Sergey Ovchinnikov

Sergei Ovchinnikov is one of the greatest football players in Russia, an idol of youth, a goalkeeper, a born leader, a legendary but controversial figure. Winner of domestic and foreign awards. The "boss" of Russian football.

Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov was born in Moscow on November 10, 1970. He studied well, went to the gold medal. There is almost no information about the parents, but it is known that it was Sergei's father who brought the 7-year-old boy to the football school at Dynamo Moscow under the wing of coach Gennady Gusarov.

The grandmother, who worked as an accountant at this school, told her grandson: "Choose any section." The choice fell on football. At the age of 8, after reading a book about the great Lev Yashin, the child had a dream to defend the football goal.

After graduating from a football school at the club, at the age of 12, Sergei was accepted into the team as a goalkeeper. He was not suitable for this role, he was sluggish and well-fed, but persistent training under the leadership of Nikolai Gontar bore fruit: in two games for a double Ovchinnikov defended "to zero" and soon became the leading goalkeeper in the team. At this very time, a clubmate gave Sergei the nickname Boss, which stuck for many years.

Ovchinnikov made his debut in the USSR championship at Dynamo Moscow. In 1990, the goalkeeper left for Dynamo Sukhumi. Yuri Pavlovich Semin noticed the potential of the young player. Received an invitation to the capital "Lokomotiv".

Since 1992, Sergei has entrenched himself in the main squad of the "railroad", in 1993 the young goalkeeper did not concede a single goal in 14 matches. In the autumn of the same year, he made his debut in the Eurocup against the famous Juventus.

In 1994, Sergei became the best goalkeeper of the Russian championship according to the Ogonyok magazine, despite his impressive parameters: a fairly tall height - 188 cm and a weight of 75 kg. In 1995 he won silver medals in the national championship. In 1996, Sergey and his team won the Russian Cup, beating Spartak Moscow in the final. This was an important victory for Ovchinnikov. He hated the "red and white":

Since 1993, Boss has been included in the Russian national team. For some time he was only the third goalkeeper and spent most of his time on the bench. On the field, he appeared in friendly matches against El Salvador, Saudi Arabia (1993) and Qatar (1996).

In 1997, Lokomotiv sold the goalkeeper to the Portuguese Benfica for $ 1.2 million. This year, a 5-year foreign page in the biography of Sergei Ovchinnikov began. In the first foreign club, the goalkeeper was number two for 2 years. Lack of playing time (20 matches in 2 seasons) forced the athlete to move to Alverka, in which he was recognized as the second among the best goalkeepers in the Portuguese championship.

The position of the club in the standings did not correspond to the leadership ambitions of the Russian footballer. In 2000 he signed a contract with Porto, where he became the main goalkeeper. A reliable goalkeeper helped the club to win silver medals in the national championship, become the owner of the Portuguese Cup and Super Cup.

In 1997-2000, Ovchinnikov was called up to the Russian national team, but he was not allowed on the field. Sergei Ivanovich expressed dissatisfaction with this state of affairs, because of this, a conflict arose with the coach Oleg Romantsev at that time.

The 2001/2002 season The Boss started at the Porto base. Having played 9 matches in the championship, Sergei injured his knee in training and was out of work for a while. There were rumors about the transfer to Ajax and Fiorentina, but they were not confirmed.

In 2002, Ovchinnikov returned to Lokomotiv on a six-month loan. There was no doubt about the decision. The boss completely trusted the coaching staff of the “railroad workers” and was not mistaken. The season became a record for the goalkeeper (14 conceded goals in 31 matches, 667 minutes without goals) and a golden season for the team.

At this time, the Russian national team changed the mentor. Ovchinnikov was invited to the national team as the main goalkeeper, he spent all the matches of the season at the goal. And in 2003, in a friendly match against the Romanian team, he played with the captain's armband for the only time in his career. In the same year, the Boss and the team won the first Russian Super Cup.

