Introduction
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (Russian: Станисла́в Сала́мович Черче́сов; IPA: [stənʲɪˈslaf sɐˈlaməvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈtɕɛsəf], Ossetian: Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia of Ossetian origin. In August 2016 he was appointed as head coach of the Russia national football team with a target of reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
International career
Cherchesov played for Russia at the 1994 and 2002 World Cups, and Euro 96. He made 39 appearances for a national team. Cherchesov also made one appearance for the FIFA team in the charity game against America in 1995, and for Europe vs Africa in 1997.
Managerial career
Cherchesov was the manager of FC Kufstein from January to November 2004 and the manager of FC Wacker Tirol from November 2004 to May 2006. In June 2006 – June 2007 he was the sporting director of FC Spartak Moscow. Since 19 June 2007 and up to 14 August 2008 he was the manager of FC Spartak Moscow. Manager of Amkar Perm since June 2013 to April 2014.
On 8 April 2014 Cherchesov leaves Amkar Perm
On 9 April 2014 Cherchesov was named as manager of FC Dynamo Moscow replacing Dan Petrescu.He left Dynamo by mutual consent on 13 July 2015.
On 6 October 2015 he became the manager of Polish side Legia Warsaw.
Cherchesov made 142 appearances for Spartak Moscow.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 15 November 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Russia | 11 August 2016 | Present | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 40.00 |
Honours
Player
Spartak Moscow
- Soviet Top League (2): 1987, 1989,
Runner-up 1991
- Russian Premier League (2): 1992, 1993
Third place 1995, 2002
- Soviet Cup (1): 1992
Dynamo Dresden
- DFB-Pokal
Semifinal 1993-94
FC Tirol Insbruck
- Bundesliga (3): 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02
Individual
- USSR’s Best Goalkeeper of 1989 and 1990
- Russia’s Best Goalkeeper of 1992
Manager
Legia Warsaw
- Ekstraklasa (1): 2015-16
- Polish Cup (1): 2015-16
Personal life
Cherchesov is married and has two children, Madina (b. 1991) and Stanislav (b. 1994). His son is also a goalkeeper, he has been on the roster of FC Dynamo Moscow since the 2014–15 season, but is yet to make his debut on the professional level.