Sergei Semak: biography and football career. Family and children of Sergei Semak

Sergey Semak - the owner of one of the brightest and longest careers in history Russian football. Scored the ball for the first time major league in 17 years; won the national championship with three teams; was the captain of the Russian team at Euro 2008, when national team won bronze medals. Since 2013, he has been working as a coach, combining sports with business and charity.

Childhood and youth

Sergey Semak was born in the north of the Luhansk region of Ukraine (then Voroshilovgrad region) on February 27, 1976. He spent his childhood in the village of Sychansky, where his family lived, which he later recalled with warmth in many interviews. He grew up with four brothers, two of whom also became footballers. The head of the family was also connected with the game - Sergey's father Bogdan Mikhailovich was a member of the regional team. Mom was against her son's passion for football.

Semak is a graduate of the Lugansk School Olympic reserve(coach - Valery Belokobylsky). He knew the school curriculum so well that at the end he received gold medal. The athlete himself explains this with soft requirements and good visual memory. However, Semak also notes the merit of his parents - their hard work was an example for him.

Football

Semak's career began with the Krasnaya Presnya club, but soon he was invited to the Asmaral club, created by an entrepreneur from Iran, Hussam Al-Khalidi. The debut of the football player took place in the fall of 1993 in a match with Zhemchuzhina. And in the same meeting, Semak scored his first goal, being one of the few players who managed to score a goal under 18 years old.

Despite a successful start, Semak played only one season for Asmaral - in 1994 he began playing for CSKA. In an interview with Sports.ru, Sergey said that the negotiations between the "soldiers" and the owner of "Asmaral" failed. Then CSKA took the opportunity to draft a football player into the army.

The debut for the "soldiers" took place in a successful game for CSKA with Ferencvaros in the Cup Winners' Cup. Later, 19-year-old Semak received the captain's armband. In an interview, he admits that it was not so much a symbol of sports leadership as friendship:

“I was young, I had nothing more valuable than the team.”

In the winter of 1997, at the end of his service, Semak went to the Torpedo training camp. An offer was also received from Dynamo. But none of these clubs have agreed on the transfer of a player from Al-Khalidi. Only representatives of CSKA managed to resolve the issue, and soon Semak returned to his former team.

For ten years, Semak played 329 matches for CSKA, scored 84 goals out of 127 goals scored in his entire career. Together with the team, he won the Russian Cup (2001/2002), the Russian Super Cup (2004) and the national championship in 2003. The football player constantly entered the field in the starting lineup.

Sergei recalls having to negotiate with disappointed and angry fans after losing to Melde in the Champions League. The match against the Norwegians ended with a devastating 4-0 score and became one of the biggest failures in the history of Russian football. Fans came to the athletes at the hotel and defiantly threw red and blue scarves at their feet.

“I understood their emotions, we talked heart to heart,” Semak told reporters. - He explained that they wanted to win no less than Melde, but one desire was not enough. After listening to me, the guys took back their scarves. After all, I was familiar with all the leaders of the fan movement, and I still communicate with some of them.”

In 2005, the athlete was offered to move to Paris Saint-Germain. The French drew attention to the Russian footballer after two matches against CSKA in the 2004/2005 Champions League. Both games were victorious for the army team, and in both Semak performed brilliantly, scoring one goal in the home meeting, and three in the away one. In this situation, the French were not embarrassed by Semak's low height for a football player - 178 cm with a weight of 73 kg.

Sergei Semak scores his 100th goal

However, the performance in the French team was not very productive, and in 2006 Semak moved to the Moscow club. He played two seasons for him. Here Sergei scored the hundredth goal in his career, and not to anyone, but to his former teammates - CSKA. At the same time, he received applause from the fans of the "soldiers".

From January 2008 to August 2010, Semak played for Rubin, and then changed the Kazan club to Zenit. The midfielder cost the Petersburgers € 2 million. In 2011, as part of Zenit, he participated in a match against CSKA and received a metatarsal bone fracture in this meeting. The injury turned out to be complicated, later there was a relapse.

