Sergei Semak
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Sergei Bogdanovich Semak (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 27 February 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Early life
Semak was born in the village of Sychanske, Voroshilovgrad Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior. When he was a child his teachers would argue as to whether he would become a mathematician or a football player.[1]
He left Ukraine shortly before the USSR collapsed, but his parents stayed there. He would become a Russian naturalized citizen.[2][3][4]
His older brother Andrei Semak and younger brother Nikolai Semak were also professional footballers.
Club career
Semak started training football at the Luhansk football school.Template:Fact In 1992, he signed in Presnya Moscow who played in the Russian Top Division. After 19 matches scoring 4 goals he was sold to Karelia Petrozavodsk, but in 1993 returned to Presnya Moscow, which had changed its name to Asmaral Moscow.Template:Fact
In 1994, Semak was noted and signed by CSKA Moscow. He became the club's captain and leader. With the club he won the Russian Premier League in 2003, the Russian Cup in 2002 and 2005. He left the club after it finished third in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2004–05 and did not move on to the knockout stage. This was despite his hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain in the final group game.[5]
In 2005, Semak then moved to the team he scored the hat-trick against, Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to settle, scoring just one goal. After just one season he returned to Russia.
In 2006, Semak signed for Moscow, where he stayed until 2008 when he moved to Rubin Kazan. In Rubin Semak was moved from the positions of striker and attacking midfielder to the position of a defensive midfielder.Template:Fact At Rubin Kazan he became the captain and leader of the team, and led it to its first two championship titles in 2008 and 2009.Template:Fact
In August 2010, he transferred to Zenit Saint Petersburg.[6] In his three seasons with Zenit, he won the Russian Premier League twice and Russian Super Cup once. He scored his last goal in February 2013 in a Europa League victory over Liverpool.[7]
International career
Semak made his international debut for the Russia national team in 1997 and took part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.Template:Fact
Having lost his place in the national team with the arrival of Guus Hiddink in 2006, Semak missed out on Russia's Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, but was recalled to the national team, just prior to the Euro 2008 finals. Semak captained the Russia national team in their first Euro 2008 warm-up friendly against Kazakhstan, and during the rest of the campaign.Template:Fact Semak had a good performance in the crucial match against Greece and provided an assist for the only goal Russia scored with a skilled bicycle kick pass from a wide angle. Another notable performance in Euro 2008 came in the quarter-finals during which he was playing his 50th game for his country, when his precise left-wing cross was volleyed in by Roman Pavlyuchenko against the Netherlands.Template:Fact
Managerial career
After his retirement, Semak was named as assistant coach of Zenit Saint Petersburg. He was appointed interim coach of the club after the sacking of Luciano Spalletti on 10 March 2014.[8] He held the position until 18 March when André Villas-Boas was appointed as the team manager.[2][3][4] On 30 December 2016, he was appointed a manager of the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[9] On 29 May 2018, he returned to Zenit St. Petersburg, signing a two-year contract with one-year extension option.[10] In his first year, he won the 2018–19 Russian Premier League. He led Zenit to the title again in the 2019–20 Russian Premier League.[11] On 25 July 2020, he sealed the double for the club by winning the 2019–20 Russian Cup.[12] On 2 May 2021, Zenit secured their third title in a row in a 6-1 victory over second-place FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[13][14] On 30 April 2022, Zenit secured their fourth title in a row.[15] On 7 May 2023, Zenit secured their fifth title in a row.[16]
On 25 May 2024, Zenit won their sixth consecutive title.[17] After the deciding game, Zenit extended their contract with Semak until June 2030.[18] On 2 June 2024, Zenit secured another double by winning the 2023–24 Russian Cup.[19]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Presnya Moscow | 1992 | Russian Second League | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 4 | ||
| Karelia Petrozavodsk | 1992 | Russian Second League | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Asmaral Moscow | 1993 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | Russian First League | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Asmaral-d Moscow | 1993 | Russian Second League | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 24 | 6 | ||
| 1994 | Russian Third League | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | 1994 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | |
| 1995 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| 1996 | Russian Premier League | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4Template:Efn | 0 | – | 36 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | Russian Premier League | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 7 | |||
