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Ivan Saenko

Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (Russian: Иван Иванович Саенко; born 17 October 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Saenko was born in Maslovka. In August 2008, Saenko moved to Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after 1. FC Nürnberg's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011.[2]

International career

After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution.

He was called up to Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 squad and was a second-half substitute in both their second match against Greece in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the Netherlands in Basel and the semi-final against Spain in Vienna. He won his 13th and final cap in October 2008.[3]

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

1. FC Nürnberg

Russia

References

  1. ^ "Ivan Saenko - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ Российский призер Евро-2008 завершил карьеру в 28 лет (in Russian). lenta.ru. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 January 2016). "Ivan Ivanovich Saenko - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ^ Ivan Saenko at Russian Premier League
  5. ^ a b "Ivan Saenko". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Russia-Spain | Line-ups | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Euro 2008 squad list announced" (PDF). Uefa.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

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