Gennady Nizhegorodov

Russian footballer

Gennady Nizhegorodov
Personal information
Full name	Gennady Aleksandrovich Nizhegorodov
Date of birth	(1977-06-07) 7 June 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Chornomorets Odesa
	SCA Odesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	73	(1)
1996–1999	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	89	(0)
2000–2004	Lokomotiv Moscow	162	(0)
2005	Terek Grozny	15	(0)
2006	Shinnik Yaroslavl	8	(0)
2006–2009	Chornomorets Odesa	69	(0)
2009–2010	Rheindorf Altach
International career
1998–1999	Russia U-21	11	(0)
2000–2003	Russia	9	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2014	Chornomorets Odesa (assistant)
2014–2021	Chornomorets Odesa (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gennady Aleksandrovich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Геннадий Александрович Нижегородов, Ukrainian: Генна́дій Олекса́ндрович Ніжеґоро́дов; born 7 June 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player who is best known for his time at Lokomotiv Moscow, with whom he spent four seasons and won a number of trophies, including the Russian Premier League in 2002 and 2004.

Under manager Yuri Syomin, he usually played as both right and left center back in formations with three central defenders.

Club career

Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993. In 1996, he moved to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, before moving to FC Lokomotiv Moscow in 2000, where he stayed until 2004, making 125 appearances for the club. He moved to Chechnya club, FC Terek Grozny in 2004, but only played 10 games before moving to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in 2006, where he played eight games before moving later that year to his home town to play for FC Chornomorets Odesa.