Sergey Semak

Sergey Semak is the owner of one of the brightest and longest careers in the history of Russian football. First scored in Major Leagues at 17; won the national championship with three teams; was the captain of the Russian national team at Euro 2008 when the national team won bronze medals. Since 2013 he has been working as a coach combining sports with business and charity.

Sergey Semak was born in the north of the Luhansk region of Ukraine (then - Voroshilovgrad region) on February 27, 1976. He spent his childhood in the village of Sychanskoye, where the family lived, which he later recalled with warmth in many interviews. Grew up with four brothers, two of whom also became footballers. The head of the family was also associated with the game - Sergei's father Bogdan Mikhailovich was a member of the regional team. Mom was against her son's hobby for football.

Semak is a graduate of the Lugansk School of the Olympic Reserve (coach - Valery Belokobylsky). He knew the school curriculum so well that upon graduation he received a gold medal. The athlete himself explains this with mild requirements and good visual memory. However, Semak also notes the merit of his parents - their hard work was an example for him.

Semak's career began with the Krasnaya Presnya club, but soon he was invited to the Asmaral club created by the Iranian entrepreneur Hussam Al-Khalidi. The footballer's debut took place in the fall of 1993 in a match with Zhemchuzhina. And in the same meeting, Semak scored his first goal, being one of the few players who managed to score a goal before the age of 18.

Despite a good start, Semak played only one season for Asmaral - in 1994 he started playing for CSKA. In an interview with Sports.ru Sergey said that the negotiations between the army team and the owner of Asmaral had failed. Then CSKA took the opportunity to call the player into the army.

The debut for CSKA took place in a successful game for CSKA against Ferencvaros in the Cup Winners' Cup. Later, 19-year-old Semak received the captain's armband. In an interview, he admits that it was not so much a symbol of sports leadership as of friendship:

In the winter of 1997, at the end of his service, Semak went to the training camp "Torpedo". There was also an offer from Dynamo. But none of these clubs have agreed to transfer a player from Al-Khalidi. Only the representatives of CSKA managed to settle the issue, and soon Semak returned to his former team.

Over the course of ten years, Semak played 329 matches for CSKA, scoring 84 goals out of 127 goals scored in his entire career. Together with the team, he won the Russian Cup (2001/2002), the Russian Super Cup (2004) and the national championship in 2003. The footballer constantly entered the field in the starting lineup.

Sergey recalls how he had to negotiate with disappointed and angry fans after losing to Melde in the Champions League. The match against the Norwegians ended in a crushing 4-0 score and became one of the biggest failures in the history of Russian football. Fans came to the athletes at the hotel and pointedly threw red and blue scarves under their feet.

In 2005, the athlete was offered to move to Paris Saint-Germain. The French drew attention to the Russian footballer after two matches against CSKA in the 2004/2005 Champions League. Both games were victorious for the army, and in both Semak performed brilliantly, scoring one goal in the home meeting and three in the away game. In this situation, the French were not embarrassed by Semak's low height for a football player - 178 cm with a weight of 73 kg.

Nevertheless, the performance in the French team was not very productive, and in 2006 Semak moved to the Moscow club. For him, he played two seasons. Here Sergey scored the hundredth goal in his career, and not to anyone, but to his former teammates - CSKA. At the same time, he received applause from the fans of the army team.

From January 2008 to August 2010, Semak played for Rubin, and then changed the Kazan club to Zenit. The midfielder cost the Petersburgers € 2 million. In 2011, as part of Zenit, he participated in a match against CSKA and received a metatarsal fracture in this meeting. The injury turned out to be difficult, later there was a relapse.

Sergei Semak has played for the national team several times. The most striking competition for both the athlete and the team was the 2008 European Championship. Semak, being the captain of the national team, made several assists in the championship games, including in the match against the Dutch. The victory over the Netherlands team allowed Russia to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and win bronze.

In 2013, Sergei Semak announced the end of his football career. Upon completion of the contract, he remained at the Zenit coaching staff as assistant coach Luciano Spalletti. He worked with three coaches, during the period of their change he acted as head coach. Zenit played eight matches under his leadership. Semak was also part of the coaching staff of the Russian national team under Fabio Capello and Leonid Slutsky.

Semak has repeatedly stated that he would like to start an independent coaching career. On December 30, 2016, he received the long-awaited appointment - he became the head of the coaching staff of Ufa. Sergei admitted to the press that he lost a lot in salary compared to Zenit, but the chance to gain experience as a coach is more important for him.

The club finished the 2017/2018 season in 6th place, which turned out to be the best result in the history of the team. In addition, for the first time during its existence, Ufa got the opportunity to participate in qualifying for the Europa League.

Sergei Semak met his first wife Svetlana when he was 17 years old. After marriage, the couple had a son, Ilya. After 10 years of marriage, Svetlana and Sergey broke up, but the football player still financially supports his ex-wife and son.

In France, during the period when Semak played for Paris Saint-Germain, he met Anna, who became his second wife. The couple had five children: daughters Varvara and Ilaria, sons Semyon, Ivan and Savva. The couple are also raising Anna's daughter from her first marriage, Maya, and her adopted daughter Tatyana - due to a genetic disease, the girl cannot walk and moves in a wheelchair.

Together with his family, the athlete lives in Ufa. In the morning and in the evening, Sergey takes the children to schools and sections by minibus. It is recognized that so far none of the sons is passionate about football to follow in his footsteps. Spouses Semak are friends with the family of football player Sergei Ignashevich. Sometimes they go on a trip together for several days.

Semak continues to coach Ufa players. The mate is prohibited in the club, violators are fined. Sergei Semak is actively investing in business development: the banking sector (a shareholder of one of the Rostov banks), limousine rental, agriculture (the owner of a cereal company).

He is the head of the charitable foundation “Great Shepherd John of Kronstadt” and is a member of the board of trustees of several other organizations. Sergei Semak does not use Instagram, but his wife shares a photo from the life of the family. In the pictures that Anna posts, Sergei appears.

CSKA Moscow

Champion of Russia: 2003 Winner of the Cup of Russia: 2001/02 Winner of the Super Cup of Russia: 2004 Silver medalist of the Russian championship: 1998, 2002, 2004 Bronze medalist of the Russian championship: 1999

"Ruby"

Russian Champion: 2008, 2009 Russian Super Cup Winners: 2010

"Zenith"

Champion of Russia: 2010, 20011/12 Winners of the Russian Super Cup: 2011 Silver medalist of the Russian Championship: 2012/13

Russian team

Bronze medalist of the European Championship: 2008

Personal

Seven times included in the lists of 33 best footballers of the Russian championship: № 1 - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009; No. 2 - 2008; № 3 - 1997 Twice received the Golden Horseshoe Award (2002, 2004) and once - the Bronze Horseshoe (2003) Member of the 100 Russian Bombers Club (2007) Member of the Grigory Fedotov Club (2007) Member of the Igor Netto Club (2008) Occupies second place in the Russian championship by the number of matches - 456 and by the number of seasons in the top division - 19 Honored Master of Sports (2005) The jury of the Russian Football Championship - 20 Years competition was recognized as the best supporting midfielder of the 1992-2012 Russian championships.

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