Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko (; born 17 January 1977) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the manager of Tekstilshchik Ivanovo. As of 10 March 2014, he is the 3rd all-time top scorer in the

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(129 goals), and the 5th player by league appearances (377).

Club career

Kirichenko started his career playing for small clubs such as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody, Iskra Novoaleksandrovsk and

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. In 1998, he joined

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, following impressive performance for Taganrog club during the previous year. He became one of the most promising Russian strikers during the next years, and joined

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in 2002. With the ''army men'' Kirichenko managed to become the league top scorer in 2002 (along with his teammate Rolan Gusev), won the

twice, and got the Russian Cup. In 2005, he left for

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. Playing for the new team, he repeated his success, becoming the top scorer again. He played for

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from 2007 to 2010. In 2008 in the first match of his team in the

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, in the victory 7–0, he scored 4 goals. He did not play in the second match of that round. At the next round he scored a goal at the first match in a 1–0 victory against 2007 German champions

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. With 5 goals at total he became the top scorer of the

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. In 2011, after Saturn were dissolved due to financial problems, Kirichenko returned to

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, the club where he had made a name for himself back in the 1990s.

International career

He played for his country at

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, scoring in the second minute against

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as Russia defeated the eventual European champions 2–1 in a consolation match as Russia were already eliminated. The goal stood as the fastest goal ever in a European Championship until Nedim Bajrami of

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scored against

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in 23 seconds at

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Managerial career

He was appointed the caretaker manager of

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on 6 August 2016 following the resignation of Kurban Berdyev. His caretaking spell ended on 9 September 2016. He was appointed the caretaker manager of

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on 7 November 2018. Ufa won their first game under his management against

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, but in the next 6 games the club only achieved 2 draws and 4 losses, and on 27 March 2019 Kirichenko left Ufa by mutual consent.

Career statistics

Club

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International

Honours

CSKA Moscow *

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* Russian Cup: 2001–02 *

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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 60 ...

; runner-up:

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: 2004–05

References

External links

Club profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirichenko, Dmitri 1977 births Living people People from Novoalexandrovsk Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Rostov players PFC CSKA Moscow players UEFA Euro 2004 players FC Moscow players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players Russian Premier League players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Taganrog players Russian football managers FC Rostov managers Russian Premier League managers FC Ufa managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Stavropol Krai Russian people of Ukrainian descent