Sergei Semak has repeatedly played for the national team. The most striking competition for both the athlete and the team was the 2008 European Championship. Semak, being the captain of the national team, made several assists in the championship games, including in the match against the Dutch. The victory over the Netherlands team allowed Russia to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and win bronze.

coaching career

In 2013, Sergei Semak announced the end of his football career. At the end of the contract, he remained in the coaching staff of Zenit as an assistant coach to Luciano Spalletti. He worked under three coaches, during their shift he acted as head coach. Under his leadership, Zenit played eight matches. Semak was also part of coaching staff Russian team with and.

Semak has repeatedly stated that he would like to start an independent coaching career. On December 30, 2016, he received a long-awaited appointment - he headed the coaching staff of Ufa. Sergei admitted to the press that he lost a lot in salary compared to Zenit, but for him the chance to gain coaching experience is more important.

The club finished the 2017/2018 season in 6th place, which turned out to be the best result in the history of the team. In addition, Ufa for the first time in its existence got the opportunity to participate in qualification for the Europa League.

Personal life

Sergei Semak met his first wife Svetlana when he was 17 years old. After marriage, the couple had a son, Ilya. After 10 years of marriage, Svetlana and Sergey broke up, but the footballer still financially supports ex-spouse and son.

In France, during the period when Semak played for Paris Saint-Germain, he met Anna, who became his second wife. The couple had five children: daughters Varvara and Ilaria, sons Semyon, Ivan and Savva. The couple also raise Anna's daughter Maya from her first marriage and her adopted daughter Tatyana - due to a genetic disease, the girl cannot walk and moves in a wheelchair.

Sergey Semak now

Together with his family, the athlete lives in Ufa. In the morning and in the evening, Sergey takes the children to schools and sections in a minibus. It is recognized that so far none of the sons is passionate about football enough to follow in his footsteps. Spouses Semak are friends with the footballer's family. Sometimes they go on a trip together for a few days.

Semak continues to train Ufa players. Mat is forbidden in the club, violators are fined. Sergey Semak is actively investing in business development: the banking sector (a shareholder of one of the Rostov banks), limousine rental, agriculture (the owner of a cereal production company).

He manages the Great Shepherd Charitable Foundation and is on the boards of trustees of several other organizations. Sergei Semak does not use Instagram, but his wife shares photos from the life of the family. Sergey also appears in the pictures posted by Anna.

Awards

CSKA Moscow

• Champion of Russia: 2003
• Russian Cup Winner: 2001/02
• Russian Super Cup Winner: 2004
• Silver medalist of the Russian Championship: 1998, 2002, 2004
• Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 1999

"Ruby"

• Champion of Russia: 2008, 2009
• Russian Super Cup Winners: 2010

"Zenith"

• Champion of Russia: 2010, 20011/12
• Russian Super Cup Winners: 2011
• Silver medalist of the Russian Championship: 2012/13

Russian team

• Bronze medalist of the European Championship: 2008

Personal

• Listed seven times 33 the best football players championship of Russia: No. 1 - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009; No. 2 - 2008; No. 3 - 1997
• Twice received the Golden Horseshoe Award (2002, 2004) and once - the Bronze Horseshoe (2003)
• Member of the Club of 100 Russian scorers (2007)
• Member of the Grigory Fedotov Club (2007)
• Member of the Igor Netto Club (2008)
• It ranks second in the Russian Championship in terms of the number of matches - 456 and in terms of the number of seasons in top division - 19
• Honored Master of Sports (2005)
• The jury of the competition "Russian Football Championship - 20 years" was recognized as the best defensive midfielder of the Russian championships in 1992-2012.

Sergey Bogdanovich Semak was born in the village of Sychanskoe, located near Voroshilovgrad (now Lugansk) in Ukraine, in a large family. To the delight of his parents, young Semak studied brilliantly at school, showing talent in the exact sciences and, of course, in physical education classes. The dream of playing football was so great that Sergei arrived at the Lugansk sports boarding school a year ahead of schedule - and, unfortunately, was not accepted because of his age. On the second attempt, it was possible to break through - despite the short stature and low weight, the coaches decided to take Semak. True, the young footballer had to seriously work on his shortcomings. The character tempered in this way made Sergey a real team leader, and, coupled with serious work on school assignments allowed the future star of the Russian national team to receive the first gold medal - for studying at school.

