Igor Vladimirovich Korneev (russian: Игорь Владимирович Корнеев; born 4 September 1967) is a Russian professional
football
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official and a former player who played as a
midfielder, notably in
La Liga for
RCD Espanyol and
FC Barcelona.
Club career
He was part of the
Feyenoord squad that won the
2001–02 UEFA Cup
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Liverpool could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2001–02 U ...
, as an unused substitute in the
final. He retired after the 2002–03 season with
NAC Breda
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.
International career
Korneev earned 14 caps for the
Russia national team, scoring 3 goals. He was the part of Russia's
1994 World Cup
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squad.
Career statistics
In 1984–85 played for
FC Spartak Moscow-d (reserves squad) at the Top League Youth Championship of the USSR — 31 matches, 4 goals. Also at the Top League Youth Championship in 1987 played for
FC CSKA-2 Moscow
Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...
-d (reserves squad) — 10 matches, 7 goals. Top League Youth Championship does not apply to the
football league system
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.
Honours
Feyenoord
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Eredivisie:
1998–99
*
UEFA Cup:
2001-02
Individual
*
Footballer of the Year in Russia: 1991
References
1967 births
Living people
Footballers from Moscow
Men's association football midfielders
Soviet men's footballers
Russian men's footballers
Russian football managers
FC Spartak Moscow players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
RCD Espanyol footballers
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
FC Barcelona players
SC Heerenveen players
Feyenoord players
NAC Breda players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Eredivisie players
Soviet Union men's international footballers
Russia men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1992 players
1994 FIFA World Cup players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Russian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Dual men's international footballers
Russian expatriate football managers
FC Presnya Moscow players
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