Quick Facts
Biography
Serhiy Kuznetsov (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Кузнецов; born on 31 August 1982 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired professional Ukrainian football striker. He is a son of another footballer Serhiy Kuznetsov who in 1983 represented Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
Career
Kuznetsov began his footballing career in the Hungarian club Ferencváros, the club his father, also Serhiy Kuznetsov, joined in 1991 from Chornomorets. Serhiy Kuznetsov, a highly athletic striker, was noticed by the Professional Finnish side Jokerit in 2000, in which club Kuznetsov began his professional career. When playin in the Lithuanian premier league club FK Vėtra, Kuznetsov became the top scorer in the Lithuanian League, netting 19 goals in 42 appearances. In Nosta, Kuznetsov became the second highest scorer for the club in 2007. After the start of the 2008–09 season in the Ukrainian Premier League, Kuznetsov signed a 2 1⁄2-year contract with the Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.
Kuznetsov has also played for the Ukrainian national youth football team.
Honors
Individual
- Top Scorer in the Lithuanian A Lyga in 2006
- Second Highest Scorer for Nosta in 2007.
Team
- Runner up in the Finnish Premier League (2000)
- Champions of the Hungarian Cup (2003)
- Champion of the Hungarian National Championship I (2003)
- Bronze in the Hungarian National Championship I (2001), (2002)
- Champion of the Belarusian Premier League (2003)
- Champion of Moldovan Premier League (2004)
- Bronze in the Lithuanian A Lyga (2006)