Sergey Anatolyevich Sosnovski ( be, Сяргей Сасноўскі (Syarhey Sasnowski); russian: Серге́й Сосновский; born 14 August 1981) is a

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ian football coach and former player ( defender).

Club career

Sosnovski was born in

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and signed his first professional contract with local club Traktor Minsk. He played an important role in BATE Borisov's 2008–09 Champions League campaign, heading in a goal against

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n Levski Sofia to open the scoring for FC BATE in the return leg of the third qualifying round played on 27 August 2008. The match ended in a 1–1 draw and the team from

Barysaw Barysaw ( be, Барысаў, ) or Borisov (russian: Борисов, ) is a city in Belarus near the Berezina River in the Minsk Region 74 km north-east from Minsk. Its population is around 145,000. History Barysaw is first mentioned in t ...

became the first

ian club to reach the group stages of the Champions League. On 27 August 2009, Sosnovski scored two goals in a 4–0 win against

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, which helped BATE to qualify for the group stage of the

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. In February 2011, Sosnovski ended his stint with BATE and signed a contract with

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n side FC Tom Tomsk.

International career

He made his international debut for

on 1 April 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a

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against

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Honours

MTZ-RIPO Minsk * Belarusian Cup winner: 2004–05 BATE Borisov *

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

champion:

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* Belarusian Cup winner: 2009–10 * Belarusian Super Cup winner:

Minsk * Belarusian Cup winner:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sosnovski, Sergey 1981 births Living people Footballers from Minsk Belarusian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Belarus men's international footballers FC BATE Borisov players FC Partizan Minsk players FC Neman Grodno players Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Energetik-BGU Minsk players FC Minsk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Traktor Minsk players Belarusian football managers FC Minsk managers