Dmitri Cheryshev
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Eastern Slavic name Template:Infobox football biography Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev (Template:Lang-ru; born 11 May 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former player who played as a forward.
During his 16-senior career, he was mainly associated with Dynamo Moscow (four seasons) and Sporting de Gijón (five). He was nicknamed the Bullet from Gorki due to his speed.<ref name="NOTAS">Recordando a Dimitri Tcheryshev (Remembering Dimitri Tcheryshev) Template:Webarchive; Notas de Fútbol, 20 July 2010 Template:Es icon</ref>
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Club career
Born in Gorky, Soviet Union, Cheryshev began his professional career with FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk in the third division, joining FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod in the second level in 1990. He played four seasons in the Russian Premier League with FC Dynamo Moscow, helping the capital club to two top-three finishes and winning the 1995 Russian Cup.
In 1996, Cheryshev scored a career-best 17 goals with Dynamo, who eventually finished fourth. Subsequently, he moved to Spain and signed for Sporting de Gijón, where he would share teams with several compatriots;<ref name="NOTAS"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> he made his debut in La Liga on 17 November 1996, playing 30 minutes in a 2–4 home loss against Athletic Bilbao –<ref>Bronca y pañolada para un desacertado Sporting (Boos and hankies for poor Sporting); Mundo Deportivo, 18 November 1996 Template:Es icon</ref> the Asturians would be relegated at the end of the 1997–98 season.
Cheryshev continued to net regularly for Sporting in his division two spell. He ended his career also in the country, after one-season stints with Burgos CF (second division) and Real Aranjuez CF (amateurs).
During two years, Cheryshev worked as a manager with Real Madrid, being in charge of one of its children's teams. After acting briefly as director of football with FC Sibir Novosibirsk, he was appointed head coach at FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, helping the team narrowly retain their top flight status.
In late October 2014, Cheryshev was appointed as manager of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar on a two-year contract.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was relieved of his duties in May of the following year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On 3 June 2016, Cheryshev was named coach of FC Mordovia Saransk, recently relegated from the Premier League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
International career
Cheryshev made his debut for CIS on 25 January 1992, in a friendly with the United States. During four years he was also capped for Russia, scoring his only international goal in a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against San Marino.<ref name=RSSSF>Dmitriy Nikolaievich Cheryshev – International Appearances; at RSSSF</ref>
International goals
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod
- Soviet footballers
- Russian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Russian Premier League players
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players
- FC Dynamo Moscow players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Burgos CF footballers
- Russia international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Russian expatriates in Spain
- Russian football managers
- Russian Premier League managers
- FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod managers
- FC Mordovia Saransk managers
- Russian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan
- Russian expatriates in Kazakhstan
- Real Madrid C.F. non-playing staff
