Andrei Vikentyevich Zygmantovich or Andrey Zyhmantovich (, russian: link=, Андрей Викентьевич Зыгмантович; born 2 December 1962) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian football coach and a former player. He is currently the head coach of Belarus U19. Mainly a

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with good positioning and skills, he played for nearly a decade with Dinamo Minsk, also having abroad stints in the

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(only one year) and Spain; in the early 2000s, he embarked on a coaching career. Zygmantovich represented the

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at the

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and later played for Belarus.

Club career

Born in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, Zygmantovich started playing for

FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk ( be, ФК Дынама Мінск, ''FK Dynama Minsk''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Минск) is a professional football club based in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Sovi ...

. In his second professional season, he appeared 30 times and netted twice to help his hometown side win the only Soviet League in their history, edging FC Dynamo Kyiv by one point. After a spell with FC Groningen, the 30-year-old returned to the club where he would spend most of his career. In early 1993, Zygmantovich moved abroad again, now to Spain with

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

where he would play the next three full campaigns, teaming up with former compatriots (Russian) Ilshat Faizulin, Dmitri Popov and Dmitri Radchenko. In 1993–94, he was an instrumental element as the

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ns achieved one of their best ever finishes in

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(eighth). Zygmantovich started coaching in 2001 in his country, including the

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's under-19. In 2007, he moved to Lithuania with

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International career

Zygmantovich made his debut for the

on 28 March 1984, in an exhibition game with

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. He represented the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal against

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(4–0, although in a final group stage exit) which turned out to be his last international game for the country. Zygmantovich later appeared for

in nine matches, his first being a 1–1 friendly draw with

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in Minsk, on 28 October 1992.

International goals

Honours

;Dinamo Minsk *

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: 1982 * Belarusian Premier League:

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References

External links

LegionerKulichi profile

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zygmantovich, Andrei 1962 births Living people Footballers from Minsk Soviet footballers Belarusian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Soviet Top League players Belarusian Premier League players FC Dinamo Minsk players Eredivisie players FC Groningen players La Liga players Segunda División players Racing de Santander players Soviet Union international footballers Belarus international footballers Dual internationalists (football) 1990 FIFA World Cup players Soviet expatriate footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Spain Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belarusian football managers FC Partizan Minsk managers FC Dinamo Minsk managers FC Naftan Novopolotsk managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Belarus national football team managers FC Rukh Brest managers