At the age of 16, Semak arrived with the Luhansk team in Moscow, was immediately noticed by Konstantin Beskov and first ended up in Asmaral, and then in CSKA. A month after the debut for the base of the army club, Semak scored his first goal, and less than a year later, at the age of 19, he became the youngest team captain in the history of Russian football. In fact, having gone all the way as a football player - from a school player to a captain, Sergey Semak became the main star of CSKA for many years to come. In 2002 and 2004, he twice received the main prize of the army society "Golden Horseshoe", and in 2003 he received a similar bronze award.
In 2005, Semak was forced to leave the location of the army: Sergei accepted the offer of one of the French top clubs - Paris Saint-Germain. In the same year he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports. Things did not work out for the midfielder in Paris, and, taking a step back, Semak took two steps forward: returning to Russia, he first became the leader of Moscow, and then led Kazan Rubin to the first Russian title in the history of the Tatarstan club.

In 2007, having overcome the bar of 100 goals scored in the Russian championships, he entered the Club of 100 Russian scorers of the Sport-Express newspaper and the Club of Grigory Fedotov.
In 2008 he returned to the national team, where he became the captain of the team that won bronze awards European championship. Part of the Igor Netto Club (for players who have played more than 50 matches for the Russian national team).
As a midfielder, he played for Zenit from August 2010 to June 2013. For three seasons, he played 72 matches in the team, scored 13 goals and gave 7 assists.
In June 2013, he accepted an offer from Luciano Spalletti to join the blue-white-blue coaching staff as an assistant coach.

Speaking about the name of this famous football player, it is worth mentioning a few interesting facts. He was one of the few who managed to score a ball in the highest league, while not reaching the age of 18. Sergei, participating in Euro 2008, was the only player in the team who was not born in Russia. And he became the champion of our country three times in different command structures.

Field career

Semak was a winner, starting from school - he graduated with a gold medal, after which he went to the Lugansk Olympic Reserve School, where he was brought up under the guidance of Valery Belokobylsky. After graduation, already as part of the Moscow Asmaral team, the athlete scored the first goal - the same record one, at the time of which Semak was not 18. One major part of his career on the field was spent as part of the CSKA team. For 10 years of playing in the club, Sergey has actually become its symbol. Alexander Tarkhanov personally invited Semak to CSKA, where the latter became the team captain at the age of 19.

Having scored a goal against the French in 2004 in a home match against Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to converting a penalty, Sergey received an invitation to play for PSG - the game of the young athlete amazed opponents so much. But it was not possible to take root abroad, after returning the footballer became a player in the Moscow national team. In its composition, he scored the 100th goal against CSKA, and then in 2008 he entered the field for Rubin Kazan. The contract was signed for three years, Semak was appointed captain, and in the battle against Zenit, Sergey's team won with a score of 1-3. The match, by the way, has already become the 350th in a row in the highest league of the Russian championship for a football player. The contract with Rubin was extended until 2012, but in 2010 Semak unexpectedly moved to. The transfer there was quite expensive - 2 million euros.

In March 2008, the football player was called up to the Russian national team, becoming the captain, and at Euro 2008 the team under his leadership won the match against the Netherlands with a score of 3-1, Semak himself scored an assist. It was already the fiftieth game in the national team. However, Sergei was not called to Euro 2012, Dick Advocaat explained this by the allegedly advanced age of the player: in 2012, the player turned 36 years old, at that time there were already plenty of good players in midfield. Semak himself really wanted to participate in the championship, at that time he did not see the prospects of a coach for himself.

Already in August 2012, Sergei Semak nevertheless got into the extended squad for the matches of 2014, but he never played again as part of the Russian team.

The path of the coach

Plans to start a coaching career Semak announced in 2013. The football player did not renew the contract with Zenit, which was already expiring, and went to the team's coaching staff as an assistant to Luciano Spalletti. After the dismissal of the last former player national team became its coach. Two matches were played under Sergey's management, the first Zenit lost to CSKA, the second match was won by Borussia. For a long time in the place of the coach Semak did not stay, he was replaced by Andre Villas-Boas. When the latter was disqualified, in 2015, Sergei from the coaching staff again moved to the main position and led the Zenit team for six matches of the Russian championship.

