Sergey Lebedev (footballer)

Sergey Lebedev
Personal information
Full name	Sergey Elefertovich Lebedev
Date of birth	31 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Istiqlol Fergana (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1987	FC Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny
1988	Dynamo Kirov
1989	Neftyanik Fergana
1989	Dynamo Kirov
1990–1991	Neftyanik Fergana
1992–1999	Neftchi Farg'ona
1999	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2000–2001	Nasaf Qarshi
2002–2004	Neftchi Farg'ona
2004	Sogdiana Jizzakh
2005	Metallurg Bekabad
2006	Neftchi Farg'ona
International career
1994–2000	Uzbekistan
Managerial career
201?–	Neftchi Farg'ona (assistant)
2017–	Istiqlol Fergana (coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergey Elefertovich Lebedev (Russian: Сергей Элефертович Лебедев) (born 31 January 1969 in the Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired football midfielder. Lebedev is a former Uzbekistani international, who obtained a total number of 33 caps during his career, scoring ten goals. He later became a football coach.

Playing career

Lebedev started playing professionally in Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny in 1985. He completed 3 seasons for Turbina and wento to FC Dynamo Kirov in 1988. In 1989–91 he played for Neftyanik Fergana and 1990 he won Soviet Second League with club and promoted to Soviet First League. In 1992–1999 he played for Neftchi Farg'ona and won 4 times Uzbekistani championship and two Uzbek Cups. He became Neftchi's best League goalscorer in 1996 and 1998 seasons. His last club played was also Neftchi Farg'ona. He joined club in 2006 after playing for Metallurg Bekabad in 2005.

International

Lebedev capped 33 matches, scoring 10 goals for national team. He was one of the player of Uzbekistan who won Asian Games in 1994. He scored two goals in Asian Games 1994. Lebedev scored his second goal in Final match against China on 8-minute as Uzbekistan after that began leading 2:0. He also participated in 2 AFC Asian Cups: 1996 AFC Asian Cup and 2000 AFC Asian Cup.

Managing career

After getting retired in 2006, he started his managing career at club level. He started to work as assistant coach to Yuriy Sarkisyan in Neftchi Farg'ona. He remained in club coaching stuff when Yuriy Sarkisyan was sacked in May 2013.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 October 1994	Hiroshima, Japan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	4–1	1994 Asian Games
2.	16 October 1994	Hiroshima, Japan	China	2–0	4–2	1994 Asian Games
3.	12 December 1996	Al Ain, UAE	Syria	1–1	1–2	1996 AFC Asian Cup
4.	25 May 1997	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Cambodia	3–0	6–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	25 May 1997	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Cambodia	6–0	6–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	19 November 1998	Kolkata, India	India	2–0	4–0	Friendly
7.	5 December 1998	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Mongolia	1–0	15–0	1998 Asian Games
8.				4–0
9.				9–0
10.				10–0