One of the most famous players in the history of the Rostov football club is striker Dmitry Kirichenko. In addition to this team, he managed to play in the Moscow “CSKA” and “Saturn” from Ramensky.
Soccer player biography
Dmitry Sergeevich was born on January 17, 1977 in the city of Novoaleksandrovsk, Stavropol Territory. From childhood, the boy began to get involved in playing the ball. He managed to study well at school and attend football training. Parents sent Dmitry to the local youth sports school. After the first successes at 15, he began to study at the Stavropol College of Olympic Reserve. And that gave him a way into adult football.
At 17, Kirichenko became a Lokomotiv footballer from Mineralnye Vody. But to achieve a good result did not work the first time. He spent 24 games on the field and could not score scored goals. At the same time, Dmitry always played as a striker.
After this unsuccessful experience, Kirichenko returned to his hometown, and spent a whole season in the reserve of the local Iskra team.
A very important decision in his life was the transition to the Taganrog Torpedo. For two seasons, the young striker scored about 40 goals and attracted the attention of large regional teams.
So, in 1998, Kirichenko ended up in Rostselmash from Rostov-on-Don. He immediately liked the coaching staff and local fans. The quick and technical player managed to not only score goals, but also instilled confidence in his teammates. For three seasons in the “Rostselmash” Dmitry accumulated 38 goals in the championship of Russia.
Kirichenko moves to Moscow
This was followed by an invitation from Moscow CSKA. And Kirichenko went to conquer the capital with his family. At this point, the player was already officially married, and his first daughter was born.
In CSKA, Dmitry, too, was able to play from the first match. He immediately became the top scorer of the national championship, and in 2003, together with the club, won the first gold in the recent history of the army team.
This was followed by a slight decline in the game of a football player. In CSKA, the composition began to be updated and there was no place in the new team for Kirichenko. In 2005, he moved to FC Moscow. And again in the first season he was able to score 14 goals and lead the scorer race.
After the first two excellent years at FC Moscow, Kirichenko moved to the Saturn club near Moscow. On August 25, 2007, in a game against Lokomotiv from Moscow, Kirichenko scored his 100th goal in the championships of Russia. Before him, only Oleg Veretennikov and Dmitry Loskov could boast of such a record.
After three years in Ramenskoye, Kirichenko returned to Rostov-on-Don in 2011. Now the local club was called "Rostov". But Dmitry spent more time on the bench than playing on the field. He acted as such a uncle-mentor for young football players.
The last team in his football biography was “Mordovia” from Saransk. For the club, he played only 12 matches and scored 1 goal. After that, Kirichenko announced the completion of his football career.
In the same 2013, Dmitry entered the Higher School of Trainers, which he successfully graduated after some time. After this, the former footballer was called to the coaching staff of “Rostov”, where he worked in various positions until 2018. Dmitry was twice the acting head coach in this team. He even officially led the team in the Champions League matches. Although formally the head coach was considered Kurban Berdyev. It’s just that at that moment Berdyev did not have an appropriate coaching license.
In 2018, Kirichenko was invited to Ufa to help develop the local team. After the resignation of the head coach, it was Dmitry who took this place as an acting. While he is only building a new team, it is very early to talk about the first successes. On December 10, 2018, Kirichenko officially became the head coach of FC Ufa. They signed a contract with him for a year and a half with the possibility of further extension for another season.
Dmitry Kirichenko spent only 12 matches in the Russian national football team. He was very rarely called to the team due to his small growth and the inability to fight on the second floor in the opponent's penalty area. And then the Russian team played quite straightforwardly, and she needed a dimensional striker.
But one of Kirichenko’s goals for the national team was forever inscribed in the history of European football. At Euro 2004 in Portugal, Dmitry scored the fastest goal in the history of these tournaments in a match with Greece. This happened at 67 seconds from the start of the game. The match with Greece did not solve anything, but the Russian team became the only team in the championship that was able to beat the future winners.
