Sergey Ovchinnikov is a famous football player, an excellent goalkeeper. He played for the team “Dynamo”, “Locomotive”, became part of several teams in Portugal. After graduating as a goalkeeper, Ovchinnikov became a coach.
early years
Sergey Ivanovich was born on November 10, 1970. His hometown is Moscow. Sergey studied well at school, devoted a lot of time to sports (skiing, swimming, wrestling). The father enrolled the boy in a football school, opened at the Dynamo club. The first trainer of Sergey is Gusarov Gennady.
At 12, Sergei became the goalkeeper in the main team, where he was trained by Gontar Nikolai. Soon, the young man received the nickname "Boss", was the leading goalkeeper. Dynamo Moscow, where he played Ovchinnikov, was a member of the USSR championship.
Football
In 1990, Ovchinnikov played in Dynamo in the city of Sukhumi. It was then that he was noticed by the coach of “Locomotive” Semin Yuri. He invited the young goalkeeper to the “Locomotive” of the city of Moscow. Ovchinnikov showed himself perfectly at the USSR Championship.
In 1991, Sergei was invited to the Olympic team of the Union, but he did not play in matches. Then he joined the Russian team, but was part of the reserve. The goalkeeper participated in matches against El Salvador, Qatar, Saudi Arabia.
In 1993, Ovchinnikov scored all the goals in 14 matches at the national championship. In 1995, the team received silver at the national championship. In 1996, Lokomotiv received the Russian Cup, where they beat Spartak Moscow.
Since 1997, Sergey played in Benfica (Portugal), the team paid $ 1.2 million for him. Ovchinnikov played for Portugal for 5 years. He was number two after Michel Prudum, but he was not the main goalkeeper. Then Ovchinnikov played in the Alverka team, which paid $ 2.5 million for him. Vasily Kulkov also played in the team. At the Portuguese championship goalkeeper recognized as the best.
In 2000, Ovchinnikov became the main goalkeeper of “Port”, signing a contract. Thanks to Sergey, the club became the second in the national championship, won the Super Bowl and the Portuguese Cup.
In 1997-2000, the goalkeeper was invited to play for the Russian team, but he remained in the reserve. For this reason, Ovchinnikov had a conflict with Oleg Romantsev, a coach.
In 2001, Sergei injured his knee, then played for a long time on maintenance injections. In that period, due to an injury, he was not included in the application, but there were rumors about his transfer to the Fiorentina and Ajax teams.
In 2002, Ovchinnikov played in Lokomotiv for six months, setting a record. Then Sergey became the goalkeeper in the team of Russia. In 2003, Lokomotiv got the Super Bowl.
In 2003, Ovchinnikov was disqualified for using foul language at the address of a rival coach, a judge. In 2005, the footballer ended up in Dynamo Moscow, where his career ended. In the last game, Sergey made a scandal, he was disqualified.
Work as a trainer
Ovchinnikov decided to become a coach and get an education at the University of Management. He was invited to the Dynamo Kiev coaching staff, the second team at the Ukrainian Championship. Then Sergey Ivanovich was the coach of “Kuban”, but the team did not achieve significant success.
In 2010, he was a coach of Dynamo Bryansk, he studied at a school of trainers. He was also a coach of Dynamo Minsk, sports director of the Academy. Konopleva (city of Tolyatia).
In 2012, Sergei Ivanovich trained goalkeepers in the Russian national team, leaving it with the arrival of Stanislav Cherchesov. He later received the position of head coach of CSKA.
