Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich ( rus, link=no, Сергей Николаевич Игнашевич, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɪɡnɐˈʂɛvʲɪtɕ; born 14 July 1979) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player who played as

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. He is the manager of

Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First League, the second tier of the Russian football pyramid. History The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kalin ...

. He began his career at Torpedo Moscow, going up through the club's academy before briefly moving to twin club Spartak Moscow's academy and then starting his professional career with Spartak Orekhovo. He played for

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 ...

and

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in his career, and has won

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titles for both clubs, as well as the

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with CSKA. Ignashevich is often considered one of the highest skilled defenders in the

while playing alongside fellow Russian international defenders and twin brothers Aleksei and Vasili Berezutskiy. He made his international debut for Russia in 2002, and was selected in their squads for two European Championships and two

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s, helping them to the semi-finals of

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, earning his 100th cap at the

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, and as part of the host team reached the quarter-finals of the

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. On 8 September 2015, he made his 110th international appearance and became the most capped player in Russia's team history, overtaking

Viktor Onopko Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (russian: link=no, Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. He is an assistant coach with FC Rostov and the Russia n ...

. On 17 November 2015, he made his 114th appearance, making him the most capped Russian player for any national team (again, overtaking Onopko who played 4 additional games for CIS). On 2 April 2017, he played his 457th game in the

, setting a new record for most games played in the competition and overtaking the previous record holder Sergei Semak. He held the record for most games played in the Russian first tier with 489, until he was overtaken by his former teammate

Igor Akinfeev Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev ( rus, Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев, Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev, p=ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional footballer who pla ...

on 21 August 2021.

Club career

After short spells with Spartak Orekhovo and Krylia Sovetov, Ignashevich joined

in 2001. In his first season with the capital club, the defender was part of the team which won the Russian Cup. A year later, Lokomotiv won the Russian league title. In 2004, Ignashevich left Lokomotiv for city rivals CSKA. In his twelve years with the club, Ignashevich has won the

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and

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league titles, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2013 Russian Cups, and the

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. Both Ignashevich and Aleksei Berezutskiy were provisionally suspended after both players' A samples revealed the presence of a prohibited substance following a random doping test after CSKA's

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match at

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on 3 November 2009. It was later revealed that they had taken a cold medicine which had not been reported, and both players were suspended for one game, which was applied retroactively. Following retirement after the 2018 World Cup, Ignashevich chose to remain with CSKA as a coach, specifically working within the youth set up at the club.

International career

Ignashevich made his debut for the

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against

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on 21 August 2002. He started all ten of the team's

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matches, scoring three times, but missed the tournament finals in Portugal due to injury. He later appeared for Russia at the

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and

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s, helping the team to the semi-finals in the former. On 2 June 2014, Ignashevich was included in Russia's

squad. On 16 June, he made his

debut in the team's first group match against

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. He was then named in the starting line-up for the second match against

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at the Maracanã on 22 June. He became only the second Russian, after

, to earn his 100th cap, in the final group game against

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on 26 June in

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. Russia drew 1–1 and their opponents advanced at their expense. Ignashevich came out of international retirement prior to the

as he was called up on 14 May 2018 to replace injured

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. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. He was one of only four players born in the 1970s to feature in the tournament, with the others being

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(Australia), Rafael Márquez (Mexico) and Essam El Hadary (Egypt). Against Spain in the Round of Sixteen, he scored an own-goal while tangling with

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during a corner set-piece, but Russia would equalize thanks to a penalty, and in the shoot-out Ignashevich converted his spot kick to help Russia advance. Following Russia's elimination in the

quarterfinal against

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after extra time ended deadlocked 2–2, where he successfully converted a shoot-out kick, Ignashevich announced his retirement from all forms of football.

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, Ignashevich was appointed as administrator for the Under-21 squad of

. On 4 June 2019, he became the manager of Torpedo Moscow, a few days after the club was promoted to the Football National League. On 22 March 2021, he left Torpedo by mutual consent. On 2 October 2021, he was appointed a manager of the Football National League club FC Baltika.

Personal life

Ignashevich is married and has three children. He is of Chuvash and Belarusian origin.

Career statistics

Club

¹Includes

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and

²Includes

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and

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International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.''

Managerial statistics

''As of 25 November 2022''

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow *

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* Russian Cup: 2001 *

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CSKA Moscow *

, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 * Russian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09,

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, 2012–13 *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

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: 2004–05

International

;Russia *

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bronze medalist

References

External links

Official websiteProfile at CSKA Moscow website
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International

International goals

Managerial statistics

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International

See also

References

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