Full name Sergei Baltacha Jr. 2003–2004 Millwall Name Sergei Jr. Current team Petershill F.C. | Years Team Role Footballer Siblings Elena Baltacha 1999–2003 St. Mirren Height 1.93 m | |
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Date of birth (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 36) Similar People Elena Baltacha, Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, Anne Keothavong | ||
Place of birth Kiev, Soviet Union | ||
Sergei Baltacha (born 28 July 1979) is a Scottish-Ukrainian former footballer.
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Club career
He first played football in the Dynamo Kiev academy, but began his professional career in Scotland, at St Mirren, where he gained 3 caps for the Scotland U-21 side. He joined Millwall in January 2003 and was released a year later, after which he had an unsuccessful trial with Queen of the South, and St Johnstone before signing with Petershill in 2004. He retired from professional football in 2005/2006.
International career
Baltacha was eligible to play for Russia, Ukraine and under FIFA regulations at the time, the four Home nations as a British passport holder born outside of the United Kingdom with no British parental or grand-parental bloodlines. Baltacha Jr. had moved to the United Kingdom with his father, Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, when he signed for Ipswich Town and at the age of 11 moved to Scotland when Baltacha Sr. signed for St Johnstone in May 1990. Having acquired a British passport, in 1999, he represented Scotland at U21 level against Lithuania.
Personal life
His father, Sergei, played football for the Soviet Union, his mother, Olga, was a pentathlete and his sister, Elena Baltacha, was the former British number one for Women's tennis.