Name Andrei Zygmantovich Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.85 m | |
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Full name Andrei Vikentyevich Zygmantovich Date of birth (1962-12-02) 2 December 1962 (age 53) | ||
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Andrei Vikentyevich Zygmantovich (Russian: andrei Vikent'evich Zigmantovich; born 2 December 1962 in Minsk) is a retired Belarusian footballer and currently a Belarus national team coach.
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Mainly a defensive midfielder with good control of the match tempo, positioning on the field and ability to sacrifice himself for the team, he played for nearly a decade with Dinamo Minsk, also having abroad stints in the Netherlands (only one year) and Spain; in the early 2000s, he embarked in a coaching career.
Zygmantovich represented the Soviet Union at the 1990 World Cup.
Club career
Zygmantovich started playing for Dinamo Minsk. In his second professional season, he appeared 30 times and netted twice to help his hometown side win the only Soviet League in its history, edging FC Dynamo Kyiv by one point. After an unassuming spell with FC Groningen, the 30-year-old returned to the club where he would spend most of his career.
In early 1993, Zygmantovich moved abroad again, now to Spain with Racing de Santander, where he would play the next three full seasons, teaming up with former compatriots (Russian) Dmitri Popov, Dmitri Radchenko and Ilshat Faizulin. In 1993–94, he was an instrumental element as the Cantabria outfit achieved one of its best ever finishes in La Liga (eighth).
Zygmantovich started coaching in 2001, in his country, including the national team's U-19. In 2007, he moved to Lithuania's FBK Kaunas.
International career
Zygmantovich made his debut for the Soviet Union on 28 March 1984, in a friendly with West Germany. He represented the nation at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal against Cameroon in a 4–0 victory, which turned out to be his last international game for the USSR.
Zygmantovich later also appeared for Belarus in nine matches.