Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko (russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Кириченко; born 17 January 1977) is an association football coach and a former player – a

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, he is a former Russian international. He is an assistant coach with

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. As of 10 March 2014, he is the 3rd all-time top scorer in the Russian Premier League (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 Torpedo Taganrog. In 1998, he joined Rostselmash, 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 CSKA Moscow in 2002. With the ''army men'' Kirichenko managed to become the league top scorer in 2002 (along with his teammate

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), won the Russian Premier League twice, and got the Russian Cup. In 2005, he left for FC Moscow. 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 the quickest ever goal in the

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– in the second minute against

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Managerial career

He was appointed the caretaker manager of

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

on 6 August 2016 following the resignation of

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. 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

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dy ...

, 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

:Source:

International

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Premier League:

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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:

References

External links

Club profile

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