Nikolai Pisarev

Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev (Russian: Николай Николаевич Писарев; born 23 November 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russia national football team.

Nikolai Pisarev

Pisarev coaching Khimki in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev
Date of birth	(1968-11-23) 23 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Russia (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Torpedo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Torpedo Moscow	29	(7)
1990–1992	FC Winterthur	?	(14)
1992–1995	Spartak Moscow	76	(22)
1995–1997	Mérida	20	(0)
1996–1997	→ FC St. Pauli (loan)	21	(4)
1998	Spartak Moscow	17	(7)
1999	Dynamo Moscow	16	(4)
2000–2001	Spartak Moscow	22	(3)
2001	Torpedo-ZIL	8	(0)
International career
1995	Russia	3	(1)
Managerial career
2002	FC Krasnoznamensk (assistant)
2002	Krylia Sovetov (assistant)
2003	FC Uralan Elista (assistant)
2005–2010	Russia (beach soccer)
2010–2015	Russia U-21
2016–2017	Russia U-21
2017–2018	FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
2018–2019	FC Urozhay
2021–	Russia (assistant)
2022	Khimki
2023–2024	Krasnodar-2
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Pisarev played his first game for Russia on 8 March 1995 in a friendly against Slovakia. He scored a goal in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Faroe Islands.

Coaching career

On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national football team.^[2] On 10 August 2022, Pisarev was hired as a manager by Russian Premier League club Khimki, also keeping his national team position (the national team was banned by FIFA at the time due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was not playing any competitive games).^[3] Pisarev was dismissed by Khimki on 2 September 2022, after the team lost all four games since his appointment.^[4]

On 11 August 2023, Pisarev was hired as the manager of Krasnodar-2, while also keeping his national team position.^[5] He left Krasnodar-2 in April 2024.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pisarev goal.

List of international goals scored by Nikolai Pisarev

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 May 1995	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification

Honours

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001
• Russian Cup: 1994

Russia U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1990

References

1. Nikolai Pisarev at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
2. ""Наша философия и понимание основных принципов игры совпадают"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 July 2021.
3. "НИКОЛАЙ ПИСАРЕВ ВОЗГЛАВИЛ "ХИМКИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
4. "СПАРТАК ГОГНИЕВ СМЕНИЛ НИКОЛАЯ ПИСАРЕВА НА ПОСТУ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА "ХИМОК"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
5. "НИКОЛАЙ ПИСАРЕВ – НОВЫЙ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "КРАСНОДАРА-2"" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

External links

• Player profile (in Russian)