| 1998 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 9 | |||
| 1999 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | – | 35 | 13 | ||
| 2000 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | – | 37 | 9 | ||
| 2001 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2002 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | – | 29 | 8 | ||
| 2003 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | |
| 2004 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10Template:Efn | 4 | 1Template:Efn | 1 | 45 | 10 | |
| Total | 282 | 68 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 329 | 82 | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2004–05 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Moscow | 2006 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | 4Template:Efn | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| 2007 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 5 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 7 | |||
| Total | 57 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 14 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 0 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
| 2010 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2Template:Efn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 61 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2010 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 2 | – | 5Template:Efn | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7Template:Efn | 2 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6Template:Efn | 1 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
| Total | 48 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 474 | 102 | 46 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 577 | 123 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia[20] | 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Semak goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 June 2001 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Luxembourg | flag alias = Flag of Luxembourg.svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 16 October 2002 | Central Stadium, Volgograd, Russia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Albania | flag alias = Flag of Albania.svg | flag alias-1914 = Flag of Albania (1914–1920).svg | flag alias-1914a= Regentaschapalbanievlag.gif | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Albania (1920–1926).svg | flag alias-1926 = Flag of Albania (1926–1928).svg | flag alias-1928 = Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg | flag alias-1939 = Flag of Albania (1939–1943).svg | flag alias-1943 = Flag of Albania (1943–1944).svg | flag alias-1944 = Flag of Albania 1944.svg | flag alias-1946 = Flag of Albania (1946–1992).svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of Albania (1992–2002).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Albania.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Albania.svg | link alias-naval = Albanian Naval Force | link alias-army = Albanian Land Force | flag alias-army=Albanian Land Forces insignia.svg | border-army= | flag alias-air force=Albanian Air Forces insignia.svg | link alias-air force=Albanian Air Force | border-air force= | flag alias-navy=Albanian Naval Forces insignia.svg | link alias-navy=Albanian Naval Force | border-navy= | link alias-military = Albanian Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 20 August 2003 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Israel | flag alias = Flag of Israel.svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of Israel (1948).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Israel.svg | flag alias-police = Flag of Israel Police V2.svg | flag alias-HFC = Flag of IDF Home Front Command.svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm) Gray.svg | link alias-army = Israeli Ground Forces | flag alias-tsahal = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg | flag alias-marines = Flag givati.svg | link alias-marines = Givati Brigade | flag alias-military = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg | link alias-military = Israel Defense Forces | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg | link alias-naval = Israeli Navy | flag alias-air force = Israel Air Force Flag.svg | link alias-air force = Israeli Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg | link alias-navy = Israeli Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly |
Managerial statistics
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| Zenit St. Petersburg | 10 March 2014 | 19 March 2014 | [8] | ||||||||
| Ufa | 1 January 2017 | 29 May 2018 | — | ||||||||
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 May 2018 | present | — | ||||||||
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Honours
Player
CSKA Moscow
Paris Saint-Germain
Rubin Kazan
Zenit
Russia
- UEFA European Championship: 2008 bronze medalist
Individual
- In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (8): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009
- Member of Grigory Fedotov club
Manager
Zenit
- Russian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20,[11] 2020–21, 2021–22,[15] 2022–23,[16] 2023–24[17]
- Russian Cup: 2019–20,[12] 2023–24[19]
- Russian Super Cup: 2020,[21] 2021,[22] 2022, 2023,[23] 2024[24]
Individual
- Russian Premier League Coach of the Season: 2020–21,[25] 2021–22[26]
- Russian Premier League Coach of the Month: August 2022,[27] July/August 2024.[27]
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