Sergei Vladimirovich Mandreko (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Мандреко; 1 August 1971 – 8 March 2022) was a Russian-Tajik

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coach and player who played as a

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Club career

Mandreko was born in

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Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

. After leaving the newly independent

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after the dissolution of the Soviet Union he spent the rest of his club career in Austria and Germany.

International career

Mandreko was capped at senior level by

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and

. With the Soviet Union national under-20 team Mandreko won the bronze medal at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991.

Coaching career

From 2008 until 2009 Mandreko worked as an assistant manager under

Rashid Rakhimov Rashid Mamatkulovich Rakhimov (russian: Рашид Маматкулович Рахи́мов, tg, Рашид Маматқулович Раҳимов, translit=Rashid Mamatqulovich Rahimov); born 18 March 1965) is Tajikistani professional footb ...

during his time with

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

Personal life

Having suffered from

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since 2016, Mandreko died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 50.

References

External links

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Mandreko at rusteam.permian.ru

Career, statistics and goals
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