Place of death Moscow, Russia Height 1.85 m Role Football player | Name Sergey Kramarenko Playing position Position Goalkeeper | |
Full name Sergey Sergeyevich Kramarenko Date of birth (1946-05-20)20 May 1946 Place of birth Ganja, Azerbaijan, USSR Date of death 25 March 2008(2008-03-25) (aged 61) Died March 25, 2008, Moscow, Russia | ||
Sergey Sergeyevich Kramarenko (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Крамаренко; 20 May 1946 – 25 March 2008) was a Soviet football player who played the majority of his career in Azerbaijan as a goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1966 following Neftchi's third-place finish in the Soviet Top League that year. He was born in Moscow.
Kramarenko holds the Azerbaijani football record for the most number of games played in the Soviet Top League with 312 caps. The keeper was unofficially named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year once, in 1970.
Following his playing career, which included stints for the Ukrainian side FC Chornomorets Odessa and another Azeribaijani club FK Khazar Lenkoran, Kramarenko became football manager for Khazar Lenkoran and for another, smaller Azerbajani club. He was named manager of Neftchi in 1993. He died in March 2008 in Moscow.
He was the father of Dmitry Kramarenko, who played was a goalkeeper, most notable for Dinamo Moscow and the Azerbaijan national football team.