Igor Semshov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Semshov.

Igor Petrovich Semshov (Russian: Игорь Петрович Семшов; born 6 April 1978^[1]) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Igor Semshov

Semshov coaching Arsenal Tula in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Igor Petrovich Semshov
Date of birth	(1978-04-06) 6 April 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Centre Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996	CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	CSKA Moscow	10	(1)
1996–1997	CSKA-d Moscow	55	(13)
1998–2005	Torpedo Moscow	216	(54)
1998–2000	Torpedo-d Moscow	9	(3)
2006–2008	Dynamo Moscow	85	(17)
2009	Zenit St. Petersburg	26	(6)
2010–2013	Dynamo Moscow	82	(19)
2013–2014	Krylia Sovetov Samara	14	(1)
Total		497	(114)
International career
1998–1999	Russia U-21	8	(0)
2002–2012	Russia	57	(3)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Arsenal Tula (assistant)
2018	Khimik Novomoskovsk
2018–2020	Arsenal Tula (assistant)
2020–2021	Khimki (assistant)
2021–2022	Khimki (assistant)
2022–2023	Chayka Peschanokopskoye
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the team's key players even earning a call up to the Russian National Team. In 2006, he was transferred to Dynamo Moscow and played there for two years but was put up for transfer in 2008 due to a failure to reach a contract agreement. On 15 December 2009 he moved to Zenit St. Petersburg for €4.5 million but returned to Dynamo the next season.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CSKA Moscow	1996	Russian Premier League	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	1997	Russian Premier League	8	1	1	0	–		–		9	1
	Total		10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
CSKA-d Moscow	1996	Russian Third League	33	10	–		–		–		33	10
	1997	Russian Third League	22	3	–		–		–		22	3
	Total		55	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	13
Torpedo Moscow	1998	Russian Premier League	25	6	2	0	–		–		27	6
	1999	Russian Premier League	28	3	1	0	–		–		29	3
	2000	Russian Premier League	18	1	1	0	1[a]	0	–		20	1
	2001	Russian Premier League	28	6	2	0	2[a]	0	–		32	6
	2002	Russian Premier League	28	11	0	0	–		–		28	11
	2003	Russian Premier League	30	6	1	0	6[a]	2	1[b]	0	38	8
	2004	Russian Premier League	30	9	1	0	–		–		31	9
	2005	Russian Premier League	29	12	5	3	–		–		34	15
	Total		216	54	13	3	9	2	1	0	239	59
Torpedo-d Moscow	1998	Russian Second League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2000	Russian Second League	8	3	–		–		–		8	3
	Total		9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3
Dynamo Moscow	2006	Russian Premier League	28	6	5	0	–		–		33	6
	2007	Russian Premier League	28	5	4	0	–		–		32	5
	2008	Russian Premier League	29	6	2	0	–		–		31	6
	Total		85	17	11	0	0	0	0	0	96	17
Zenit St. Petersburg	2009	Russian Premier League	26	6	2	0	6[c]	3	–		34	9
Dynamo Moscow	2010	Russian Premier League	29	5	2	2	–		–		31	7
	2011–12	Russian Premier League	37	12	5	1	–		–		42	13
	2012–13	Russian Premier League	16	2	2	0	4[d]	2	–		22	4
	Total		82	19	9	3	4	2	0	0	95	24
Krylia Sovetov Samara	2013–14	Russian Premier League	14	1	1	1	–		0	0	15	2
Career total			497	114	37	7	19	7	1	0	554	128

1. Appearances in the UEFA Cup
2. Appearance in the Russian Premier League Cup
3. Four appearances, one goal in the UEFA Cup, two appearances, two goals in the UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International career

Semshov with the Russia national football team in 2011

Semshov was selected to play for the Russian national football team at the 2002 World Cup,^[2] but he did not manage to prevent a disappointing performance as he was played out of position on the left of midfield. He took a part at Euro 2004, but the tournament was a disappointment for him again. Russia fell at the first round and Semshov only played in the last match, which many^[who?] felt was a poor decision.

He was again selected for Euro 2008. He scored his first goal in a friendly against Argentina.

He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.^[3]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2009-08-12	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Argentina	1 – 0	2–3	Friendly
2	2009-09-09	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1 – 0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
3	2011-09-02	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Macedonia	1 – 0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying

Career honours

Club

Zenit St. Petersburg

• Russian Cup (1): 2010

International

Russia

• UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008^[4][5][6]