Aleksey Shpilevsky (; ; born 17 February 1988) is a Belarusian

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who is in charge of

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club Pari Nizhny Novgorod.

Youth career

Shpilevsky is the son of Belarusian

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Nikolay Shpilevsky. He played as a

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for youth teams of

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and represented

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at 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. In 2006, he had to end his playing career due to a serious back injury.

Coaching career

After retirement, Shpilevsky started working as a coach for young players in Germany. From 2013 until 2018 he worked as a coach in the

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youth system. In June 2018, Shpilevsky joined Belarusian side

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as a head coach, and left the club in August, after misunderstandings with the club's management. In November 2018, he was presented as the new head coach of

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, making him the youngest head coach ever in Kazakhstan. On 7 June 2021, Shpilevsky left Kairat to become the new head coach of

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. He was sacked after seven matchdays, after recording three points, on 19 September 2021. In February 2022, Shpilevsky joined Cypriot club

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as their new head coach. He led them to a 4th-place finish in the league, tied for the club's highest ever placement. In the following campaign, he led them to the first league championship in the club's history. On 16 June 2025, Shpilevsky signed a three-year contract with Pari Nizhny Novgorod of the

Managerial statistics

Honours

Kairat *

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Aris Limassol *

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: 2023

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* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Minsk Belarusian men's footballers VfB Stuttgart II players Men's association football defenders Belarusian football managers FC Dynamo Brest managers FC Kairat managers FC Erzgebirge Aue managers Aris Limassol FC managers FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod managers Kazakhstan Premier League managers 2. Bundesliga managers Cypriot First Division managers Russian Premier League managers Belarusian expatriate football managers Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate football managers in Germany Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Russia {{Belarus-footy-defender-stub