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Dmitri Alenichev

{{short description|Russian footballer and politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{family name hatnote|Anatolyevich|Alenichev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dmitri Alenichev

| image = File:Dmitry Alenichev.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption = Alenichev in 2018

| fullname = Dmitri Anatolievich Alenichev

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|10|20}}

| birth_place = Melioratorov, Pskov Oblast, Soviet Union

| height = 1.71m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1989 | clubs1 = SKIF-Express Velikie Luki | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1990–1991 | clubs2 = Mashinostroitel Pskov | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1991–1993 | clubs3 = Lokomotiv Moscow | caps3 = 69 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1994–1998 | clubs4 = Spartak Moscow | caps4 = 122 | goals4 = 18

| years5 = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = Roma | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1999–2000 | clubs6 = → Perugia (loan) | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2000–2004 | clubs7 = Porto | caps7 = 84 | goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2004–2006 | clubs8 = Spartak Moscow | caps8 = 21 | goals8 = 3

| totalcaps = 394 | totalgoals = 52

| nationalyears1 = 1992 | nationalteam1 = USSR U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1993 | nationalteam2 = Russia U-21 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1996–2005{{Cite news|title=Dmitriy Anatolyevich Alenichev - International Appearances|publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/alenichev-intl.html}} | nationalteam3 = Russia | nationalcaps3 = 55 | nationalgoals3 = 6

| manageryears1 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs1 = Russia U18

| manageryears2 = 2011–2015 | managerclubs2 = Arsenal Tula

| manageryears3 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs3 = Spartak Moscow

| manageryears4 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs4 = Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

}}

{{infobox officeholder

|office = Russian Federation Senator
from Omsk Oblast

|term_start = 2007

|term_end = 2010

}}

Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev ({{langx|ru|Дми́трий Анато́льевич Але́ничев}}; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian football coach, former player and politician.

Club career

Despite being a Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted 1991 for Moscow rivals Lokomotiv Moscow, where he played four years before moving to Spartak, where in five years he won three Russian leagues and two cups, and was also elected Russian player of the year in 1997. Won Malta International Football Tournament 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans96.html|title = Rothmans Tournament 1996}} On 14 June 1998 Italian Serie A side Roma officially agreed with Spartak for 7 million USD and the player moved to Rome. He played 21 matches in his first season, but after only seven matches in the second season, he moved to Perugia in December 1999. His stint in Italy overall proved to be unsuccessful and he was eventually considered to be one of Italian football's biggest foreign flops.{{cite web|url=http://www.calciobidoni.it/bidoni/alenitchev.html |title=Dmitrij Alenitchev | Il freddo e anonimo precedessore del nipponico Nakata |website=Calciobidoni.it |date=20 October 1972 |access-date=28 April 2016}}

In 2000, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Porto, where he made a strong first impression, scored the equalizing goal against rivals Sporting CP in the first leg of the 2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. He was also impressive overall in first season, as Porto captured the Taça de Portugal after winning the final 2–0 against Marítimo, Alenichev scoring the second goal. The following season, Alenichev suffered some animosity from new Porto head coach Octávio Machado (similar to his compatriot Sergei Ovchinnikov) and spent most of the first half of the season sidelined, under the shadow of Deco. When Octávio was sacked and replaced with José Mourinho, Alenichev's prospects changed. Although he was not a regular in the starting 11, he was usually the first player substituted onto the pitch, particularly when Mourinho shifted from a 4–3–3 to a 4–4–2 formation. A starting player in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final and mid-match substitute in the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, Alenichev scored in both contests, the only Russian player to do so as of 2023. In the former, against Celtic, he scored the second goal, following a pass from Deco; and in the latter, against Monaco, he closed the scoreline with a powerful volley shot following a deflected through cross from Derlei. This made him one of only three players to score goals in two consecutive cup finals of different European competitions, the others being Ronald Koeman and Ronaldo.

During UEFA Euro 2004, in which Alenichev played in all three of Russia's matchups, he announced his desire to return to Spartak Moscow. In appreciation for the services done for the club, the FC Porto board made no objections to the transfer.

On 8 April 2006, Sport-Express published Alenichev's interview containing severe criticism of Aleksandrs Starkovs, Spartak's head coach at the time.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119471 |title=Спорт Экспресс - ГОСТЬ 'СЭ' = Дмитрий АЛЕНИЧЕВ: 'СТАРКОВ - ТУПИК ДЛЯ 'СПАРТАКА' = Футболисты редко звонят в редакцию. Таковы законы жанра: как правило, это мы звоним им, чтобы взять интервью, комментарий или просто обсудить какой-то спорный момент. А. |access-date=15 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415182027/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119471 |archive-date=15 April 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119477 |title=Спорт Экспресс - ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ. ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГА. 4-й тур = Завтра - 'CПAPTAK' - 'ЛОКОМОТИВ' = Дмитрий АЛЕНИЧЕВ = СТАРКОВ - ТУПИК ДЛЯ 'СПАРТАКА' = Окончание. Начало - стр. 1 = РОМАНЦЕВ - ЛУЧШАЯ КАНДИДАТУРА = У СТАРКОВА НЕТ АВТОРИТЕТА В КОМАНДЕ = |access-date=15 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415182116/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119477 |archive-date=15 April 2006 }} Following that, Alenichev was fined, dismissed from the first team, transfer listed 14 April{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119833 |title=Спорт Экспресс - АЛЕНИЧЕВ ВЫСТАВЛЕН НА ТРАНСФЕР И ОШТРАФОВАН |access-date=15 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423195936/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?119833 |archive-date=23 April 2006 }} and on 10 September his contract was finally terminated by mutual agreement.{{cite web |url=http://rus.spartak.com/usr/news/item.asp?id=53424 |title=Официальный сайт ФК "Спартак" Москва - Текст новости |access-date=31 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070614051058/http://rus.spartak.com/usr/news/item.asp?id=53424 |archive-date=14 June 2007 }} This marked the end of his playing career.

