nizhny Novgorod in 1916. Later it was k ...

, before moving to

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in 2000, where he stayed until 2004, making 125 appearances for the club. He moved to Chechnya club,

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

in 2004, but only played 10 games before moving to

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

in 2006, where he played eight games before moving later that year to his home town to play for

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International career

Although born in Odessa (today

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), Nizhegorodov preferred to play for the

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, capping nine games.

Personal life

His son Konstantin Nizhegorodov is now a professional footballer.

Honors as player

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

**Winner: 2 (2002, 2004) **Runner-up: 2 ( 2000, 2001) * Russian Cup **Winner: 2 (1999/00, 2000/01) *

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...

**Winner: ( 2003)

References

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