In August 2014, Sergei Semak joined the coaching staff of the Russian national team along with. When he left the national team, Sergei remained. Now the former footballer remains an assistant to the chief at Zenit, the other day there was a change of coach in this position, it is not known what place Semak will take now, but according to Arkady Zaporozhanu, Mircea Lucescu's agent, the new coach of Zenit, the athlete absolutely definitely remains with the team.

Successes and achievements

Sergey Semak had a lot of achievements. As part of the CSKA team - three trophies, PSG - one trophy, Rubin - three trophies, Zenit - three trophies, bronze in Euro 2008. Semak's name is on the lists of the best football players in the Russian championship, he is the absolute record holder in the number of matches - 456. In 2005, the athlete received the title of Honored Master of Sports. In the competition “Russian Football Championship - 20 years”, the former football player was recognized as the best defensive midfielder of the Russian championships of 1992-2012. The Golden Horseshoe Award, presented every year to the three most the best players football, basketball and hockey club CSKA, was received by Semak three times - two gold (2002, 2004) and one bronze (2003).

Family and Children

Semak's first wife is Svetlana, their son's name is Ilya. Now the football player is married to Anna, a writer who has a daughter from her first marriage, Maya. And over the years, the couple together have made five children - their names are Semyon, Ivan, Varvara, Savva, Illaria. Sergey and his wife and children lead a quiet life, go to church, prefer family evenings over a cup of tea to noisy weekends.

The athlete met his first wife at the age of 17, and for 10 years of marriage, he and his wife raised their son Ilya. However, in 2006, Sergei met Anna, who later became his second wife. Semak himself became her third official husband. From an early age, being brought up in a large family with four brothers, Sergey dreamed that he would have a wife and many children, a huge friendly family. This dream has come true. By the way, the two brothers of the athlete - former footballers, perhaps, family and football from an early age were what Semak valued the most.

Awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sports"; he is the champion of domestic championships in the football field. In addition, Semak is an attentive father of seven children and a loving husband.

The beginning of life

The Russian football player was born in Ukraine in 1976, on February 27. His childhood years were spent in the village of Sychanskoye (now Lugansk). Here he received his secondary education and entered the Lugansk Olympic reserve school. There, the future champion was taught football skills by coach Valery Belokobylsky.

After graduating from the Lugansk School, Semak Sergey Bogdanovich at the age of 16 moves to Moscow. Here he begins to build a career, becoming a member football club"Presnya" (1992). Then the football player moves to the Karelia club, where his coach Konstantin Beskov notices his skills. So Sergey becomes a member of Asmaral, and then - CSK.

First achievements

Sergey Semak scored his first goal a year after joining the army club. And at the age of 19 he was appointed captain of the football team.

In 2002 and 2004 Russian football player was awarded the "Golden Horseshoe" - the main prize of the army fan community. And in 2003 he was awarded a similar statuette, but in bronze.

In 2005, Sergey accepted the offer of the French top football club Paris Saint-Germain, but he never managed to do it there. good career. Therefore, after a while he returned to Russia and became a member of FC Moscow. Very soon the player became the leader Russian club and the highest paid midfielder.

But Sergei Semak did not want to stop there and decided to transfer to the Kazan club Rubin. And becoming a member of the club in Tatarstan, the football player was able to lead him to the title of Russian champions. In 2007, the midfielder overcame the bar of 100 goals scored in the Russian championships.

Awards

Sergei Semak, whose biography has always been of interest to the public, is a unique football player. For several years of his football career, he was able to achieve professional heights, well-deserved titles and honorary awards.

• The famous football player is a five-time Russian football champion. Ranks were awarded when he was part of three different clubs: CSK, Rubin, Zenit.
• Semak - three times silver medalist Russian championships in 1998, 2002, 2004; bronze medalist of the 1999 tournament.
• As a member of the CSK, Sergei in 2002 became the owner of the Russian Cup.
• The famous football player became the owner three times: 2004 - CSK, 2010 - Rubin, 2011 - Zenit.
• The Russian midfielder is the owner of the UEFA Cup (2005).
• In Euro 2008, Semak was declared a bronze medalist.

