Sergey Ponomarev (footballer)

For football player and coach born in 1953, see Sergei Ponomaryov.

For other uses, see Ponomaryov.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Ponomarev.

Sergey Ponomarev

Personal information
Full name	Sergey Nikolayevich Ponomarev
Date of birth	(1956-12-06) 6 December 1956
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	DYuSSh Chekhov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1976	FC Torpedo Podolsk
1977–1980	Oka Stupino (amateur)
1980	FC Dynamo Kashira
1981–1992	Torpedo Ryazan	390	(31)
1993	Obninsk	42	(2)
1994	Zob Ahan
1995	Oka Kolomna	34	(2)
1996–1997	Spartak Ryazan	35	(0)
1997	Spartak Rybnoye	4	(0)
1999	FC Mikhaylov
1999	FC Transenergo Ryazan
2005	FC Sasovo
Managerial career
1995	Oka Kolomna (assistant)
2000–2002	Ryazan
2011–2012	Zvezda Ryazan (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergey Nikolayevich Ponomarev (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Пономарёв; born 6 December 1956) is a Russian football coach and a former player.

Club career

He played in the third-tier Soviet Second League and lower levels during the existence of the Soviet Union, and made his second-tier debut when the Soviet Union dissolved and the Russian football pyramid was created in 1992, in the Russian Football National League.

Ponomarev was the first foreign professional footballer to play in the Iranian Football League (Azadegan League) after the Iranian Revolution. In 1994, he was invited to Isfahan, Iran by his countrymen Yevgeny Liyadin who was coach of F.C. Zob Ahan at the time, where he played for one season.

Coaching career

He coached FC Ryazan in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in 2001 and 2002.

External links

• IranLig
• Tebyan
• Sergey Ponomarev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)