Dmitri Sennikov

Dmitri Sennikov
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Aleksandrovich Sennikov
Date of birth	24 June 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Lokomotiv St Petersburg
1998	CSKA Moscow
1998	Shinnik Yaroslavl
1999	Rubin Kazan
2000–2010	Lokomotiv Moscow
Total
International career
2002–2005	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Sennikov (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Сенников; born 24 June 1976) is a former Russian international association football defender best known for his performances for Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent a total of 11 seasons.

Club career

Dmitri Sennikov was born in Leningrad (now

First Division team. After two years at the club, he accepted the offer of CSKA Moscow. However, Sennikov failed to become a first-team regular and was loaned to Shinnik Yaroslavl after half a season. In 1999, he transferred to another First Division club, Rubin Kazan

.

In 2000, Sennikov returned to Moscow, having accepted an offer from Lokomotiv, a team for which he went on to make more than 200 appearances in all competitions. On 21 December 2010, following the expiration of his last contract with the club, he announced his retirement as a player.

International career

Sennikov's first game for the

Euro 2004. He made his final appearance for the team on 12 October 2005, in a decisive 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification away match against Slovakia

, which resulted in a goalless draw and subsequent elimination of Russia from the competition.

Style of play

Sennikov could play any defensive position in any formation; a

full-back

on either flank.

At

Yuri Syomin, Sennikov usually played on the left of a back-three, despite being right-footed. He could also play on the right, depending on whom he was chosen to partner in defense for a particular game. Although not his primary position, he sometimes played as a full-back, both for the club and the national team.^[1]

Personal life

Sennikov has named the Premier League his favorite footballing competition and Liverpool his favorite team, which he supports since the 1990s.^[2]

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow

Russian Premier League: 2002, 2004
Russian Cup: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2006–07
Russian Super Cup: 2003, 2005
CIS Cup: 2005

Career statistics

Club	Season	Div	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Div	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals!
Lokomotiv SPb	1996	2nd	36	2	4	0	0	0	40	2
Lokomotiv SPb	1997	2nd	40	7	2	0	0	0	42	7
CSKA-2	1998	3rd	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
CSKA	1998	1st	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Shinnik	1998	1st	9	2	2	0	0	0	11	2
Rubin	1999	2nd	41	6	1	0	0	0	42	6
Lokomotiv-2 M	2000	3rd	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Lokomotiv M	2000	1st	13	2	3	0	6	0	22	2
Lokomotiv M	2001	1st	18	0	1	0	6	1	25	1
Lokomotiv M	2002	1st	24	1	2	0	8	0	34	1
Lokomotiv M	2003	1st	25	0	6	0	12	0	43	0
Lokomotiv M	2004	1st	26	0	1	0	4	0	31	0
Lokomotiv M	2005	1st	29	1	1	0	10	0	40	1
Lokomotiv M	2006	1st	14	0	4	0	1	0	19	0
Lokomotiv M	2007	1st	10	0	0	0	5	0	15	0
Lokomotiv M	2008	1st	22	1	3	0	0	0	25	1
Lokomotiv M	2009	1st	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Lokomotiv M	2010	1st	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

References

External links

Official website (in Russian)
Club profile
Profile at RussiaTeam Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
Russia – Record International Players

[1] "Футбол. Дмитрий Сенников: Семин кричал: "Что ты с ним возишься? Пожестче давай!"". 28 December 2016.

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEEQXLWWBg 10:26

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