Full name Ivan Ivanovich Saenko Name Ivan Saenko Position Midfielder Weight 77 kg | Years Team Height 1.78 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 32) Place of birth Maslovka, Voronezh Oblast,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (Russian: Иван Иванович Саенко; born 17 October 1983 in Maslovka) is a retired Russian footballer who played as a winger.
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Club
In August 2008, Saenko moved to Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after Nürnberg's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011.
International
After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution.
He was called up to Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 squad and was a second-half substitute in both their second match against Greece in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the Netherlands in Basel and the semi-final against Spain in Vienna. He won his 13th and final cap in October 2008.
Club
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 15 October 2008
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