Sergei Eremenko (; born 6 January 1999) is a Finnish

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player who plays for

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club Jaro.

Club career

Eremenko made his professional debut in the

for

FF Jaro Fotbollsföreningen Jaro (''Jakobstads Rostfria''), commonly known simply as Jaro, is a Finnish professional football club based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in Veikkausliiga, the top tier in Finland. History Ja ...

on 6 July 2014 in a game against

Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matc ...

. In October 2016, Eremenko was noted by

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in the list of top 60 best young talents in world football, becoming the second Finnish player on the said list after Kaan Kairinen a year before. On 5 February 2018, he transferred to FK Spartaks Jūrmala, who loaned him to

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until the end of 2018. On 31 December 2018, his loan term expired and he was removed by Spartak from their Premier League registration list without playing any games for the main squad. On 25 January 2019, he joined Finnish club SJK Seinäjoki on loan. On 2 February 2022, Eremenko signed a contract with

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

for the 2022 season. On 9 March 2023, Eremenko returned to

on a one-year deal.

International

Eremenko holds a Finnish passport and represented Finland in juniors until March 2018, when the

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announced that Eremenko had informed them of his refusal to represent Finland internationally anymore in hopes of eventually representing

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Personal life

Eremenko's older brothers

Roman Eremenko Roman Alekseyevich Eremenko (; born 19 March 1987) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Veikkausliiga club IF Gnistan. Born in Russia, he represents Finland at international level. Eremenko ...

and Alexei Eremenko are Finnish international footballers, and his father Alexei Eremenko Sr. is a football manager and former footballer.

Career statistics

Sergei Eremenko stats
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Honours

Jaro *

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

runner-up:

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Individual *Ykkösliiga Midfielder of the Year: 2024

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* * 1999 births Footballers from Jakobstad Living people Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's youth international footballers Russian men's footballers Finnish people of Russian descent Veikkausliiga players Latvian Higher League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players FF Jaro players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players FC Orenburg players AC Oulu players HIFK Fotboll players Men's association football midfielders Finnish expatriate men's footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Ykkösliiga players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Basel players Swiss Promotion League players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Kolmonen players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub