Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk (russian: Александр Генрихович Бородюк; born 30 November 1962) is a Russian

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and former international player for

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(playing one match in

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being ...

) and

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(appearing twice in the 1994 edition).

Playing career

Born in

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

, Borodyuk attended the

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

football school and spent one season with their senior team. He was conscripted to play for

Dynamo Vologda FC Dynamo Vologda (russian: ФК «Динамо» Вологда) is a Russian football club from Vologda, founded on March 3, 1926 and competing professionally since 1966. They currently play in the Second League. History It was called FC Loko ...

, where he began playing football in the Soviet Second League, and transferred to

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Fo ...

a year later. When the conscription term ended, Borodyuk stayed in Moscow and later achieved the rank of junior lieutenant. With Dynamo he won the

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in 1984 and became the top scorer of the Soviet League in 1986 and 1988.

Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...

, Igor Dobrovolsky and

Igor Kolyvanov Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Колыванов; born 6 March 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. During his playing career, he play ...

were among his teammates. In 1988, Borodyuk became Olympic champion. After

Anatoly Byshovets Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Бышовец, uk, Анато́лій Фе́дорович Бишове́ць; born 23 April 1946) is a Soviet and Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and for ...

became the manager of Dynamo, Borodyuk lost his place in the starting line-up and moved to Germany to play for

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

, achieving promotion to the

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and ranking among the club league's topscorers from 1989 to 1993. In January 1994, however, he moved to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

and finished third in the league in 1994–95, although he appeared in only seven league contests. In October 1995, Borodyuk changed sides again, joining

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. He scored the 30,000th goal in the Bundesliga. Borodyuk returned to Russia at the age of 34 and was invited to

FC 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 ...

Yuri Semin 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 ...

. With Lokomotiv he reached the semifinal of the

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and won the Russian Cup in 1997. After stints with Torpedo-ZIL Moscow and

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

, he retired aged 38, as a member of the

Grigory Fedotov club Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Soviet ...

Managerial career

As a manager, Borodyuk began working as assistant coach, first with

Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Тарханов; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 Novemb ...

in Krylia Sovetov, then with

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in the Russia national team. He was

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of the Russia national team from 6 December 2005 to June 2006, also serving as manager of Russia U21 team from December 2005 to February 2007. In February 2007 he became

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's assistant, as

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took the reins of the U-21s. When Hiddink was replaced by

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in 2010, Borodyuk remained the assistant with the team. On 28 December 2015, Borodyuk was appointed as manager of

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, they became Urozhay in ...

, resigning on 5 April 2016 after a poor start to the season. In February 2017, Borodyuk became the manager of Kazakhstan national team, signing a three-year contract. On 11 August 2020, he was hired by Austrian Football Second League club

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. He was released from his contract on 23 September 2020 after just two games were played in the league season. On 23 March 2021, he returned to Torpedo Moscow, now in the second-tier

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. During his previous time in Torpedo, he led them to promotion to the

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. Under his management, Torpedo won the

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to secure the return to the Premier League on 21 May 2022. Torpedo only gained 1 point in their first 5 games after the return to the Premier League, and on 18 August 2022, Borodyuk left Torpedo by mutual consent.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

;Soviet Union *

Olympic Gold medal Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece be ...

: 1988 ;Dynamo Moscow *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

;Schalke 04 *

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup :

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

As a coach

;Kaïrat Almaty * Kazakhstan Super Cup :

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

;Torpedo Moscow *

: 2021-22

References

External links

Player profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borodyuk, Aleksandr 1962 births Living people Russian people of Ukrainian descent Footballers from Voronezh Soviet footballers Russian footballers Soviet Union international footballers Russia international footballers FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Schalke 04 players SC Freiburg players Hannover 96 players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Russian football managers Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Russia national football team managers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Soviet expatriate footballers Russian expatriate footballers Dual internationalists (football) Olympic medalists in football FC Torpedo Moscow managers Honoured Coaches of Russia FC Kairat managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders Association football forwards Kazakhstan national football team managers FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Dynamo Vologda players SV Horn managers Expatriate football managers in Austria