Nikolay Nikolayevich Pisarev (born November 23, 1968, Moscow) is a Russian football player and coach, a forward, and a Master of Sport of the USSR. As a player he appeared mainly for Moscow's Spartak; in his coaching career he has worked with a number of Russian clubs, as well as with the Russia youth national team and, as an assistant, the senior national team. He is connected with Nizhny Novgorod through his time as head coach of local clubs in 2017–2018.[1]

Playing career

A product of the Torpedo youth sports school (SDYuSHOR) in Moscow from 1981. He played for Torpedo Moscow from 1984 to 1989 and for Switzerland's Winterthur in the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons, then moved to Moscow's Spartak, for which he played in several spells: in 1992–1995, 1998, and 2000–2001. In between he played for Spain's Mérida (1995/96 season), Germany's St. Pauli (1996/97), Dynamo Moscow (1999), and Torpedo-ZIL (2001). In USSR championships he played 39 matches and scored 2 goals; in Russian championships, 139 matches and 36 goals; in Spanish championships, 20 matches; and in German championships, 21 matches and 4 goals.[1]

With Spartak he became Russian champion in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, and 2001, a bronze medalist of the USSR championship (1988), winner of the Russian Cup (1993/94), and a finalist of the Russian Cup (1998/99). He was included in the list of the 33 best footballers in Russia: at number one in 1993 and at number three in 1994. For the Russia national team (1995) he played 3 matches and scored 1 goal. Earlier he became European under-21 champion (1990) and took part in European Championship qualifying matches (1996).[1]

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career in 2002, Pisarev began coaching. He managed Krasnoznamensk (2002), worked at Krylia Sovetov (Samara, June 2002) and Uralan (Elista, December 2002 – November 2003), later combining the job with the duties of sporting director of the latter club.[1]

From June 2005 to September 2010 he led the Russia national beach soccer team. He then took charge of the Russia youth national team (September 2010 – August 2015, December 2015 – January 2017). From May 2010 to January 2017 he served as sporting director of the Russian Football Union.[1]

In August 2022 he worked as head coach of Khimki, and in 2023–2024 of Krasnodar-2 (August 2023 – April 2024; 23 matches, 1.78 points per match). Since July 2021 he has been part of the coaching staff of the Russia national team as an assistant to Valery Karpin.[2][1]

In Nizhny Novgorod

From February 2017 to July 2018, Pisarev worked as head coach of the Nizhny Novgorod clubs Olimpiyets and "Nizhny Novgorod".[1] In parallel, in the same period, from August to November 2018, he served as acting sporting director of Krasnodar's Urozhay, and from November 2018 to June 2019 he led that club as head coach.[1]

Sources

  1. sport-strana.ru — Pisarev Nikolay Nikolayevich — Sport-strana.ru
  2. transfermarkt.world
  3. RIA Novosti — Nikolay Pisarev — biography, personal life, and career
  4. fcnn.ru — History of FC "Nizhny Novgorod" — official website
  5. infosport.ru — PISAREV Nikolay Nikolayevich — Russian Athletes — Sports Russia
  6. footballfakts.ru — Pisarev Nikolay Nikolayevich, born 11/20/1982. All footballers of Russia, the USSR, and the CIS. Information, biographies, teams, matches, goals, interviews