Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly (russian: Серге́й Иванович Подпалый; born 13 September 1963) is a Russian association football coach and former player. He works as a director of sports for

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Honours

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bronze: 1994. * Russian Cup winner: 1995.

International career

Podpaly made his debut for

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on 16 August 1992 in a friendly against

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. That was the first game Russia played under its name after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Coaching career

On 1 July 2020, he was appointed caretaker manager of

club

. On 31 July 2020, he signed a contract to manage Arsenal for the 2020–21 season. He was dismissed by Arsenal on 2 November 2020.

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