Sergei Viktorovich Medvedev (; born 27 April 1973) is a former

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player.

Club career

He made his

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debut for

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on 13 March 1993 in a game against

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. In September 1998, he came to a friend's wedding in

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. On the eighth day of the festivities, two cars flew up to Medvedev and took him prisoner to Chechnya. He stayed in captivity for 335 days and was released on August 30, 1998, thanks to his friend and former teammate Sergei Grishin, who ask to the Minister of Internal Affairs

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References

1973 births Living people Russian men's footballers FC Presnya Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Luch Vladivostok players Men's association football defenders FC Karelia-Discovery players FC Narzan Kislovodsk players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1970s-stub