Managerial career

In 2011, he joined FC Arsenal Tula as a manager and led the club through three promotions in 3 seasons from fourth-level Russian Amateur Football League to the top-level Russian Premier League. Arsenal was relegated after just one season in the top tier and Alenichev left.

In June 2015, he became manager of his former club Spartak Moscow.{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.ru/sport/446786|title=Аленичев официально возглавил "Спартак"|publisher=Interfax|language=ru|website=Interfax.ru| date=10 June 2015| access-date =10 June 2015}} He resigned as Spartak manager on 5 August 2016 following Spartak's elimination in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by AEK Larnaca.{{cite web|publisher=FC Spartak Moscow|url=http://spartak.com/main/news/92441/|script-title=ru:ДМИТРИЙ АЛЕНИЧЕВ ПОКИДАЕТ «СПАРТАК»|date=5 August 2016|language=ru}} At the end of that season, Spartak won the Russian Premier League for the first time in 16 years under the management of his assistant Massimo Carrera.

On 5 June 2017, Alenichev signed a two-year contract with Russian second division club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.{{cite web|publisher=FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk|url=http://www.fc-enisey.ru/klub/novosti/item/4475-dmitrij-alenichev-vozglavil-enisej|script-title=ru:Дмитрий Аленичев возглавил "Енисей"|date=5 June 2017|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621071432/http://www.fc-enisey.ru/klub/novosti/item/4475-dmitrij-alenichev-vozglavil-enisej|archive-date=21 June 2017}} In his first season, he led Yenisey to promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time in club's history. He was replaced as Yenisey coach after the club was relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk|url=https://xn----jtbalgbx7av.xn--p1ai/2019/06/17/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%80-%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b5%d0%b2-%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d0%b3%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b9-%d1%82%d1%80/|title=АЛЕКСАНДР АЛЕКСЕЕВ — НОВЫЙ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР "ЕНИСЕЯ"|trans-title=Aleksandr Alekseyev is the new head coach of Yenisey|date=17 June 2019|language=ru|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930001200/https://xn----jtbalgbx7av.xn--p1ai/2019/06/17/%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80-%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D1%82%D1%80/|url-status=dead}}

Style of play

A technically gifted and offensive-minded midfielder, Alenichev's favoured role was as a number 10 behind the strikers; he was also deployed as a central midfielder on occasion throughout his career, although he lacked both the physicality and tactical sense to excel in this position.{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/storie/23-06-2019/abbagli-estivi-delapena-lehmann-meteora-blanchard-peggiori-acquisti-mercato-98-99-340304745865/dmitrij-alenichev-roma.shtml |title=De La Peña, Lehmann e la meteora Blanchard: i peggiori acquisti del mercato '98-'99 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |last1=Guidi |first1=Marco |date=12 July 2017 |access-date=12 July 2019 }}

Personal life

His older brother Andrei Alenichev also played football professionally. He has two sons, Maksim (born 2001) and Daniil (born 2004) who followed on his footsteps and became footballers too.{{cite web|language=pt |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/noticias/daniil-alenichev-no-leixoes-o-passado-a-companhia-da-mae-e-o-pai-para-breve-14511333.html |title=Daniil Alenichev no Leixões: o passado, a companhia da mãe e o pai para breve |website=O Jogo |date=20 January 2022 |access-date=20 January 2022}} As of 2024, Maksim is a free agent after playing in the third-tier Russian Second League, and Daniil plays for the Under-23 squad of the Portuguese club Leixões.

