Konstantin Mikhailovich Genich (russian: Константин Михайлович Генич; born 3 January 1978) is a former

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n professional

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player. Currently he is a TV football commentator and expert of

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Club career

He made his

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

debut for

FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...

on 7 April 2001 in a game against

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 ...

. He played 3 seasons in the FNL for Khimki and

FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and ...

TV career

In 2006, started his career as a journalist and sportscaster in

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channel and worked until 2015. Then moved to MatchTV channel as television football commentator and expert in Russian and Spanish football.

Honours

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...

Zone Center top scorer: 2000 (18 goals)

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* 1978 births Living people Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Israel FK Ventspils players FC Khimki players Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C. players FC Amkar Perm players Association football commentators Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Russian association football commentators Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak-2 Moscow players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub