Sergei Mandreko

Sergei Vladimirovich Mandreko (Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Мандреко; 1 August 1971 – 8 March 2022) was a Russian-Tajik football coach and player who played as a midfielder.

Sergei Mandreko

Mandreko with VfL Bochum
Personal information
Full name	Sergei Vladimirovich Mandreko
Date of birth	(1971-08-01)1 August 1971
Place of birth	Kurgan-Tyube (now Bokhtar), Tajik SSR, USSR
Date of death	8 March 2022(2022-03-08) (aged 50)
Place of death	Austria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989	Vakhsh Kourgan‑Tyube	29	(7)
1990–1992	Pamir Dushanbe	38	(2)
1992–1997	Rapid Wien	107	(16)
1997–2000	Hertha BSC	37	(1)
2000–2003	VfL Bochum	56	(0)
2003–2005	SV Mattersburg	47	(1)
2005	SC-ESV Parndorf	11	(0)
International career
1991	USSR U-20	5	(1)
1992	CIS	4	(0)
1992	Tajikistan	1	(0)
1992–1994	Russia U-21	5	(0)
1994	Russia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2008–2009	Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant manager)
2015–2017	LAC-Inter (manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mandreko was born in Kurgan-Tyube, Tajik SSR. After leaving the newly independent Tajikistan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union he spent the rest of his club career in Austria and Germany.^[1]

International career

Mandreko was capped at senior level by CIS, Russia and Tajikistan.^[2] With the Soviet Union national under-20 team Mandreko won the bronze medal at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991.

Coaching career

From 2008 until 2009 Mandreko worked as an assistant manager under Rashid Rakhimov during his time with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Personal life

Having suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis since 2016,^[3] Mandreko died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 50.^[4][5]