Sergei Gurenko

Sergei Gurenko
Syarhey Hurenka
	Gurenko in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	30 September 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Grodno, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1995	Neman Grodno
1995–1999	Lokomotiv Moscow
1999–2001	Roma
2000–2001	→ Zaragoza (loan)
2001–2002	Parma
2002–2003	Piacenza
2003–2008	Lokomotiv Moscow
2009	Dinamo Minsk
2014	Partizan Minsk
International career
1994–2006	Belarus
Managerial career
2009	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
2009–2010	Dinamo Minsk
2010–2012	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
2012–2013	Dinamo Minsk (sporting director)
2013	Krasnodar (assistant)
2014	Spartak Nalchik (assistant)
2014–2015	Amkar Perm (assistant)
2015	Standard Liège (assistant)
2016–2017	Serbia (assistant)
2017–2019	Dinamo Minsk
2019–2020	Dinamo Minsk
2021	Riteriai
2021	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2023	Ufa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergei Vitalyevich Gurenko (or Syarhey Hurenka; Belarusian: Сяргей Віталевіч Гурэнка, IPA: [sʲarˈɣʲɛj vʲiˈtalʲɛvʲid͡ʐ ɣuˈrɛnka]; Russian: Серге́й Вита́льевич Гуре́нко, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʊˈrʲenkə]; born 30 September 1972) is a Belarusian football coach and former player who was a regular in the Belarus national team for nearly 12 years.

Club career

In 1995, Gurenko was transferred to

A.S. Roma, which cost the club 10.58 billion Italian lire,^[1]

but couldn't establish himself well there, playing in seven games for his club.

In the 2000–01 season he played for Spanish

Parma AC, making 11 appearances that season.^{[citation needed}

]

In the summer of 2003, Gurenko returned to

right-back

.

On 8 December 2008, he moved back to Belarus to play for Dinamo Minsk^[2] and retired on 21 August 2009.

In 2014, he briefly joined Belarusian Second League club Partizan Minsk.^[3]^[4]^[5]

On 22 July 2006, Gurenko passed the milestone of 500 competitive games on the highest level, and became a member of the elite club of Sergei Aleinikov.^[6] In total, he has played in 612 matches for top league clubs.^[7]

International career

Gurenko debuted for the

WC qualifier against Moldova

on 3 September 2005.

He is the second most capped Belarusian player, with 80 caps.[8]

As part of the national team won 2002 LG Cup.^[9]

Coaching career

After release of Slavoljub Muslin by Dinamo Minsk on 27 July 2009, Gurenko was named new Assistant Coach in the team of new head coach Kirill Alshevskiy. On 21 August 2009, Dinamo Minsk's club officials promoted him to the head coaching position. He replaced Kirill Alshevski.^[10]

In 2013, he worked as Slavoljub Muslin's assistant at

Russian top division club FC Krasnodar

.

On 4 February 2014, Gurenko was appointed an assistant manager at PFC Spartak Nalchik, where he reunited with former Lokomotiv teammate Khasanbi Bidzhiyev, appointed earlier as a head coach.^[11]

On 17 June 2023, Gurenko was hired as manager of Ufa.^[12] He was dismissed by Ufa on 28 August 2023 after Ufa started the league season with 1 win in 7 games.^[13]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gurenko goal.

List of international goals scored by Sergei Gurenko
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 August 1997	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	Sweden	1–0	1–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	14 October 1998	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–1	2–3	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
3	29 March 2003	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	Moldova	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying