Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich - Soviet and Belarusian football player, whose peak career occurred in the 80-90s. He played not only in Russia, but also in Italy, Sweden and Japan.
The pupil of Belarusian football
Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich, whose biography begins in Minsk, was born on November 7, 1961. As a boy, his father gave it to the children's and youth sports school No. 5, from which many famous Belarusian football players graduated.
The first victories came to Sergey in his student years. As part of the Petrel team, he won the Belarus Cup and took third place in the Republican Championship. The first professional team, for which Sergey Evgenievich Aleinikov began to play, was the flagship of Belarusian football - Minsk Dynamo. Already in 1982, at the age of 21, he constantly played in the first team.
Golden season
The season of the 82nd year, Minsk residents began successfully. Under the guidance of coach
Eduard Malofeev, they played bright and attacking football both on their own and on a foreign field. After 10 rounds, Dynamo single-handedly led the standings, and by the beginning of the second round, it was out of touch with its closest pursuers - Kiev and Tbilisi Dynamo and Moscow Spartak.
As a result, from this quartet to the last, only Kievans fought for Minsk with the Minsk team. Before the last round, they were 1 point behind. In the final match, the Ukrainian team defeated Yerevan “Ararat” - 3: 2.
Minskers got a serious rival - the capital “Spartak”. The game turned out to be extremely spectacular and productive, the scales tilted one way, then the other, but in the end the victory went to the Belarusians - 4: 3. For the first time in their history, they won the USSR Championship. Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich played a key role that season, gaining from year to year, until he became the team captain.
As part of Minsk, Dynamo played until 1989, having also won a bronze medal in the 1983 season. Total spent 220 matches, in which he scored 31 goals.
Aleinikov in the team
In those same years Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich made his debut in the USSR national team. It happened on March 7, 1983 in a friendly match with Dynamo Kyiv. The national team then won 2: 1. Yuri Morozov invited him to the team, but soon on this post he was replaced by the mentor of the Dynamo Minsk Eduard Malofeev.
Aleinikov held his first official match in May of that year. It was a qualifying game for the Olympics with the Greeks. The USSR team won, Aleinikov scored the first goal in the national team and the first yellow card.
In 1985 Aleinikov as a member of the national team won the Golden Cup international tournament in memory of Jawaharlal Nehru. In the final in Delhi, in the presence of 55 thousand spectators, the USSR defeated the Yugoslav national team 2: 1. Aleinikov in this match opened the scoring in the 12th minute.
At the world championship
In 1986 Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich, whose photo at that time decorated the front pages of many newspapers, went to the World Cup in Mexico. The USSR national team in the rivals in the group went to the French, Hungarians and Canadians.
In the first match, the Hungarian team could not even indicate the fight against Soviet football. In the 2nd minute, Pavel Yakovenko opened the score, and in the 4th minute Aleinikov doubled it. The result - a defeat of 6-0, while the USSR team has not yet realized a penalty in the 78th minute.
The second match turned out to be more stubborn. The first half with the French goals did not please, and in the debut of the second account opened Vasily Rat. True, the French were able to recoup, the result - 1: 1.
In the last match of the group stage, our players played with the Canadians, who lost even to the Hungarians. The USSR confidently defeated 2-0.
Having left the group without any problems, the national team finished its way already at the stage of 1/8 final. The national team of Belgium became an obstacle. Most of the time ended with a score of 2: 2. In an extra half hour, Igor Belanov scored a hat-trick, but the Belgians scored twice. The result is 3: 4.
In total, Aleinikov spent 73 matches for the USSR national team, scoring 6 goals. In 1992, marked 4 matches for the CIS team. When the Soviet Union finally collapsed, many players faced the serious question of which team to choose. Asked them and Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich. The Russian team was more attractive in terms of results, but in the end he chose the national team of Belarus. True, he played for her only 4 matches.
Career abroad
In 1989, Aleinikov went to Europe and immediately to the club - one of the grandees of the Italian championship - Turin Juventus. In the "old signore" many remembered Aleinikov Sergey Evgenievich. Although the football player spent one season, he managed to win the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup.
Aleinikov played the decisive match of the European Cup tournament in the first team. In rivals, “Juventus” went “Fiorentina”. In the debut of the match, the teams exchanged goals, and in the second half Turintsev finished off - 3: 1.
Unfortunately, after the resignation of Dino Dzoff Aleinikov had to leave for the more modest Lecce. In Italy, he spent two more years, after which he went to the exotic Japanese championship, to the Osaka Gamba team. Then he returned to his previous high level, spent 85 matches in 3 seasons, scoring 14 goals.
His career in Asia ended with an unpleasant story. At one of the debriefing, he came into conflict with a coach from Croatia, who transferred the midfielder to the reserve.
In Europe, he first played for the Swedish Oddevold, then for the lower league teams of the Italian championship Corigliano and Anagni Fontana. He completed his sports career in 1998.
Coaching
In the coaching field, Aleinikov first works with Italian amateur clubs, after moving to Russia. In 2003, he heads Torpedo-Metallurg, later renamed FC Moscow, but remains at the helm for only six months.
In 2003, he became the helm of the Vidnoe team in its debut season in the professional league. The team starts sensibly, wins 15 matches out of 36 and finishes in 6th place in the West zone of the Second Division. However, the very next year the club will have financial difficulties, due to financial problems the team will lose 12 points, and according to the results of the championship, it will lose their professional status.
Having gained experience in Russia, Aleinikov returns to Italy. He works at the football academies of Lecce and Juventus. The last place of work was the Lithuanian Dainava team. When the team played in the Premier League, it was not possible to keep a residence permit. Having won only 2 matches out of 36, “Dainava” took last place in the championship, setting also an anti-record - 143 goals conceded.