Sergey Nikolayevich Ponomarev (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Пономарёв; born 6 December 1956) is a Russian football coach and a former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergey Nikolayevich Ponomarev | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1956 | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh Chekhov | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | FC Torpedo Podolsk | ||
| 1977–1980 | Oka Stupino (amateur) | ||
| 1980 | FC Dynamo Kashira | ||
| 1981–1992 | Torpedo Ryazan | 390 | (31) |
| 1993 | Obninsk | 42 | (2) |
| 1994 | Zob Ahan | ||
| 1995 | Oka Kolomna | 34 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Spartak Ryazan | 35 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spartak Rybnoye | 4 | (0) |
| 1999 | FC Mikhaylov | ||
| 1999 | FC Transenergo Ryazan | ||
| 2005 | FC Sasovo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995 | Oka Kolomna (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Ryazan | ||
| 2011–2012 | Zvezda Ryazan (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
He played in the third-tier Soviet Second League and lower levels during the existence of the Soviet Union, and made his second-tier debut when the Soviet Union dissolved and the Russian football pyramid was created in 1992, in the Russian Football National League.
Ponomarev was the first foreign professional footballer to play in the Iranian Football League (Azadegan League) after the Iranian Revolution. In 1994, he was invited to Isfahan, Iran by his countrymen Yevgeny Liyadin who was coach of F.C. Zob Ahan at the time, where he played for one season.
Coaching career edit
He coached FC Ryazan in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in 2001 and 2002.
External links edit
- IranLig
- Tebyan
- Sergey Ponomarev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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