Konstantin Sarsania

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| name = Konstantin Sarsania

| image = Konstantin Sarsania.JPG

| fullname = Konstantin Sergeyevich Sarsania

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1968|6|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|7|1968|6|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Dynamo Moscow

| years1 = 1985–1988 | clubs1 = Dynamo Moscow | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1988 | clubs2 = Fakel Voronezh | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1988 | clubs3 = Dynamo-2 Moscow | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1988 | clubs4 = Spartak Moscow | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1988–1989 | clubs5 = Krasnaya Presnya Moscow | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1989 | clubs6 = Spartak Ordzhonikidze | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1990 | clubs7 = Asmaral Moscow | caps7 = 17 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = 1991–1992 | clubs8 = Dunkerque | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 1992–1993 | clubs9 = US Armagnac | caps9 = | goals9 =

| manageryears1 = 2005 | managerclubs1 = Sportakademklub Moscow (president)

| manageryears2 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs2 = Sportakademklub Moscow

| manageryears3 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs3 = Zenit St. Petersburg (sporting director)

| manageryears4 = 2008 | managerclubs4 = Zenit St. Petersburg (advisor)

| manageryears5 = 2009 | managerclubs5 = Khimki

| manageryears6 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs6 = Dynamo Moscow (sporting director)

| manageryears7 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs7 = Fakel Voronezh

| manageryears8 = 2012 | managerclubs8 = RFS (advisor)

| manageryears9 = 2013–2017 | managerclubs9 = Atlantas

| manageryears10 = 2017 | managerclubs10 = Zenit St. Petersburg (sporting director)

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Konstantin Sergeyevich Sarsania ({{langx|ru|Константи́н Серге́евич Сарса́ния}}; 11 June 1968 – 7 October 2017) was a Russian professional football coach, player, and agent. At the time of his death he worked as sporting director for Zenit St. Petersburg.{{cite web|title=Константин Сарсания назначен спортивным директором ФК "Зенит"|url=http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-05-27-konstantin-sarsaniya-naznachen-sportivnym-direktorom-fk-zenit.htm|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|accessdate=27 May 2017|language=Russian|date=27 May 2017}}

Career

He made his debut as a player in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for Dynamo-2 Moscow.{{FootballFacts.ru|102-sarsaniyakonstantinsergeevich}} He was a licensed FIFA player agent since 1998 and represented, among others, Vyacheslav Malafeev, Aleksandr Pavlenko and Vitaliy Denisov.

In October 2009, he was appointed the new director of sports for Dynamo Moscow. His official contract started in 2010. In August 2010, he was appointed the head coach of Fakel Voronezh, and due to a technicality (the same person can't be registered for two professional teams at the same time), had to be un-registered from his Dynamo Moscow post, even though he continued to serve his duties of that position as well as coaching Fakel. He was dismissed from his position as director of sports with Dynamo Moscow on 6 December2010, officially to focus on his Fakel coaching position.[http://fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=5742 КАДРОВЫЕ ПЕРЕСТАНОВКИ В "ДИНАМО"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231202241/http://fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=5742 |date=December 31, 2010 }}