Sergey Viktorovich Ryzhikov (russian: Сергей Викторович Рыжиков; born 19 September 1980) is a Russian

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coach and a former

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. He is the manager of Spartak Tambov.

Club career

On 22 November 2007 it was announced Ryzhikov was moving to

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

. He left Rubin after 10 seasons at the club on 15 May 2018, after losing his starting spot in the season to

Soslan Dzhanayev Soslan Totrazovich Dzhanaev (russian: Сослан Тотразович Джанаев, os, Джанайты Тотразы фырт Сослан; born 13 March 1987) is a Russian professional footballer of Ossetian descent who plays as a go ...

. On 1 August 2018, Ryzhikov signed a 2-year contract with

PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. After his contract with Krylia Sovetov expired, Ryzhikov signed a one-year contract with

Tambov Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Central Federal District, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna River (Moksha basin), Tsna and ...

on 3 August 2020. On 9 March 2021, he left Tambov due to non-payment of wages.

Career statistics

Notes

International

He was called up for the national team for the first time in a match against

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. He made his national team debut on 29 March 2011 in a friendly against

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. On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's

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squad.

Coaching career

On 30 September 2022, Ryzhikov was appointed manager of the

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club

FC Spartak Tambov FC Spartak Tambov (russian: ФК «Спартак» Тамбов) is a Russian association football club from Tambov, firstly founded in 1960. It most often played in the Russian Second League. It played on the second-highest level of the Soviet Fi ...

Honors

Club

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

winner **

Russian Premier League 2008 The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek and Krylia Sovetov i ...

Russian Premier League 2009 The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 8th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 14 March 2009 with a goalless draw be ...

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...

winner **

2010 Russian Super Cup The Company TTK — 2010 Russian Football Super Cup (Russian: Компания ТТК — Суперкубок России по футболу)

Individual

*In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (3): № 2 (2008, 2009, 2010). *In September, 2008 has received a debut call in the first Russian national team

Personal life

Ryzhikov is married, and has three children, a son and two daughters. His brother

Andrei Ryzhikov Andrei Viktorovich Ryzhikov (russian: Андрей Викторович Рыжиков; born 10 March 1988) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the goalkeeping coach at FC Kolomna. Club career He played in the Rus ...

is also a professional footballer.

References

External links

Player page on FC Lokomotiv Moscow site

Player page on FC Rubin Kazan site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryzhikov, Sergey 1980 births Living people People from Shebekino FC Salyut Belgorod players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Rubin Kazan players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Tambov players Russian footballers Association football goalkeepers Russian Premier League players Russia international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Belgorod Oblast Russian football managers