Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov ( rus, Серге́й Ива́нович Овчи́нников, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐfˈtɕinʲːɪkəf; born 10 November 1970 in Moscow) or Boss is a manager and former association football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring 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 intercepting o ...

who played for the Russian national team. Concerning his club career, he is most famous for being a part of

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 ...

squad for more than 10 years. Ovchinnikov was also employed as the head coach of

FC Dynamo Bryansk FC Dynamo-Bryansk is a Russian football club based in Bryansk. The team colours are (Home) all blue. (Away) all white with blue shorts. History The club was founded in 1931 by GPU officer Filaret Adamovich. The team initially consisted of play ...

in the Russian First Division.

Playing career

Being a

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

pupil, Sergei Ovchinnikov started his senior career at Dynamo Sukhumi but after a year he joined

. In 1992, he asserted himself in

Yuri Syomin Yury Pavlovich Syomin (russian: Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club ...

's first choice squad and remained the main goalkeeper until his move to Benfica in 1997. In 2002, having played for Benfica, Alverca and

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Ovchinnikov came back to Russia to play for Lokomotiv. He became the winner

Cyprus International Football Tournament The Cyprus International Football Tournament was an annual winter association football friendly competition for national teams that takes place in Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of C ...

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 Igor Nikolayevich Zakharov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Захаров; born 8 June 1966) is a Russian former professional football referee and player. Club career As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second L ...

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

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...

. Next, he became the new manager of

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the R ...

in the

2009 Russian Premier League 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 bet ...

season but was sacked on 9 August, after a 0–2 defeat at home, against Saturn. On 7 May 2010, Ovchinnikov was named the new coach of

.Сергей Овчинников – главный тренер брянского "Динамо"

Achievements

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 ...

champion (2002, 2004) * Russian Cup winner (1996, 1997) *

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 ( 2003, 2005) *

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

winner (2005) *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of 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 Placard since the 2015–16 sea ...

winner (1999/2000, 2000/01) *

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese football match played since 1979 between the winners of the Portuguese League (Primeira Liga) and Portuguese ...

winner (2001) * Russian Goalkeeper of the Year (1994, 1995, 2002, 2003)

Career statistics

References

External links

Sergei Ovchinnikov profile at UEFA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ovchinnikov, Sergei 1970 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Soviet footballers Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russian football managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Russian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Russia international footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Dinamo Sukhumi players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players S.L. Benfica footballers FC Porto players F.C. Alverca players UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA Euro 2004 players Primeira Liga players Russian Premier League players FC Kuban Krasnodar managers Russian Premier League managers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Association football goalkeeping coaches