Sergey Sosnovski

Sergey Anatolyevich Sosnovski (Belarusian: Сяргей Сасноўскі (Syarhey Sasnowski); Russian: Серге́й Сосновский; born 14 August 1981) is a Belarusian football coach and former player (defender).

Sergey Sosnovski
Personal information
Full nameSergey Anatolyevich Sosnovski
Date of birth (1981-08-14) 14 August 1981 (age 42)
Place of birthMinsk, Belarusian SSR
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)Defender
Team information
Current team
Minsk (assistant)
Youth career
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001Traktor Minsk39(2)
2002–2004MTZ-RIPO Minsk60(1)
2005–2006Zvezda-BGU Minsk25(2)
2006–2007Neman Grodno49(4)
2008–2010BATE Borisov56(1)
2011–2012Tom Tomsk22(0)
2013Minsk30(2)
2014Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1(0)
2015–2016Neman Grodno44(0)
International career
2002Belarus U211(0)
2009–2011Belarus17(0)
Managerial career
2019–2021Minsk (youth)
2022–Minsk (assistant)
2022Minsk (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sosnovski was born in Minsk and signed his first professional contract with the local club Traktor Minsk.[1] He played an important role in BATE Borisov's 2008–09 Champions League campaign, heading in a goal against Bulgarian Levski Sofia to open the scoring for FC BATE in the return leg of the third qualifying round played on 27 August 2008. The match ended in a 1–1 draw and the team from Barysaw became the first Belarusian club to reach the group stages of the Champions League.[2] On 27 August 2009, Sosnovski scored two goals in a 4–0 win against Litex Lovech, which helped BATE to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.[3]In February 2011, Sosnovski ended his stint with BATE and signed a contract with Russian side FC Tom Tomsk.[4]

International career

He made his international debut for Belarus on 1 April 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.[5]

Honours

MTZ-RIPO Minsk

BATE Borisov

Minsk

References