Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly (; born 13 September 1963) is a Russian association football coach and former player.

International career

Podpaly made his debut for

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on 16 August 1992 in a friendly against

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. That was the first game Russia played under its name after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Coaching career

On 1 July 2020, he was appointed caretaker manager of

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club

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. On 31 July 2020, he signed a contract to manage Arsenal for the 2020–21 season. He was dismissed by Arsenal on 2 November 2020.

Honours

bronze: 1994 * Russian Cup: 1995

References

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* 1963 births Footballers from Kyiv Living people Russian people of Ukrainian descent Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Russia men's international footballers FC Tyumen players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players FC Dynamo Moscow players PFC Dynamo Stavropol players FC Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players FC Gomel players Soviet Second League players Soviet First League players Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Israeli Premier League players Belarusian Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Russian football managers FC Gomel managers FC Torpedo Minsk managers FC Tyumen managers FK Ventspils managers FC Mordovia Saransk managers FC Khimik-Arsenal managers FC Arsenal Tula managers FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk managers Russian First League managers Latvian Higher League managers Russian Premier League managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Belarus Expatriate football managers in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1960s-stub