Football player Igor Korneev

Igor Korneev refers to the pleiad of football players that performed in two championships of the Soviet and post-Soviet period (the USSR and Russia). He also played for three different national teams (the Soviet Union, the CIS, Russia). Currently he works as an adviser to the selection sports department in the club "Sparta" (Prague).

Dossier

Korneev Igor Vladimirovich is a Soviet and Russian football player, Honored Coach of Russia (2009). He was born on September 4, 1967 in Moscow. Citizen of Russia and the Netherlands. Playing position on the football field - midfielder. Height 174 centimeters, body weight 70 kg. Years of performance in the big football - 1987-2003. Since 2004 - in coaching.

Career football player

As a football player Igor Korneev performed in the championship of the Soviet Union, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands for 6 different clubs. He played 390 matches, in which he scored 106 goals:

• 1987-91 - CSKA;
• 1991-94 - Espanyol (Spain);
• 1994-95 - Barcelona (Spain);
• 1995-97 - Heerenveen (The Netherlands);
• 1997-02 - Feyenoord (The Netherlands);
• 2002-03 - Breda (The Netherlands).

For three different national teams Igor Korneyev performed from 1991 to 1994. He played 14 matches and scored three times scored goals:

• 1991 - the USSR national team;
• 1992 - the national team of the CIS;
• 1992-94 - the Russian national team.

Coach career

Career coach Igor Korneyev started in the Dutch "Feyenoord". From 2004 to 2006 he worked as a children's coach of the famous school of the Netherlands club. In 2006-2010, he was an assistant coach, Sat. Russia Guus Hiddink. After the failure of the Russian team at the 2010 World Cup worked as a sports director of the club "Zenith" (St. Petersburg). Since 2014 he has been a sports adviser to the Prague "Sparta".

Achievements

As a football player, Igor Korneev became the owner of the gold medals of the USSR championship (1991) and the Dutch championship (1999), the USSR Cup (1991) and the UEFA Cup (2002). As a coach, he is the bronze medalist (third place) of the 2008 European Championship.

Stages of football path

The pupil of the Moscow children's and youth school "Spartak" began his football career in the redundant composition of the club "Krasnaya Presnya". Then there was a double of Spartak, a half-year service in the army, a performance in the team of CSKA-2, and finally, in the main army club - CSKA.

For 5 years of performances in the team, Igor Korneev was a witness of loud falls and sensational highs of the club. It was two seasons, held in the first league, and the champion gold of the last USSR championship. 1991 is becoming one of the best in his career for Igor Korneev. He is recognized as the best football player of the championship, holds the first matches in the national team of the country.

It is not known how the career of the player in the "CSKA" would continue, but then the Soviet Union suddenly collapsed, and with it Soviet football. The Star Army team began to slowly disintegrate. The majority of players in search of the best football share went to various foreign clubs. Igor Korneyev was not an exception. In 1991, he signed a contract with the Spanish team "Espanol". Here also moved his teammates: Dmitry Kuznetsov and Dmitry Galyamin. A little later they were joined by Spartak Andrey Mokh. This peculiar Russian diaspora helped Espanyol to stay in the top division of the Spanish championship.

Then the football routes of Russian players began to diverge. The new coach of the team Jose Antonio Camacho made it clear that he is betting on other players.

After the four-year contract Igor Korneyev in the status of a free agent moves to the club "Barcelona". Not bad showing up in a double (4 goals in 14 matches), he reclaims the place in the main team, takes part in the Champions League matches (scoring the ball at the PSG goal). But, unable to withstand the competition on the position of the attacking midfielder with the Romanian George Hadji, Igor leaves the club, having played only 12 matches for the Catalan club.

In 1995, he signed a contract with the Dutch "Heerenveen" for two years. Staking out the place of a solid player of the basic structure, Korneev plays a lot, scores a lot, forcing to attract the attention of the grandees of the Dutch championship. His efforts were not in vain. In 1997, he moved to the Feyenoord team. This will be the second and last successful period in the career of a football player. For five seasons in the Rotterdam club he holds 79 matches, scores 20 goals, becomes the winner of the Dutch championship, the winner of the UEFA Cup.

Since 2002, Igor Korneyev - footballer of the club "Breda". Here he played his last ten matches and hung the boots on the nail. Numerous injuries and age (36 years) made themselves felt.

Unlike the club performances, the career of the football team did not work out. The team that won the selection at the European Championship-92, went as a team of the CIS, not having either its flag or hymn. Not surprisingly, the performance itself was a failure. Igor Korneev himself played only one match. The performance of the Russian team at the World Cup-94, in which our hero took part, was also the best.

Igor Korneyev - footballer, whose family did not work out. He has two sons (Christian and Jordan) from different marriages living in Barcelona (Spain). Igor himself meets a girl named Julia.