 Semak with Zenit in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergei Bogdanovich Semak | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-02-27)27 February 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Sychanske,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zenit Saint Petersburg (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luhansk Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Presnya Moscow | 19 | (4) |
| 1992 | Karelia Petrozavodsk | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Asmaral Moscow | 21 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | Asmaral-d Moscow | 26 | (5) |
| 1994–2004 | CSKA Moscow | 282 | (68) |
| 2005–2006 | Paris Saint-Germain | 26 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Moscow | 57 | (12) |
| 2008–2010 | Rubin Kazan | 61 | (12) |
| 2010–2013 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 48 | (9) |
| Total | 543 | (114) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Russia U-20 | 4 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Russia U-21 | 12 | (3) |
| 1997–2010[1] | Russia | 65 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (caretaker) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Ufa | ||
| 2018– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sergei Bogdanovich Semak (Russian:Серге́й Богда́нович Сема́к[sʲɪrˈɡʲejbɐɡˈdanəvʲɪtɕsʲɪˈmak]; born 27 February 1976) is a Russianfootball manager and a formerinternationalmidfielder who managesRussian Premier League sideZenit Saint Petersburg.
Semak was born in thevillage ofSychanske,Voroshilovgrad Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior. When he was a child his teachers would argue as to whether he would become a mathematician or a football player.[2]
He left Ukraine shortly before theUSSR collapsed, but his parents stayed there. He would become a Russian naturalized citizen.[3][4][5]
His older brotherAndrei Semak and younger brother Nikolai Semak were also professional footballers.
Semak started training football at the Luhansk football school.[citation needed] In 1992, he signed inPresnya Moscow who played in theRussian Top Division. After 19 matches scoring 4 goals he was sold toKarelia Petrozavodsk, but in 1993 returned to Presnya Moscow, which had changed its name toAsmaral Moscow.[citation needed]
In 1994, Semak was noted and signed byCSKA Moscow. He became the club's captain and leader. With the club he won theRussian Premier League in 2003, theRussian Cup in 2002 and 2005. He left the club after it finished third in the group stage of theUEFA Champions League 2004–05 and did not move on to the knockout stage. This was despite his hat-trick againstParis Saint-Germain in the final group game.[6]
In 2005, Semak then moved to the team he scored the hat-trick against, Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to settle, scoring just one goal. After just one season he returned to Russia.
In 2006, Semak signed forMoscow, where he stayed until 2008 when he moved toRubin Kazan. In Rubin Semak was moved from the positions of striker and attacking midfielder to the position of a defensive midfielder.[citation needed] At Rubin Kazan he became the captain and leader of the team, and led it to its first two championship titles in 2008 and 2009.[citation needed]
In August 2010, he transferred toZenit Saint Petersburg.[7] In his three seasons with Zenit, he won theRussian Premier League twice andRussian Super Cup once. He scored his last goal in February 2013 in aEuropa League victory overLiverpool.[8]
Semak made his international debut for theRussia national team in 1997 and took part in the2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.[citation needed]
Having lost his place in the national team with the arrival ofGuus Hiddink in 2006, Semak missed out on Russia'sEuro 2008 qualifying campaign, but was recalled to the national team, just prior to theEuro 2008 finals. Semak captained the Russia national team in their first Euro 2008 warm-up friendly againstKazakhstan, and during the rest of the campaign.[citation needed] Semak had a good performance in the crucial match againstGreece and provided an assist for the only goal Russia scored with a skilled bicycle kick pass from a wide angle. Another notable performance in Euro 2008 came in the quarter-finals during which he was playing his 50th game for his country, when his precise left-wing cross was volleyed in byRoman Pavlyuchenko against theNetherlands.[citation needed]
After his retirement, Semak was named as assistant coach ofZenit Saint Petersburg. He was appointed interim coach of the club after the sacking ofLuciano Spalletti on 10 March 2014.[9] He held the position until 18 March whenAndré Villas-Boas was appointed as the team manager.[3][4][5]
On 30 December 2016, he was appointed a manager of theRussian Premier League clubFC Ufa.[10]
On 29 May 2018, he returned to Zenit St. Petersburg, signing a two-year contract with one-year extension option.[11] In his first year, he won the2018–19 Russian Premier League. He led Zenit to the title again in the2019–20 Russian Premier League.[12] On 25 July 2020, he sealed the double for the club by winning the2019–20 Russian Cup.[13] On 2 May 2021, Zenit secured their third title in a row in a 6-1 victory over second-placeFC Lokomotiv Moscow.[14] On 30 April 2022, Zenit secured their fourth title in a row.[15] On 7 May 2023, Zenit secured their fifth title in a row.[16] On 25 May 2024, Zenit won their sixth consecutive title.[17] After the deciding game, Zenit extended their contract with Semak until June 2030.[18] On 2 June 2024, Zenit secured another double by winning the2023–24 Russian Cup.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Presnya Moscow | 1992 | Russian Second League | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 4 | ||
| Karelia Petrozavodsk | 1992 | Russian Second League | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Asmaral Moscow | 1993 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | Russian First League | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Asmaral-d Moscow | 1993 | Russian Second League | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 24 | 6 | ||
| 1994 | Russian Third League | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | 1994 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | |
| 1995 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| 1996 | Russian Premier League | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 36 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | Russian Premier League | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 7 | |||
| 1998 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 9 | |||
| 1999 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 35 | 13 | ||
| 2000 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 37 | 9 | ||
| 2001 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2002 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 29 | 8 | ||
| 2003 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | |
| 2004 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10[c] | 4 | 1[d] | 1 | 45 | 10 | |
| Total | 282 | 68 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 329 | 82 | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2004–05 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[e] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Moscow | 2006 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | 4[f] | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| 2007 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 5 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 7 | |||
| Total | 57 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 14 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
| 2010 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[g] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 61 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2010 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 2 | – | 5[h] | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7[i] | 2 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6[j] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
| Total | 48 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 474 | 102 | 46 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 577 | 123 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia[20] | 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 June 2001 | Stade Josy Barthel,Luxembourg, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 16 October 2002 | Central Stadium,Volgograd, Russia |  Albania | 2–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||
| 4 | 20 August 2003 | Lokomotiv Stadium,Moscow, Russia |  Israel | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | ||||
| Zenit St. Petersburg |  | 10 March 2014 | 19 March 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 | [9] |
| Ufa | | 1 January 2017 | 29 May 2018 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 036.96 | — |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | | 30 May 2018 | present | 319 | 197 | 67 | 55 | 638 | 279 | +359 | 061.76 | — |
| Total | 367 | 215 | 81 | 71 | 686 | 325 | +361 | 058.58 | ||||
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| Preceded by | Russia national football team captain 2008–2009 | Succeeded by |
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