Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer, born 1970)

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (Template:Lang-rus; born 10 November 1970) is a former Russian football goalkeeper. Nicknamed "The Boss" for his commanding presence inside the box, he most notably played for Lokomotiv Moscow, Benfica, Porto and the Russian national team.

Playing career

A Dynamo Moscow academy graduate, Ovchinnikov started his senior career at Dynamo Sukhumi but left for joined Lokomotiv Moscow after a year. 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 Porto, Ovchinnikov came back to Lokomotiv.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The goalkeeper played two matches for Russia in Euro 2004 but was sent off in the match against Portugal 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 Dynamo Kyiv.

Next, he became the new manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the 2009 Russian Premier League season but was sacked on 9 August, after a 0–2 defeat at home, against Saturn.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 7 May 2010, Ovchinnikov was named the new coach of Dynamo Bryansk.<ref>Сергей Овчинников – главный тренер брянского "Динамо" Template:In lang</ref>

Achievements

• Russian Premier League champion (2002, 2004) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Russian Cup winner (1996, 1997) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Russian Super Cup winner (2003, 2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup winner (2005) with Lokomotiv Moscow
• Taça de Portugal winner (1999/2000, 2000/01) with Porto
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira winner (2001) with Porto
• Russian Goalkeeper of the Year (1994, 1995, 2002, 2003)

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total<ref>Template:FootballFacts.ru</ref>
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo-2 Moscow	1988	Soviet Second League	34	0	–		–		–		34	0
	1989	Soviet Second League	37	0	–		–		–		37	0
	Total		71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0
Dynamo Sukhumi	1990	Soviet First League	33	0	0	0	–		–		33	0
Lokomotiv Moscow	1991	Soviet Top League	18	0	2	0	–		–		20	0
	1992	Russian Premier League	24	0	5	0	–		–		29	0
	1993	Russian Premier League	33	0	2	0	2Template:Efn	0	–		37	0
	1994	Russian Premier League	28	0	2	0	–		–		30	0
	1995	Russian Premier League	27	0	3	0	2Template:Efn	0	–		32	0
	1996	Russian Premier League	33	0	3	0	4Template:Efn	0	–		40	0
	1997	Russian Premier League	17	0	4	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		180	0	21	0	8	0	0	0	209	0
Lokomotiv-d Moscow	1997	Russian Third League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Benfica	1997–98	Primeira Liga	6	0	0	0	1Template:Efn	0	–		7	0
	1998–99	Primeira Liga	14	0	0	0	2Template:Efn	0	–		16	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	0
Alverca	1999–2000	Primeira Liga	27	0	0	0	–		–		27	0
Porto	2000–01	Primeira Liga	33	0	0	0	11Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	46	0
	2001–02	Primeira Liga	9	0	0	0	8Template:Efn	0	1Template:Efn	0	18	0
	Total		42	0	0	0	19	0	3	0	64	0
Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)	2002	Russian Premier League	12	0	–		–		–		12	0
Lokomotiv Moscow	2002	Russian Premier League	19	0	0	0	10Template:Efn	0	–		29	0
	2003	Russian Premier League	25	0	0	0	12Template:Efn	0	1Template:Efn	0	38	0
	2004	Russian Premier League	30	0	5	0	2Template:Efn	0	–		37	0
	2005	Russian Premier League	29	0	1	0	9Template:Efn	0	1Template:Efn	0	40	0
	Total		103	0	6	0	33	0	2	0	144	0
Dynamo Moscow	2006	Russian Premier League	13	0	5	0	–		–		18	0
Career total			502	0	32	0	63	0	5	0	602	0

External links

• Sergei Ovchinnikov profile at UEFATemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore