Sergey Sergeyevich Kramarenko (; 20 May 1946 – 25 March 2008) was a Soviet football player who played the majority of his career in Azerbaijan as a goalkeeper for

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. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1966 following Neftchi's third-place finish in the

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that year. He was born in

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. Kramarenko holds the Azerbaijani football record for the most games played in the Soviet Top League with 312 caps. The keeper was unofficially named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 1970. Following his playing career, which included stints for the Ukrainian side

FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959

and another Azerbaijani club FK Khazar Lenkoran, Kramarenko became football manager for Khazar Lenkoran and for another, smaller Azerbaijani club. He was named manager of Neftchi in 1993. He died in March 2008 in Moscow. He was the father of

Dmitry Kramarenko Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko (born 12 September 1974) is an Azerbaijani football coach and a former goalkeeper. He is a goalkeepers coach at CSKA Moscow. International career He made his debut for Azerbaijan national football team in 1992 at ...

, who played was a goalkeeper, most notable for Dinamo Moscow and the

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