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who played as a winger.

Club career

Saenko was born in

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. In August 2008, Saenko moved to

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due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after

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's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011.

International career

After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the

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, Saenko received first senior call up against

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on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against

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on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution. He was called up to Russia's

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squad and was a second-half substitute in both their second match against

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in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the

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and the semi-final against

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in Vienna. He won his 13th and final cap in October 2008.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

1. FC Nürnberg * DFB-Pokal: 2006–07 Russia *

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bronze medalist:

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Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Voronezh Association football midfielders FC Spartak Moscow players FC Fakel Voronezh players 1. FC Nürnberg players Expatriate footballers in Germany Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Association football forwards Karlsruher SC players Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Russian footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players Russian Premier League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub