Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born May 1960)

Sergei Shevchenko
Personal information
Full name	Sergei Yakovlevich Shevchenko
Date of birth	15 May 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Kalininskoe, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	striker
Team information
Current team	TSK Simferopol (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1982	Alga Frunze
1983	Alai Osh
1984–1985	Neftchi Farg'ona
1986–1993	Tavriya Simferopol
1993–1994	Metalist Kharkiv
Managerial career
1995–1996	Avanhard Kramatorsk
1996	Tavriya Simferopol
1997–1999	Andijan
2000–2002	Qizilqum Zarafshon
2003	Ordabasy Chimkent
2004	Qizilqum Zarafshon
2005–2006	Kryvbas-2
2006–2009	Tytan Armyansk
2010	Khimik Krasnoperekopsk
2011–2013	Avanhard Kramatorsk
2014	Andijan
2016–2017	TSK Simferopol
Medal record
FC Alga Bishkek
SC Tavriya Simferopol
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergei Shevchenko is a former Soviet and Ukrainian striker, the champion of Ukraine with SC Tavriya Simferopol, and a Kazakh coach.

Playing career

Born in Kara-Balta, Shevchenko played in the Soviet football leagues before joining Tavriya Simferopol, where he would help the club win the first Ukrainian Premier League title in 1992.^[1]

Managing career

He started his managing career at amateur club Avanhard Kramatorsk who won the championship of Donetsk oblast in 1995. In 1996, he was appointed as head coach of Tavriya Simferopol. In 1997–1999 he was coach of FK Andijan and 2000–2002 of Qizilqum Zarafshon. With Qizilqum Zarafshon he won the bronze medals of the 2002 Uzbek League.

In 2011, he moved back to Avanhard Kramatorsk where he started his managing career. After finishing the 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League season his club gained promotion to the Ukrainian First League for the 2012–2013 season. In his first season in the Ukrainian First League, Avanhard finished at 7th position.

On 15 July 2014 he signed a contract with FK Andijan where he worked in 1997–1999.^{[citation needed]}