Sergei Vitalyevich Gurenko (or Syarhey Hurenka; be, Сяргей Віталевіч Гурэнка, ; rus, Серге́й Вита́льевич Гуре́нко, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʊˈrʲenkə, links=y; born 30 September 1972) is a Belarusian football coach and former player.

Club career

In 1995, Gurenko was transferred to

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. His outstanding skills and determination lead him to become one of the leaders of his side, and eventually he left his team for further challenge. In 1999, he became a player of Italian

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, which cost the club 10.58 billion Italian lire, but couldn't establish himself well there, playing in seven games for his club. In the 2000–01 season he played for Spanish

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, but didn't do well there too, participating in just 11 games and for the 2001–02 season he returned to Italy, playing for Parma AC, making 11 appearances that season. On 8 December 2008, he moved back to Belarus to play for Dinamo Minsk and retired on 21 August 2009. In 2014, he briefly joined Belarusian Second League club

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. On 22 July 2006, Gurenko passed the milestone of 500 competitive games on the highest level, and became a member of the elite club of

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. In total, he has played in 612 matches for top league clubs.

International career

Gurenko debuted for the Belarus national team on 5 May 1994, in a friendly against

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and would eventually become the team captain. He ended his national team duty after a row with the manager during preparation for the WC qualifier against

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on 3 September 2005. He is the second most capped Belarusian player, with 80 caps. As part of the national team won 2002 LG Cup.

Coaching career

After release of

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by Dinamo Minsk on 27 July 2009, Gurenko was named new Assistant Coach in the team of new head coach Kirill Alshevskiy. On 21 August 2009, Dinamo Minsk's club officials promoted him to the head coaching position. He replaced Kirill Alshevski. In 2013, he worked as Slavoljub Muslin's assistant at

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. On 4 February 2014, Gurenko was appointed an assistant manager at

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, where he reunited with former Lokomotiv teammate Khasanbi Bidzhiyev, appointed earlier as a head coach. On 17 June 2023, Gurenko was hired as manager of

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. He was dismissed by Ufa on 28 August 2023 after Ufa started the league season with 1 win in 7 games.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gurenko goal.''

Honours

Neman Grodno *

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Lokomotiv Moscow *

: 2004 * Russian Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 2006–07 *

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: 2005 Real Zaragoza *

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: 2000–01 Parma *

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: 2001–02

References

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