Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer, Born 1970)
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Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov ( rus, Серге́й Ива́нович Овчи́нников, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐfˈtɕinʲːɪkəf; born 10 November 1970) is a former
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goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...
. Nicknamed "The Boss" for his commanding presence inside the box, he most notably played for
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...
, Benfica,
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and the Russian national team.


Playing career

A
Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...
academy graduate, Ovchinnikov started his senior career at
Dynamo Sukhumi FC Dinamo Sokhumi ( ka, სკ სოხუმის დინამო) is a Georgian association football club from Sokhumi, Georgia, temporarily based in Tbilisi. The most successful club of Abkhazian ASSR currently competes in Regionuli Li ...
but after a year he joined
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...
. In 1992, he asserted himself in Yuri Syomin's first choice squad and remained the main goalkeeper until his move to Benfica in 1997. In 2002, having played for Benfica, Alverca and
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, Ovchinnikov came back to Russia to play for Lokomotiv. He became the winner
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2003 with the national team. The goalkeeper played two matches for Russia in
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but was sent off in the match against
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for handling outside the area. In 2005 Ovchinnikov joined Dynamo Moscow, following former Loko coach Yuri Syomin. In 2006 Dynamo released Ovchinnikov, after the goalkeeper got involved in a clash with a referee Igor Zakharov.


Coaching career

In April 2007 Sergei Ovchinnikov became Lokomotiv Moscow ''club goalkeeping coach'' and started to work with children and the reserves. In December 2007, he became Yuri Syomin's assistant at
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. Next, he became the new manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the
2009 Russian Premier League The 2009 Russian Premier League was the 18th season of the Russian Association football, 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 wi ...
season but was sacked on 9 August, after a 0–2 defeat at home, against
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. On 7 May 2010, Ovchinnikov was named the new coach of Dynamo Bryansk.Сергей Овчинников – главный тренер брянского "Динамо"


Achievements

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Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...
champion (2002, 2004) with Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup winner (1996, 1997) with Lokomotiv Moscow *
Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football (soccer), football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Rambler Russian ...
winner (
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, 2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow *
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup () is a defunct annual regional association football tournament, recognized by FIFA. The tournament was initially established for football clubs of the former Soviet Union republics in 1993 (a year late ...
winner (2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow *
Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
winner (1999/2000, 2000/01) with Porto *
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira L ...
winner (2001) with Porto * Russian Goalkeeper of the Year (1994, 1995, 2002, 2003)


Career statistics


References


External links


Sergei Ovchinnikov profile at UEFA
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