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Igor Lediakhov

Lediakhov coaching Akhmat Grozny in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Igor Anatolyevich Lediakhov
Date of birth	(1968-05-22) 22 May 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Sochi, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Torpedo Taganrog
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986	FC Torpedo Taganrog	7	(0)
1988–1989	SKA Rostov-on-Don	64	(1)
1990	Dnipro	6	(1)
1991–1992	Rotor Volgograd	38	(2)
1992–1994	Spartak Moscow	99	(26)
1994–2002	Sporting Gijón	209	(41)
1998	→ Yokohama Flügels (loan)	23	(15)
2002–2003	Eibar	19	(1)
Total		427	(82)
National team
1992	CIS	7	(1)
1992–1994	Russia	9	(0)
Teams managed
2008	Spartak Moscow (youth)
2008	Spartak Moscow (caretaker)
2008–2009	Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2010	Shinnik
2011–2013	Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2013	Rotor Volgograd
2013–2018	Terek/Akhmat Grozny (assistant)
2018	Akhmat Grozny (caretaker)
2018	Akhmat Grozny
2018	Baltika Kaliningrad
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Igor Lediakhov (born May 22, 1968) is a famous Russian football coach and a former player. He used to play as an attacking midfielder, which means he helped both score goals and defend.

He played football for almost ten years in Spain. His main team there was Sporting de Gijón. Later, he became a football manager in his home country, Russia. Lediakhov also played for the CIS at UEFA Euro 1992 and for Russia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Playing Career

Club Teams

Igor Lediakhov was born in Sochi, Russia. He started his professional football journey with a team called FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. In 1990, he joined FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

After playing well for FC Rotor Volgograd, Lediakhov was signed by the big Soviet Union team, FC Spartak Moscow. He was a very important player for Spartak Moscow. He helped them win three league titles in a row. This included the very first Russian Premier League championship in 1992. During two of these seasons, he scored more than ten goals.

In the summer of 1994, when he was 26, Lediakhov moved to Spain. He joined the team Sporting de Gijón. He scored almost 50 goals for the club in total. Seventeen of these goals were in four seasons in La Liga, which is Spain's top league. He was known for his good attacking skills.

His time in Spain lasted eight years. Sometimes, he had trouble following the rules. For example, in 2000, he received a ban from playing for six matches. He also spent a few months playing in Japan for Yokohama Flügels on loan. After that, he returned to Sporting Gijón. He ended his playing career in 2003 at age 35. His last team was SD Eibar.

International Teams

Lediakhov played 16 international matches for two teams: the CIS and Russia. He was part of the CIS team at UEFA Euro 1992, but he did not play in any games. He also played for Russia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In that World Cup, he played in one match, where Russia won 6–1 against Cameroon.

Coaching Career

In 2007, Igor Lediakhov worked as a sporting director for FC Rostov. The next year, in June 2008, he started coaching the youth teams at FC Spartak Moscow.

From August to September 2008, Lediakhov was the temporary manager for Spartak Moscow's main team. After that, he worked as an assistant coach. He helped both Michael Laudrup and Valery Karpin, who were the head coaches.

On December 22, 2009, he became the head coach of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. He stayed there for about five months. Then, on May 9, 2011, he became the new director of football at FC Rotor Volgograd. He also worked as a scout for them, looking for new talented players.

Lediakhov returned to Spartak Moscow for a second time as an assistant coach on September 6, 2011.

On April 7, 2018, he became the temporary manager for FC Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League. This happened after the previous manager left. On May 22, 2018, he was made the permanent manager of Akhmat Grozny. However, he resigned from this role on September 2, 2018.

Later that month, on September 20, 2018, he signed with FC Baltika Kaliningrad. He was supposed to stay until the end of the 2018–19 season. But he was dismissed from Baltika on December 19, 2018.

Career Statistics

Here are some details about Igor Lediakhov's playing career. The tables show how many games he played and how many goals he scored for different clubs and national teams.

Club Statistics

National Team Statistics

Honours and Achievements

Igor Lediakhov won several important titles during his playing career:

• Russian League: 1992, 1993, 1994 (three times with Spartak Moscow)
• CIS Cup: 1992
• Russian Cup: 1994

See also

In Spanish: Ígor Lediakhov para niños