Alenichev joined the United Russia party. On 14 June 2007, he was voted the representative of the Omsk Oblast in the Federation Council of Russia.{{cite web|url=http://newsru.com/sport/14jun2007/alenichev.html |title=Новости NEWSru.com :: Футболист Дмитрий Аленичев с подачи Бориса Грызлова забил на спорт и стал сенатором от Омской области |website=Newsru.com |date=8 June 2007 |access-date=28 April 2016}} He represented it until 2010, when he accepted the position of head coach of the Russia national under-18 team.{{cite web|url=http://www.rfs.ru/node/125205 |title=Дмитрий Аленичев официально утвержден старшим тренером юношеской сборной России (игроки 1993 года рождения) | Российский Футбольный Союз |access-date=24 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128000202/http://rfs.ru/node/125205 |archive-date=28 November 2010 }}

In 2009, Alenichev was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 14 March 2006}}{{cite web |title=Аленичев Дмитрий Анатольевич |url=https://premierliga.ru/players/Alenichev-Dmitriy |website=premierliga.ru/ |publisher=Russian Premier League |access-date=21 April 2020 |language=ru}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Mashinostroitel Pskov

|1990

|rowspan="2"|Soviet Second League B

|31

400colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—314
1991

|7

300colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—73
colspan="2"|Total

!38

700colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—387
rowspan="4"|Lokomotiv Moscow

|1991

|Soviet Top League

|16

021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—181
1992

|rowspan="2"|Russian Top League

|24

250colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—292
1993

|29

420colspan="2"|—20colspan="2"|—334
colspan="2"|Total

!69

691colspan="2"|—20colspan="2"|—807
rowspan="6"|Spartak Moscow

|1994

|rowspan="5"|Russian Top League

|17

340colspan="2"|—61colspan="2"|—274
1995

|27

430colspan="2"|—42colspan="2"|—346
1996

|32

720colspan="2"|—81colspan="2"|—428
1997

|33

243colspan="2"|—81colspan="2"|—456
1998

|13

241colspan="2"|—41colspan="2"|—214
colspan="2"|Total

!122

18174colspan="2"|—306colspan="2"|—16928
rowspan="3"|Roma

|1998–99

|rowspan="2"|Serie A

|21

131colspan="2"|—51colspan="2"|—293
1999–2000

|7

130colspan="2"|—33colspan="2"|—134
colspan="2"|Total

!28

261colspan="2"|—84colspan="2"|—427
rowspan="3"|Perugia (loan)

|1999–2000

|rowspan="2"|Serie A

|15

000colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—150
2000–01

|0

000colspan="2"|—21colspan="2"|—21
colspan="2"|Total

!15

000colspan="2"|—21colspan="2"|—171
rowspan="5"|Porto

|2000–01

|rowspan="4"|Primeira Liga

|28

343colspan="2"|—9121308
2001–02

|20

320colspan="2"|—70colspan="2"|—283
2002–03

|18

460colspan="2"|—112colspan="2"|—286
2003–04

|17

241colspan="2"|—10310296
colspan="2"|Total

!83

12164colspan="2"|–3763113923
rowspan="4"|Spartak Moscow

|2004

|rowspan="3"|Russian Premier League

|13

320colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—153
2005

|8

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—90
2006

|0

020colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—20
colspan="2"|Total

!21

350colspan="2"|–00colspan="2"|–263
colspan="3"|Career total

!376

4853100079173151176

=International=

{{updated|match played 9 February 2005}}{{NFT player|id=5462|name=Dmitri Alenichev|accessdate=21 April 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
National team||Year||Apps||Goals
rowspan=11|Russia
199621
1997102
199880
199961
200040
2001102
200250
200340
200450
200510
colspan=2|Total556

=International goals=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 1996Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard{{fb|SVN}}2–03–11996 Rothmans International Tournament
2.

|rowspan=2| 11 October 1997

rowspan=2| Dynamo Stadium, Moscowrowspan=2| {{fb|BUL}}1–0rowspan=2| 4–2rowspan=2| 1998 World Cup qualifier
3.4–0
4.31 March 1999Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz{{fb|AND}}6–16–1Euro 2000 qualifier
5.6 June 2001Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg{{fb|LUX}}1–02–12002 World Cup qualifier
6.14 November 2001Skonto Stadium, Riga{{fb|LAT}}2–03–1Friendly

=Managerial=

Information correct as of match played 26 May 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
Name

!class="unsortable"|From

!class="unsortable"|To

!abbr="TOTAL OF MATCHES PLAYED"|P

!abbr="MATCHES WON"|W

!abbr="MATCHES DRAWN"|D

!abbr="MATCHES LOST"|L

!abbr="GOALS SCORED"|GS

!abbr="GOAL AGAINST"|GA

!abbr="PERCENTAGE OF MATCHES WON"|%W

!abbr="HONOURS"|Honours

!abbr="NOTES"|Notes

align=left|Arsenal Tula

|align=left|22 November 2011

|align=left|10 June 2015

{{WDL|102|53|18|31|for=162|against=111}}

|style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller"|

|

align=left|Spartak Moscow

|align=left|10 June 2015

|align=left|5 August 2016

{{WDL|35|17|6|12|for=61|against=42}}

|style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller"|

|

align=left|Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

|align=left|5 June 2017

|align=left|26 May 2019

{{WDL|75|32|15|28|for=106|against=99}}

|style="text-align:left;font-size:smaller"|

|

  • Notes:

{{small|P – Total of played matches

W – Won matches

D – Drawn matches

L – Lost matches

GS – Goal scored

GA – Goals against

%W – Percentage of matches won}}

{{small|Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).}}

Honours

File:D-Alenichev.jpg

Spartak Moscow

Porto

Individual

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