Aleksandr Cherkes

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Cherkes
Personal information

Full name	Aleksandr Alekseyevich Cherkes
Date of birth	(1976-09-02) 2 September 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Voronezh, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	FC Gazovik Ostrogozhsk
1999	FC Lokomotiv Liski	16	(0)
1999–2001	FC Fakel Voronezh	53	(0)
2002	FC Sokol Saratov	27	(1)
2003	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	24	(0)
2004	FC Sokol Saratov	30	(0)
2005–2006	FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	67	(2)
2007–2008	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	44	(2)
2008–2010	FC Rostov	36	(0)
2011	FC Fakel Voronezh	11	(0)
2011	FC Nizhny Novgorod	17	(0)
2012	FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	8	(0)
Managerial career
2013	FC Fakel Voronezh (director of sports)
2014	FC Vybor-Kurbatovo Voronezh (assistant)
2018–2019	FC Rostov II (assistant)
2019	FC Rostov II (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Cherkes (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Черкес; born 2 September 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player.

Playing career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Fakel Voronezh.

On 17 June 2008, Cherkes signed a 2.5-year contract with FC Rostov.^[1]

His son Yevgeni Cherkes is now a professional footballer.^[2]

^ АЛЕКСАНДР ЧЕРКЕС ПЕРЕШЕЛ В РОСТОВ. fc-rostov.ru/ (in Russian). FC Rostov. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ Молодежный состав "Ростова" пополнил сын бывшего капитана ростовчан Александра Черкеса [A son of former Rostov captain Aleksandr Cherkes joins Rostov youth squad] (in Russian). Championat Rostov. 25 January 2019.