Kornilenko playing forKrylia Sovetov in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergei Aleksandrovich Kornilenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Vitebsk,Belarusian SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sochi (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh Vitebsk | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 4 | (0) |
| 2000 | →Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 6 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 22 | (4) |
| 2001–2003 | Dinamo Minsk | 46 | (23) |
| 2004 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | (2) |
| 2004 | →Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88 | (25) |
| 2008–2009 | Tom Tomsk | 13 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | →Tom Tomsk (loan) | 15 | (11) |
| 2010 | →Rubin Kazan (loan) | 8 | (3) |
| 2011 | →Blackpool (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2019 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 190 | (54) |
| 2021 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 1 | (1) |
| Total | 422 | (132) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Belarus U-17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2002 | Belarus U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Belarus U-21 | 17 | (6) |
| 2012 | Belarus Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2016 | Belarus | 78 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2024 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (sporting director) | ||
| 2025– | Sochi (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kornilenko (Belarusian:Сяргей Аляксандравіч Карніленка;Russian:Сергей Александрович Корниленко; born 14 June 1983) is aBelarusian professionalfootball coach and a former player who played as astriker. He is an assistant coach with Russian clubSochi. InBelarus, bothBelarusian andRussian languages are official. Thus his name, usually transliterated asSergei Kornilenko (Russian:Серге́й Корниленко), can be alternatively spelled asSyarhey Karnilenka (Belarusian:Сяргей Карніленка).
Vitebsk-born Kornilenko began his career in his native Belarus as a trainee withFC Dinamo Minsk before joining hishometown club. After an unsuccessful half a season with Vitebsk he returned to Minsk, where he spent three seasons before moving to Ukraine withDynamo Kyiv andDnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
In 2008, he moved to theRussian Premier League withFC Tom Tomsk, with whom he enjoyed a successful first season. On 19 July 2009FC Zenit signed the striker until December 2013. The Russian club had needed a new striker after a serious injury toDanny and after transfer listingFatih Tekke. On 9 March 2010 Kornilenko was loaned back to Tom Tomsk for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. He returned to Zenit in the summer of 2010 but was loaned out again, this time toRubin Kazan, until January 2011. On 31 January 2011, Kornilenko signed on loan for English Premier League clubBlackpool, turning down a move toStandard Liège in the process.[2] In June 2011, he signed a contract withRussian Premier League clubKrylia Sovetov Samara.[3]
He announced his retirement on 10 July 2019.[4] On 17 February 2021, Krylia Sovetov announced that he will be registered as a club player again to play a farewell game at the home field.[5] He scored the last goal of a 6–0 victory overFC Krasnodar-2 on 8 May 2021, one minute after appearing as a substitute in the 83rd minute. Krylia Sovetov had secured their return to theRussian Premier League two games prior to that one.[6]

Kornilenko has been a regular member of theBelarus national football team, earning his first cap in 2004. On 8 September 2015, Kornilenkocaptained his side in the absence of suspendedAlyaksandr Martynovich in the 2:0 win overLuxembourg in a Euro 2016 qualifier.
In the summer of 2012 he was selected as one of the over aged players to represent Belarus at the2012 Summer Olympics in London to participate in theMen's football tournament.[7]
Kornilenko is married and has a daughter.[8]
Dinamo Minsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Zenit St. Petersburg
Krylia Sovetov