Personal life

Sergey Semak, whose photos do not leave fashion glossy magazines, distinguished himself not only in the football field, but also in his personal sphere. Today famous football player has seven children, six of which are his own and one from his second wife's previous marriage.

With his first wife, Svetlana Demidova, Sergei met in a cafe when he was 17 years old. The young athlete liked the girl so much that he decided to get her attention at all costs. It took about a year, during which the football player skillfully looked after the beauty. Later, the lovers got married. Their marriage lasted 10 years. During this time, Svetlana gave her husband a son, Ilya.

But in 2006, Sergei had a fatal meeting. One evening, he went to sit in a Parisian cafe with his wife (then he played for Paris Saint-Germain). There, at the toilet room of the football player, a girl named Anna, who worked as an administrator of the institution, was on the lookout. She quickly handed Semak a piece of paper with her phone number and asked him to call. And after a while, Sergei called a fan. From that moment on, Anna became the "legitimate" mistress of the football player, later - his common-law wife. And after a divorce in 2007 from Svetlana Demidova, 22-year-old Anna began to claim the title of Semak's official wife.

The football player could not leave his wife Svetlana for a long time. He was tormented by the conscience that he could harm a loved one, and therefore for three years he was torn between two women. But when Anna gave birth to a son to Sergei, everything was decided by itself.

Footballer's children

Anna Semak, although younger than Sergei, was able to surpass him in the number of official marriages. The girl was married twice. Sergey Semak became the third official husband of a burning brunette.

Anna was able to give birth to a wife of five children - sons Semyon, Ivan, Savva and daughters Varvara, Ilaria. The football player admits that he is very happy to be a father of many children. From his first marriage, Sergei left a son, with his new wife he has 5 children in common and 1 child from Anna from a previous marriage.

Semak grew up in and therefore from a young age he dreamed of creating his own large family, where he would have many children. And it seems that Anna was able to fulfill the dream of a football player.

Sergey is connected with his daughter Varvara interesting story. The girl was born on the day of the game of a football player in the "Rubin", whose opponent was "Barcelona". This game ended in a draw, and Semak decided to name his daughter Barcelona, ​​in honor of the opposing team. These rumors quickly spread in the press, but they did not come true. The official name for the girl has already been chosen - Varvara.

Strict but kind father

Anna Semak has repeatedly admitted that next to Sergei she wanted to have many children. The second wife was able to give birth to her husband five, and it seems that the couple is not going to stop there. The couple plans to adopt another child in the future.

Sergei Semak, whose children look happy, admits that he really loves each of them. The footballer strongly supports his eldest son Ilya (from his first marriage), who loves to visit his father. Semak considers his daughter Maya, who remained with Anna after her first marriage, to be her own child. According to his wife, Sergei loves his children with all his heart, but does not forget about the severity in education.

Strictness and discipline are the fundamental principles that guide the footballer in training with young students.

Business

Sergey Semak is a football player and a successful businessman. During the years of his football career, he was able to open his own business - the Limo Club company for limousine rental. The idea to create a company began to be implemented by 2007. It was during this period famous football player started buying limousines. Initially, it was planned that the company would be owned by Semak's first wife, Svetlana Demidova. But after the divorce in 2007, Svetlana became only a representative of the interests of the ex-husband in the automotive business.

Today, the captain of the Russian national football team is the president of the Limo Club. His company rents out cars for celebrations and events.

Sergey Semak: about football

The titled Russian football player Sergey Semak became the coach of the famous football club. Zenit signed a contract with the Russian champion for 3 years.

But in recent years, the Zenit team has not pleased the fans with their victories. Semak explains this by the appearance of new players in the team, a change in the tactics of the game and the difficulties of "grinding" the players to each other.

Sergei admits that it is not easy for the youth of Zenit to play. And although professional level players is high, young footballers can not withstand the competition. The coach believes that young players should train more with the masters of sports and temper themselves morally.

Sergei argues that in the team, as in the family, you need to adhere to strict discipline. Players must have good self-control, hard work and determination. But the football player emphasizes that today's youth do not have willpower, patriotism, which would motivate them to success. Therefore, probably, young football players do not live up to the expectations of the coach.

Dossier

Sergey Semak - biography, personal life and main achievements.