Serhiy Kandaurov

Serhiy Kandaurov
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Viktorovych Kandaurov
Date of birth (1972-02-02) 2 February 1972
Place of birth Zheleznogorsk, Russian SFSR
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–1993 Metalit Kharkiv 35 (5)
1993–1997 Maccabi Haifa 118 (41)
1997–2001 Benfica 67 (12)
2002 Metalit Kharkiv 10 (0)
2002–2003 Ashdod 20 (1)
2003–2004 Felgueiras 2 (0)
2004–2006 Helios Kharkiv 47 (28)
Total 299 (87)
National team
1992–2000 Ukraine 6 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2007 FC Helios Kharkiv (assistant)
2007–2008 FC Arsenal Kharkiv
2009–2010 FC Helios Kharkiv

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Serhiy Viktorovych Kandaurov (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Ві́кторович Кандау́ров; born 2 February 1972) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

A Ukrainian international from eight seasons, he amassed Israel Championship totals of 118 games and 41 goals, winning the league title in 1993–94. In 1997, he moved to Benfica, spending three and half years in the Primeira Liga adding 67 games and 12 goals. He finished his career in Ukraine, where he started working as a manager in 2006.

Career

Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast, Kandaurov started at Metalit Kharkiv in 1990. Due to his performances, Giora Spiegel brought him to Maccabi Haifa in 1993. In Israel, he grew into a goalscoring midfielder, bagging 10 in his first year, helping Maccabi win the league title. In his second season, he scored 8 goals in 25 games, but failed to retain the title, winning instead the State Cup. He continued to show his goalscorer abilities in his third year, netting 11 goals in 23 games, but failed to win any silverware. During the 1996 transfer season, Maccabi lost important players like Haim Revivo, Eyal Berkovic, Ofer Shitrit and Alon Hazan, so was time to Kandaurov to lead the team. However, despite scoring 7 goals in 25 games, Maccabi finished in fifth in the 1996–97, his lowest position in 4 seasons.[1]

Midway into his fourth season, Kandaurov received an offer to join Benfica, which he immediately accepted, in a transfer deal reported to be of a million dollars. He made his debut on 3 January 1998, in a match against Porto.[2] He scored a goal but was annulled for apparent hand control, despite his claim that it was a wrong decision: "In that game we were cheated. I did not play with my hand. It was clean."[3] He eventually assumed a important role in a team that finished second in the league. In the following season, his temperament would often conflict with Graeme Souness, and he would be in and out of the starting line-up regularly; he reportedly started a fist fight with Michael Thomas during a training session and in the start of the 1999–2000 season, he professed that "If did not play, he would rather leave Benfica.".[4] Yet, due to his free-kick and goalscoring record, he still attracted attention from other clubs, and was reportedly offered a contract extension in November 2000.[4][5] In 2000–01, he fell out of the picking order, making only eight appearances throughout the season, being release at the end of the season.[2]

A free player, he was heavily linked to English football, allegedly Aston Villa,[6] Blackburn Rovers,[7] Burnley,[8] and Bolton.[9] However, since none materialized, he opted to return back to Metalit Kharkiv.[1] In 2002, he was linked to Maccabi Haifa, but due to the excessive number of foreigners in the team, he signed with smaller Ashdod. His spell was did not see as much success as before, only scoring one in 20 matches. He briefly passed through Felgueiras in 2003, playing only two games, spending the remaining two years of his career at Helios Kharkiv, retiring in 2006.[1] He immediately started a managerial career, spending two seasons at FC Arsenal Kharkiv and one at Helios Kharkiv.[10][1]

International career

A youth international since 1989, he was part of the squad that won the 1990 UEFA Under-18 with the Soviet Union. An international for Ukraine, he made his debut on 26 August 1992, in a loss against Hungary, making five more appearances in the following eight years, with his last arriving on 31 May 2000, in a match against England.[2]

Statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maccabi Haifa[1] 1993–94 351022614313
1994–95 25856103114
1995–96 231133403014
1996–97 2472020287
1997–98 1150010125
Total 11841121114114453
Benfica[2] 1997–98 71200091
1998–99 2252030275
1999–00 3162041377
2000–01 70001080
Total 671260818113
Career total 18553181122222566

Honours

Maccabi Haifa[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sergei Kandaurov". legioner.kulichki.com (in Russian).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nº36 - Serhiy Kandaurov". Vedeta ou Marreta (in Portuguese). 31 December 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kandaurov: «Ficávamos em brasa»" [Kandaurov: «We would be on fire»]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 September 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Pé-canhão de Kandaurov suscita cobiça em Espanha" [Kandaurov Cannon foot sparks interest in Spain]. Record. 10 November 1999. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Renovações de Kandaurov e Poborsky discutidas em breve" [Extensions of Kandaurov and Poborsky contract discussed soon]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 November 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kandaurov nos planos do Aston Villa" [Kandaurov in Aston Villa plans]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 19 July 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Zahavi coloca Kandaurov na Premier League" [Zahavi puts Kandaurov in Premier League]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 June 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ternent eyes Ukrainian Kandaurov". ESPN. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Allardyce in talks with Peruvian striker". The Independent. 9 January 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kandaurov, o inesperado companheiro de viagem do Benfica" [Kandaurov, the unexpected travel companion]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 7 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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