Dmitri Kirichenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Kirichenko.

Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko (Russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Кириченко; born 17 January 1977) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the manager of Tekstilshchik Ivanovo.

Dmitri Kirichenko

Kirichenko managing Rostov in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Sergeyevich Kirichenko
Date of birth	(1977-01-17) 17 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Novoalexandrovsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	24	(0)
1995	Iskra Novoaleksandrovsk	16	(9)
1996–1997	Taganrog	73	(39)
1998–2001	Rostselmash	108	(38)
2002–2004	CSKA Moscow	74	(29)
2005–2006	Moscow	55	(26)
2007–2010	Saturn Ramenskoye	99	(26)
2011–2013	Rostov	44	(10)
2013	Mordovia Saransk	12	(1)
Total		505	(178)
International career
1998	Russia U-21	1	(0)
2003–2006	Russia	12	(4)
Managerial career
2014–2017	FC Rostov (assistant)
2016	FC Rostov (caretaker)
2017	FC Rostov (caretaker)
2018	FC Ufa (assistant)
2018–2019	FC Ufa
2022	Tractor (assistant)
2022–2023	Sochi (assistant)
2024–	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As of 10 March 2014, he is the 3rd all-time top scorer in the Russian Premier League (129 goals),^[1] and the 5th player by league appearances (377).

Club career

Kirichenko started his career playing for small clubs such as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody, Iskra Novoaleksandrovsk and Torpedo Taganrog. In 1998, he joined Rostselmash, following impressive performance for Taganrog club during the previous year.

He became one of the most promising Russian strikers during the next years, and joined CSKA Moscow in 2002. With the army men Kirichenko managed to become the league top scorer in 2002 (along with his teammate Rolan Gusev), won the Russian Premier League twice, and got the Russian Cup.

In 2005, he left for FC Moscow. Playing for the new team, he repeated his success, becoming the top scorer again.

He played for Saturn from 2007 to 2010. In 2008 in the first match of his team in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, in the victory 7–0, he scored 4 goals. He did not play in the second match of that round. At the next round he scored a goal at the first match in a 1–0 victory against 2007 German champions VfB Stuttgart. With 5 goals at total he became the top scorer of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008.^[2]

In 2011, after Saturn were dissolved due to financial problems, Kirichenko returned to Rostov, the club where he had made a name for himself back in the 1990s.

International career

He played for his country at Euro 2004, scoring in the second minute against Greece as Russia defeated the eventual European champions 2–1 in a consolation match as Russia were already eliminated. The goal stood as the fastest goal ever in a European Championship until Nedim Bajrami of Albania scored against Italy in 23 seconds at Euro 2024. ^[3]

Managerial career

He was appointed the caretaker manager of FC Rostov on 6 August 2016 following the resignation of Kurban Berdyev.^[4] His caretaking spell ended on 9 September 2016.^[5]

He was appointed the caretaker manager of FC Ufa on 7 November 2018.^[6] Ufa won their first game under his management against FC Spartak Moscow, but in the next 6 games the club only achieved 2 draws and 4 losses, and on 27 March 2019 Kirichenko left Ufa by mutual consent.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[8]

Club	Season	League			Russian Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Torpedo Taganrog	1996		37	7			–		–		37	7
	1997		36	32			–		–		36	22
	Total		73	39			–		–		73	39
Rostselmash	1998	Russian Top Division	23	5	2	1			–		25	6
	1999		28	6	2	0	6	0	–		36	6
	2000		29	14	1	0	2	1	–		32	15
	2001		28	13			–		–		28	13
	Total		108	38	5	1	8	1	–		121	40
CSKA Moscow	2002	Russian Premier League	26	15	2	0	1	0	–		29	15
	2003		22	5	4	1	2	1	1[a]	0	29	7
	2004		26	9	5	2	3	0	1[a]	1	35	12
	Total		74	29	11	3	6	1	2	1	93	34
Moscow	2005	Russian Premier League	26	14			–		–		26	14
	2006		29	12	4	4	4	0	–		37	16
	Total		55	26	4	4	4	0	–		63	30
Saturn Ramenskoye	2007	Russian Premier League	27	9	2	1	–		–		29	10
	2008		17	1	1	0	3	5	–		21	6
	2009		27	8			–		–		27	8
	2010		28	8			–		–		28	8
	Total		99	26	3	1	3	5	–		105	32
Rostov	2011–12	Russian Premier League	19	5	3	0	–		2	1	24	6
	2012–13		22	5	4	1	–		1	0	27	6
	Total		41	10	7	1	–		3	1	51	12
Mordovia Saransk	2013–14	Russian Football National League	12	1	2	0	–		–		13	1
Career total			462	169	32	10	21	7	5	2	520	188

1. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	3–2	3–2	Friendly
2	20 June 2004	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Greece	0–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2004
3	8 October 2005	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Luxembourg	4–1	5–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4				5–1

Honours

CSKA Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2003
• Russian Cup: 2001–02
• Russian Super Cup: 2004; runner-up: 2003

References

1. "100 бомбардиров :: Все бомбардиры чемпионатов России по футболу". bombarder.narod.ru.
2. "Intertoto Cup results, scorers and fixtures". www.soccerassociation.com.
3. "Russia 2–1 Greece". BBC. 20 June 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
4. Курбан Бердыев попрощался с командой (in Russian). FC Rostov. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
5. Иван Данильянц назначен главным тренером «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
6. Сергей Томаров покидает пост главного тренера (in Russian). FC Ufa. 7 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
7. Дмитрий Кириченко покидает пост главного тренера (in Russian). Ufa. 27 March 2019.
8. Dmitri Kirichenko at Soccerway

External links

• Club profile (in Russian)
• Player profile (in Russian)

Preceded by Sergei Aleinikov	UEFA European Football Championship fastest goal 2004	Succeeded by