Konstantin Sarsania

Konstantin Sarsania
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Sergeyevich Sarsania
Date of birth (1968-06-11)11 June 1968
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR
Date of death 7 October 2017(2017-10-07) (aged 49)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Dynamo Moscow 0 (0)
1988 Fakel Voronezh 3 (1)
1988 Dynamo-2 Moscow 18 (0)
1988 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
1988–1989 Krasnaya Presnya Moscow 34 (3)
1989 Spartak Ordzhonikidze 9 (0)
1990 Asmaral Moscow 17 (3)
1991–1992 Dunkerque 6 (1)
1992–1993 US Armagnac
Managerial career
2005 Sportakademklub Moscow (president)
2006–2008 Sportakademklub Moscow
2006–2007 Zenit St. Petersburg (sporting director)
2008 Zenit St. Petersburg (advisor)
2009 Khimki
2009–2010 Dynamo Moscow (sporting director)
2010–2012 Fakel Voronezh
2012 RFS (advisor)
2013–2017 Atlantas
2017 Zenit St. Petersburg (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Konstantin Sergeyevich Sarsania (Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Сарса́ния; 11 June 1968 – 7 October 2017) was a Russian professional football coach, player, and agent. At the time of his death he worked as sporting director for Zenit St. Petersburg.[1]

Career

He made his debut as a player in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for Dynamo-2 Moscow.[2] He was a licensed FIFA player agent since 1998 and represented, among others, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Pavlenko and Vitaliy Denisov.

In October 2009, he was appointed the new director of sports for Dynamo Moscow. His official contract started in 2010. In August 2010, he was appointed the head coach of Fakel Voronezh, and due to a technicality (the same person can't be registered for two professional teams at the same time), had to be un-registered from his Dynamo Moscow post, even though he continued to serve his duties of that position as well as coaching Fakel. He was dismissed from his position as director of sports with Dynamo Moscow on 6 December2010, officially to focus on his Fakel coaching position.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Константин Сарсания назначен спортивным директором ФК "Зенит"" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  2. ^ Konstantin Sarsania at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  3. ^ КАДРОВЫЕ ПЕРЕСТАНОВКИ В "ДИНАМО" Archived December 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


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