Sasha Mitjaew

{{Short description|Chilean football manager}}

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| name = Sasha Mitjaew

| fullname = Alexander Mitjaew Panasewitsch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Soviet Union

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| manageryears1 = 1973–1974 | managerclubs1 = Unión La Calera

| manageryears2 = 1975 | managerclubs2 = San Antonio Unido

| manageryears3 = 1976 | managerclubs3 = Trasandino

| manageryears4 = 1977 | managerclubs4 = Deportes Linares

| manageryears5 = 1978 | managerclubs5 = Coquimbo Unido

| manageryears6 = 1979 | managerclubs6 = San Antonio Unido

| manageryears7 = 1980 | managerclubs7 = Rangers

| manageryears8 = 1980 | managerclubs8 = Trasandino

| manageryears9 = 1981–1983 | managerclubs9 = San Antonio Unido

| manageryears10 = 1983 | managerclubs10 = Audax Italiano

| manageryears11 = 1984 | managerclubs11 = Palestino

| manageryears12 = 1986 | managerclubs12 = Naval

| manageryears13 = 1987 | managerclubs13 = Rangers

| manageryears14 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs14 = Audax Italiano

| manageryears15 = 1993 | managerclubs15 = Deportes Concepción

| manageryears16 = 1994 | managerclubs16 = Coquimbo Unido

| manageryears17 = 1997 | managerclubs17 = Santiago Morning

| manageryears18 = 1999 | managerclubs18 = Deportes La Serena

| manageryears19 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs19 = Mariscal Braun

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Alexander Mitjaew Panasewitsch (born 18 March 1946), sportingly known as Sasha Mitjaew or Sacha Mitjaew,{{Twitter |id=sachamitjaew |name=Sasha Mitjaew }} is a Soviet-born Chilean former football manager.

Career

With an extensive career in Chile, Mitjaew began his career with Unión La Calera in the 1974 Primera División de Chile, where he previously worked as fitness coach, becoming the youngest manager in the history of the Chilean top division.{{cite web |title=El extravagante Sacha Mitjaew: “Soy el DT que más joven dirigió en Primera” |url=https://www.elmercurio.com/deportes/Futbol/2023/04/06/907814/sacha-mitjaew.html |website=www.elmercurio.com |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=6 April 2023}}

In the Chilean top level, he also led Coquimbo Unido,{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Luis |title=La historia del club chileno con más partidos seguidos sin ganar |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2019/08/29/futbol/1567032119_678250.html |website=AS Chile |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=23 September 2019}} Audax Italiano,{{cite web |title=Audax Italiano 1983 - Campeonato Nacional |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Audax%20Italiano/Audax%20Italiano%201983%20nacional.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es}} Palestino,{{cite web |title=Cuando la U pensó que tres jugadores del fútbol boliviano podían ser la solución |url=https://pelotudos.cl/cuando-la-u-penso-que-tres-jugadores-del-futbol-boliviano-podian-ser-la-solucion/ |website=Pelotudos.cl |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=7 June 2022}} Naval,{{cite web |title=NAVAL 3:1 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1986 |url=https://historiadecolocolo.com/nacional/1986/naval1986-1.html |website=historiadecolocolo.com |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es}} Rangers,{{cite web |title=A horas del fin del Mundial, nosotros queremos «reconocer» a un ruso nuestro. |url=https://web.facebook.com/LaRompieronChile/photos/a-horas-del-fin-del-mundial-nosotros-queremos-reconocer-a-un-ruso-nuestrohablamo/1986212791409711 |website=www.facebook.com |publisher=La Rompieron |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=14 July 2018}} Deportes Concepción{{cite web |title=Cuestión de botines |url=https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/deportes/cuestionde-botines-n80188 |website=www.diariopopular.com.ar |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=30 March 2011}} and Deportes La Serena.

In the second level, he led San Antonio Unido, Trasandino,{{cite journal |title="MEJOR ORGANIZACIÓN, ÚNICA SOLUCIÓN PARA TRASANDINO" |journal=5ta. REGIÓN "Crisol del Aconcagua" |date=December 1980 |volume=1 |page=10 |url=https://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/colecciones/BND/00/PE/PE0000039.pdf |access-date=14 February 2024 |location=Los Andes, Chile |language=es |format=PDF}} Deportes Linares,{{cite web |title=Los 65 años de Deportes Linares representando a la Región del Maule |url=https://campeonatochileno.cl/noticia/3852/los-65-anos-de-deportes-linares-representando-a-la-region-del-maule |website=Campeonatochileno.cl |publisher=ANFP |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=31 December 1969}} Rangers, Audax Italiano and Santiago Morning.

Abroad, he had a stint with Bolivian club Mariscal Braun in 2002–03.{{cite news |title=Mariscal Braun con algunas variantes para el clásico chico |url=https://www.noticiasfides.com/deportes/mariscal-braun-con-algunas-variantes-para-el-clasico-chico-157545 |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=www.noticiasfides.com |date=10 August 2002 |language=es}} He recommended three players from the Bolivian football for Universidad de Chile who finally did not sign with the club: Clemilson da Silva, Jaime Cardozo and Álex da Rosa.{{cite news |title=Boliviano Cardozo y brasileño Da Silva tienen una semana para probrarse en U. de Chile |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/boliviano-cardozo-y-brasileno-da-silva-tienen-una-semana-para-probrarse/2003-01-13/165500.html |access-date=14 February 2024 |work=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |date=13 January 2003 |language=es}}

Political career

Committed with sports, Mitjaew was a candidate to deputy for the district 18 – including cities such as Linares, Cauquenes, Parral, among others – supported by the party País in the 2017 election.(No Somos Tv) {{YouTube |id=cNsLQKlQsBg |title=Dilo de frente - cap4 - Alexander Mitjaew}} {{inlang|es}}. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2024.{{cite web |title=Resultados de las Elecciones Presidenciales, Parlamentarias y Cores 2017 en Chile |url=https://www.emol.com/especiales/2017/actualidad/nacional/elecciones/resultados.asp#d6018 |website=www.emol.com |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=14 February 2024 |language=es |date=2017}}

Personal life

Born in Soviet Union, Mitjaew came to Chile at the age of five on board a ship. His father was Russian and his mother was Ukrainian.

According to his official ID, he was born in 1946, but he declares it was in 1948.

Mitjaew graduated as a PE teacher, got a PhD in exercise physiology in Russia and got a degree in sport psychology in Spain.

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