Sergei Ratnikov (born 21 November 1959) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n professional

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manager and former player. He last managed Levadia in Estonian

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...

Personal

Two of Ratnikov's sons, Eduard Ratnikov and

Daniil Ratnikov Daniil Ratnikov (born 10 February 1988) is a former Estonian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Born in Pärnu, Ratnikov came through the youth ranks at TVMK Tallinn, reaching the first team at 16. Personal ...

, are footballers.

International career

Ratnikov played for the

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during the 1990s. He earned his first official cap on June 3,

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, when Estonia met Slovenia in a friendly.

Club career

He has played for clubs like

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian footb ...

FC Nikol Tallinn FC TVMK was an Estonian Football team, football club. TVMK won the Estonian Meistriliiga in 2005. They are also multiple winners of the Estonian Cup. History Founded in 1951, TVMK played in regional leagues until 1986, when the club eneterd the ...

, and in

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for

VIFK Vaasa Vasa IFK (VIFK) is a Finnish football club, located in Vaasa. It was founded in 1900. The club changed its name in 1988 after a merger with another club, BK-48, and was called BK-IFK during the late 1900s. The name was changed back to VIFK in ye ...

and

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 ...

Honours

Individual *

Manager of the Month: July 2013,

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References

1959 births Living people Footballers from Pärnu Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonian people of Russian descent Men's association football midfielders Estonian football managers JK Tallinna Kalev managers FC Flora players FC TVMK players Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland FF Jaro players JK Narva Trans managers Soviet men's footballers SK Tallinna Sport players {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub