Alexander Fedorovich Spiridon ( Mold. Alexandru Spiridon ; July 20, 1960, Edinet , Moldavian SSR , USSR ) - Moldavian footballer , midfielder , coach . Until July 2019 - head coach of the Moldavian national football team .
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| Full name | Alexander Fedorovich Spiridon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Alexander Spiridon was born on July 20, 1960 in the Moldavian city of Edinet . He acted as a midfielder. He began his career as a player in 1976 playing for Nistra , but was unable to reach a high level due to injury. Here's how he describes his injury:
| “I was already a player in the youth team of the USSR - I played with Zavarov , Taran . In general, he showed serious hopes and was very highly quoted in the former USSR. But as a patriot, I decided to raise the football of my native Moldova. In 1979, we had to go to the World Cup. And in those days it was common for such a thing as matches between teams of masters and amateurs. We traveled to villages and small towns, played with the locals - this is how football was promoted. And during such a fight in the city of Falesti , two days before leaving for the national team, my leg was broken. Both bones ... It was creepy: the thumb of the ankle reached to the knee, the leg just dangled. Until now, people say that they didn’t hear such a terrible scream like mine back then. And that’s all. My career has just begun ... They immediately called the air force, sent me to Chisinau . A day later they operated on, put the Ilizarov apparatus, I went with him for 13 months. In addition, I greatly undermined my health with radiographs: they were taken 7-8 a day, moreover, no more than two can be done a year! But it was necessary, an x-ray helped doctors to tighten screws that combine bones. So for the year I got 46 x-rays. In short, I dropped out of football for a long time. And when he recovered, he was no longer the same, he lost speed. But he continued to play: he spent his last match at 38 ” [2] . |
In 1992, he received the award “ Football Player of the Year ” as the best football player in Moldova.
He played in the teams " Nistru " (1976-1981, 1983-1986), " CSKA " (Kiev) (1982), "Dawn" (Voroshilovgrad) (1983), " Dawn (Balti)" (1987-1990), " Zimbru "(1991, 1992-1996)," Tiligul "(1996-1997).
He played 16 matches for the Moldavian national team , scoring 2 goals [3] . March 29, 1995 after a match against Albania ended his international career [3] .
In 1992, he entered the coaching staff of Chisinau Zimbru as an assistant to Sergei Syrbu. In 1994, he was appointed head coach of Chisinau Zimbru , after which he worked with the Moldavian clubs Tiligul and Unisport. In parallel from 1994 to 2000, he worked in the coaching staff of the Moldavian national team, after which he headed the youth team, but in the summer of the following year Spiridon returned to the main team of the country, which he trained until the end of the year.
In 2001, he again headed Zimbru , and then Nistru .
In the summer of 2004, Mircea Lucescu invited Spiridon to become his assistant at Shakhtar Donetsk, where, in addition to coaching duties, he also performed the role of translator. In this role, he won the Ukrainian championship eight times - in 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 and 2014 , as well as the UEFA Cup .
In May 2016, Alexander Spiridon entered the Lucescu coaching staff at Zenit .
In January 2018, he again headed the national team of Moldova [4] .
Achievements
- Winner of the UEFA Cup ( 2008/09 ) as a member of Shakhtar.
- Five - time champion of Moldova (1992, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96) as part of Zimbru.
- The holder of the Moldavian Cup (1996/97) as part of the Zimbru.
- Seven - time champion of Ukraine (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) as a member of Shakhtar.
- Four - time winner of the Cup of Ukraine (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013) as a member of Shakhtar.
- Four - time winner of the Ukrainian Super Cup (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012) as a member of Shakhtar.
- The best footballer of Moldova : 1992.
- Order of Merit, III degree (2011) [5]
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Alexander Spiridon: 46 X-rays were made to me in a year
- ↑ 1 2 Albania vs Moldova 3-0 . Date of treatment October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Alexander Spiridon - new coach of the Moldova national team (updated) . moldfootball.com (January 12, 2018). Date of treatment January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 579/2011 issue 12 grass 2011 rooku “On the importance of the sovereign awards of Ukraine veterans, coaches and practitioners of the Shakhtar Football Club (Donetsk)” (Ukrainian)