Igor Aleksandrovich Soloshenko (; born 22 May 1979) is a Kazakh

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coach and a former defender.

Career

Born in

Karagandy Karaganda (, ; ), also known as Karagandy (, ; ; ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth most populous city in the country, with a population o ...

, Soloshenko started his career in

Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but fell of to t ...

in 1996, then played for

FC Zhenis FC Jenis () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 after being declared bankrupt. ...

, FC Shakhter for a second time, FC Ayat and

FC Tobol FC Tobol () is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh professional association football, football club based at the Kostanay Central Stadium, Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. In 20 ...

. He joined FC Shakhter for a third time in 2006. Soloshenko won the 2002

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with Zhenis.

International

Soloshenko captained the Kazakhstan youth national team at the

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and earned 11 caps for the senior

Kazakhstan national football team The Kazakhstan national football team (, , ) represents Kazakhstan in men's international association football, football and it is governed by the Kazakhstan Football Federation. They split from the Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Un ...

from 1998 to 2005.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 September 2007''

References

External links

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Profile at club website
1979 births Living people Kazakhstani men's footballers Men's association football forwards Kazakhstan men's international footballers FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Tobol players FC Jenis players FC Okzhetpes players FC Akzhayik players Kazakhstan Premier League players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent Footballers from Karaganda Kazakhstani football managers FC Shakhter Karagandy managers Kazakhstan Premier League managers {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub