Sergey Sosnovski

For the Russian actor, see Sergey Sosnovsky.

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

Sergey Anatolyevich Sosnovski (Belarusian: Сяргей Сасноўскі (Syarhey Sasnowski); Russian: Серге́й Сосновский; born 14 August 1981) is a Belarusian football coach and former player (defender).

Sergey Sosnovski

Personal information
Full name	Sergey Anatolyevich Sosnovski
Date of birth	(1981-08-14) 14 August 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Minsk (assistant)
Youth career
	Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Traktor Minsk	39	(2)
2002–2004	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	60	(1)
2005–2006	Zvezda-BGU Minsk	25	(2)
2006–2007	Neman Grodno	49	(4)
2008–2010	BATE Borisov	56	(1)
2011–2012	Tom Tomsk	22	(0)
2013	Minsk	30	(2)
2014	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	1	(0)
2015–2016	Neman Grodno	44	(0)
International career
2002	Belarus U21	1	(0)
2009–2011	Belarus	17	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2021	Minsk (youth)
2022–	Minsk (assistant)
2022	Minsk (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sosnovski was born in Minsk and signed his first professional contract with the local club Traktor Minsk.^[1] He played an important role in BATE Borisov's 2008–09 Champions League campaign, heading in a goal against Bulgarian Levski Sofia to open the scoring for FC BATE in the return leg of the third qualifying round played on 27 August 2008. The match ended in a 1–1 draw and the team from Barysaw became the first Belarusian club to reach the group stages of the Champions League.^[2] On 27 August 2009, Sosnovski scored two goals in a 4–0 win against Litex Lovech, which helped BATE to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.^[3] In February 2011, Sosnovski ended his stint with BATE and signed a contract with Russian side FC Tom Tomsk.^[4]

International career

He made his international debut for Belarus on 1 April 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.^[5]

Honours

MTZ-RIPO Minsk

• Belarusian Cup winner: 2004–05

BATE Borisov

• Belarusian Premier League champion: 2008, 2009, 2010
• Belarusian Cup winner: 2009–10
• Belarusian Super Cup winner: 2010

Minsk

• Belarusian Cup winner: 2012–13