Serhiy Scherbakov

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Sergei Scherbakov
Personal information
Full name Sergei Gennadiyevich Scherbakov
Date of birth (1971-08-15) 15 August 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Bryansk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Shakhtar Donetsk 70 (16)
1992–1993 Sporting CP 25 (5)
National team
1990 USSR U18
1991 USSR U21 3 (1)
1992 Ukraine 2 (0)
1992 Russia U21[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sergei Gennadiyevich Scherbakov (Russian: Серге́й Геннадиевич Щербаков, Ukrainian: Сергій Геннадiйович Щербаков, Serhiy Hennadiyovych Shcherbakov; born 15 August 1971) is a former Ukrainian football (soccer) midfielder and a Russian football youth coach and functionary.

In Portuguese media and some FIFA sources, the footballer is also known as Serguei Cherbakov.[2] In Portugal Scherbakov was known as a Russian footballer despite the fact of playing for Ukraine.[3]

Career[]

A native of Bryansk, a city near the border with Ukraine, Sergei was born in a sports family where his father was a footballer for Soviet Novator Mariupol playing as a central defender, while mother of Sergei was a gymnast.[4] As an athlete, he was brought up by youth coaches of Shakhtar and soon made his way to the main squad, already at his 17 he played his first game.[4] In total, Shcherbakov played in the Soviet Top League 52 games over three seasons and scored 12 times.[4] With dissolution of the Soviet Union, he along with Shakhtar joined the Vyshcha Liha that commenced on territory of the independent Ukraine.[4]

He capped for USSR U-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. He shared the golden shoe with Pedro Pineda in that tournament as the highest scorer with 4 goals. In 1991 following the performance of the Soviet youth teams, Scherbakov was invited to PSV Eindhoven where he spent six weeks, but for uncertain reasons was not able to sign a contract.[4] After receiving an offer from Sporting in 1992 he did not think twice.[4]

Shcherbakov had been brought to Sporting CP by Bobby Robson who also joined the club in July 1992.[4] At that time among his assistants Robson had José Mourinho.[4] Robson was complaining about "terrible situation" in the club and periodically had arguments with the club's president.[4] The manager was fired following their Uefa Cup exit against Casino Salzburg during winter break of the 1993–94 season with Sporting CP in the lead.[4] The players hosted a dinner party for him, but afterwards Sergey was involved in a serious car accident that left him paralysed from the waist down, and has used a wheelchair ever since.[5] Shcherbakov went to a pub used by the Russian community, stayed until early hours and then shot a set of traffic lights. His car was hit side on. Had he been wearing the seat belt, the injuries would have been minor.[6] The Resident newspaper also reported that he had been "over the legal alcohol limit" at the time and had jumped a red light. The accident fractured Shcherbakov's skull and his spinal column in three places. During rehabilitation he vowed he would once again don the Sporting jersey on the pitch someday but he never regained use of his legs. After the crash, Sir Bobby Robson said that had the crash not happened, Shcherbakov would have gone on to become one of the best midfielders in Europe. He was only 22.[7]

Currently, he is working with several football-related charities, such as the Federation of Football that unites football lovers that have cerebral paralysis, as well as a youth scout, and lives in Moscow.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Club Season League Domestic
Cup 		European
Cup 		UEFA
Cup 		Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk Soviet Top League 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22 0
17 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 5
1991 20 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7
Soviet Top League total 52 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 68 12
1992 Vyshcha Liha (Ukraine) 18 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7
Shakhtar total 70 16 14 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 91 19
Sporting CP Primeira Divisão 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4
8 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 15 2
Sporting total 25 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 36 6
Career total 95 21 19 3 0 0 6 1 7 0 127 25

International[]

Ukraine national team
Year Apps Goals
1992 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours[]

  • UEFA European Under-18 Championship champion: 1990

Individual[]

  • FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Boot: 1991

References[]

  1. ^ Foreigners in the youth team (ЛЕГИОНЕРЫ В МОЛОДЕЖКЕ). Sport-Express. 2004
  2. ^ FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991™. FIFA (www.fifa.com)
  3. ^ Cherbakov condena Sporting de “deselegância” por enviar email de aniversário aos sócios com conteúdo sobre o seu acidente. theworldnews.net
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The side effect of freedom. A star of the post-Soviet football that has never shone (Побочный эффект свободы. Так и не засиявшая звезда постсоветского пространства). UA-Football. 1 April 2020
  5. ^ Dart, James (5 July 2007). "Did Denis Law score seven goals and still end up on the losing side?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  6. ^ Robson, Bobby; Harris, Bob (1999). My autobiography : an Englishman abroad (Updated ed.). London: Pan Books. pp. 161, 162. ISBN 978-0330369855.
  7. ^ Smyth, Rob; Ashdown, John (7 April 2010). "Is the Premier League Big Four the most dominant ever?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 April 2010.

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