Sergey Elefertovich Lebedev (russian: Сергей Элефертович Лебедев) (born 31 January 1969 in the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз� ...

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) is a retired

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midfielder. Lebedev is a former Uzbekistani international, who obtained a total number of 33 caps during his career, scoring ten goals. He later became a football coach.

Playing career

Lebedev started playing professionally in ''Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny'' in 1985. He completed 3 seasons for ''Turbina'' and wento to FC Dynamo Kirov in 1988. In 1989–91 he played for

Neftyanik Fergana FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple c ...

and 1990 he won

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

with club and promoted to

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

. In 1992–1999 he played for

Neftchi Farg'ona FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple c ...

and won 4 times Uzbekistani championship and two

Uzbek Cup The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer). Previous champions All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times: *1939: Dinamo Tashkent *1940: Dinamo T ...

s. He became Neftchi's ''best League goalscorer'' in 1996 and 1998 seasons. His last club played was also ''Neftchi Farg'ona''. He joined club in 2006 after playing for

Metallurg Bekabad PFK Metallurg Bekabad ( uz, "Metallurg Bekobod") is an Uzbek football club based in Bekabad. They play in the Uzbekistan Super League. History The club was founded in 1945. Metallurg played in one of the regional zones of Soviet Second League un ...

in 2005.

International

Lebedev capped 33 matches, scoring 10 goals for national team. He was one of the player of Uzbekistan who won Asian Games in 1994. He scored two goals in Asian Games 1994. Lebedev scored his second goal in Final match against China on 8-minute as Uzbekistan after that began leading 2:0. He also participated in 2

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

s: 1996 AFC Asian Cup and 2000 AFC Asian Cup.

Managing career

After getting retired in 2006, he started his managing career at club level. He started to work as assistant coach to

Yuriy Sarkisyan Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan ( hy, Յուրի Վազգենի Սարգսյան, russian: Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян; born 30 May 1947) is an Uzbekistani association football, football manager (association football), manager and f ...

in ''Neftchi Farg'ona''. He remained in club coaching stuff when Yuriy Sarkisyan was sacked in May 2013.

Honours

Club

;Neftchi *

, East conference (1): 1990 *

Uzbek League Uzbekistan Super League ( uz, O'zbekiston Superligasi), also called Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League due to sponsorship reasons ( uz, Coca-Cola O'zbekiston Superligasi / Coca-Cola Ўзбекистон Суперлигаси), is the top division ...

(4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 *

(2): 1994, 1996 *

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

3rd:

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CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

runners-up:

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International

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champion:

Individual

* Neftchi League Top goalscorer (2): 1996 (13 goals), 1998 (18 goals)

External links

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RSSSF Uzbekistan international footballers
1969 births Living people People from Fergana Soviet footballers Uzbekistani footballers Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Uzbekistani football managers Uzbekistan international footballers 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Association football midfielders Uzbekistani expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Dynamo Kirov players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Russian Premier League players FK Neftchi Farg'ona players PFK Metallurg Bekabad players FC Sogdiana Jizzakh players FC Nasaf players Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games {{Uzbekistan-footy-bio-stub