Tsyganov, Alexander Kireevich

Club

In the championships of the USSR, he played for Kaliningrad Vympel (1978-1979, 21 games - 15 goals), Sverdlovsk SKA (1979-1981, 39 games - 23 goals) and Moscow Dynamo (1981-1991, 247 games - 305 goals) . As part of the Moscow team, four times became the silver medalist of the national championships, and one more time - bronze. In total, he spent 307 games in the championships of the Soviet Union, scored 343 goals. From 1991 to 1997, he played for the Swedish Falu team.

Team

In 1981-1991 he played for the USSR national team . Spent 96 games, scored 94 goals (of which 24 world games, 30 goals at world championships ). Three times he became world champion, two - silver medalist, one - bronze.

Coaching

In August 1997, he became one of the Falun coaches, for whom he had previously played as a player. In 1998, “Falu” with the participation of Tsyganov for the first time in its history became the owner of the World Cup .

Since September 1997 he entered the coaching staff of the Russian team .

In 2001, he headed the Arkhangelsk “ Vodnik ”, with whom he twice (in the seasons 2001/02 and 2002/03 ) became the champion of Russia , and also won the European Champions Cup .

In 2003, he became the head coach of the Russian national team, with whom he took second place at the World Cup .

In April 2010, he returned to his native Korolev, heading the club of the First League (now the Premier League) of the Russian Vympel championship. In the debut season, under the leadership of Tsyganov, Vympel managed to get into the final stage of the championship and, according to the results of the season, took fourth place in the entire First League, skipping ahead of Murman , which ultimately got the right to play in the Super League, as well as Kola MMC and " Sayan ".

• Profile on the official site of Vympela (Russian)
• Interview with Sport-Express (November 4, 1998) (Russian)