In 2003, the unrestrained aggressive character of the footballer manifested itself in several matches. Ovchinnikov was disqualified for 5 league matches, depriving Lokomotiv of medals for obscene remarks about the referee and then the coach of the opponents (St. Petersburg Zenit).

In April 2004, Boss played his 100th anniversary match of his career in which his goal remained unopened. This season, the “railroad workers” won the title of two-time champions of Russia, not without the help of Sergei Ivanovich.

In the summer of the same year, Ovchinnikov was invited as the main goalkeeper to the Russian national team for the European Championship. Following this tournament, Boss played for the national team again in 2005 against German footballers. The match ended with the score 2: 2.

In 2005, Lokomotiv lost the championship to the capital's CSKA and Spartak, but Sergei holds the Russian record for the number of zero matches - 113, set on April 16, 2005.

Ovchinnikov finished his football career in 2006 with Dynamo Moscow in the status of team captain. In the last official match, the Boss loudly “slammed the door”: he made a scandal on the field, almost came to assault. For aggressive behavior he was removed from the field and disqualified.

In 2007, the athlete decided to master the profession of a coach and entered the State University of Management at the Department of Management in Team Sports. Yuri Semin invited him to the headquarters of Dynamo Kiev. Together they won silver medals at the 2008 Ukrainian Championship. A year later, Sergei Ivanovich became the head coach of Kuban, did not achieve success and resigned.

In 2010, Ovchinnikov was in charge of the Bryansk Dynamo for a year, graduated from the Higher School of Coaches and received a professional license. In 2011, he headed Dynamo Minsk for 6 months, and then worked as the sports director of the Togliatti football academy named after Yuri Konoplev.

In 2012, in order to prepare for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 European Championship, Ovchinnikov was recruited to work in the Russian national team as a goalkeeping coach; with the arrival of Stanislav Cherchesov, the Boss left the national team.

In 2014 he became the head coach of CSKA.

Sergey Ovchinnikov is a bright personality: intelligent, despite his aggressive behavior on the field, with a subtle sense of humor. He was married twice. I met my first wife, Inga Virsa from Riga, back in the 1980s, when the players were training in Latvia. Their marriage was concluded in Portugal in 1999. Sergei Ivanovich became a loving father for Zhenya, Inga's son.

Family life was ideal at first. The couple opened a construction company in Latvia, acquired a house in Bakovka near Moscow, next to Yuri Semin, Sergei's coach and friend. In 2007, the fairy tale ended unexpectedly. Ovchinnikov was tired of family life, as reported to his wife via SMS. A painful division of property followed, and in 2009 a divorce.

For the second time, the Boss married his girlfriend, Anna Lyutova, who is 13 years younger than him. They have two children: a daughter and a son. Sergey and Anna prefer to keep their personal lives a secret. On Instagram and other social networks, the coach has a page or not, or she is registered under a pseudonym. Anna's page is closed for free viewing.

Now Sergey Ovchinnikov is still the senior coach of CSKA.

Unexpectedly for his fans, Sergei Ivanovich lost his famous "tail".

On VKontakte, the goalkeeper's fans have created a group called BOSS №1 Sergey Ivanovich Ovchinnikov, where they share their opinions about the idol, upload photos of the best moments in their football career.

In recent years, Ovchinnikov gave a number of interviews to sports publications, where he commented on certain events in the world of football.

1994, 1995, 2002 - "Goalkeeper of the Year" according to the magazine "Ogonyok" 1994, 2005 - Bronze medalist of the Russian championship 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005 - The best goalkeeper of the Russian championship according to the "Sport-Express" 1995 - Silver medalist of the championship Russia 1996, 1997 - Winner of the Russian Cup 1997/98, 2000/01 - Silver medalist of the Portuguese championship 1998/99 - Bronze medalist of the Portuguese championship 1999/2000, 2000/01 - Winner of the Portuguese Cup 2001 - Winner of the Portuguese Super Cup 2002, 2004 - Champion of Russia 2003, 2005 - Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2005 - Winner of the Commonwealth Champions Cup 10 times got into the list of 33 best footballers of the Russian championship

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