Sergei Baltacha Jr.

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Sergei Baltacha
Personal information
Full nameSergei Baltacha Jr.
Date of birth (1979-07-28) 28 July 1979 (age 41)
Place of birth Kiev, Soviet Union
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Petershill
Youth career
Dynamo Kiev
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2003 St Mirren 64 (2)
2003–2004 Millwall 2 (0)
2004–2005 Petershill
National team
1999–2000 Scotland U-21 [1] 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sergei Baltacha (born 28 July 1979 [2] ) is a Scottish-Ukrainian former footballer.

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Club career

He first played football in the Dynamo Kiev academy, [3] but began his professional career in Scotland, at St Mirren, where he gained 3 caps for the Scotland U-21 side. After a trial at Portsmouth [4] he joined Millwall in January 2003 [5] and was released a year later, after which he had an unsuccessful trial with Queen of the South, [5] and St Johnstone before signing with Petershill in 2004. He retired from professional football in 2005/2006. [6]

International career

Baltacha was eligible to play for Russia, Ukraine and under FIFA regulations at the time, the four Home nations as a British passport holder born outside of the United Kingdom with no British parental or grand-parental bloodlines. Baltacha Jr. had moved to the United Kingdom with his father, Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha, when he signed for Ipswich Town and at the age of 11 moved to Scotland when Baltacha Sr. signed for St Johnstone in May 1990. [7] Having acquired a British passport, in 1999, he represented Scotland at U21 level against Lithuania. [8]

Personal life

His father, Sergei, played football for the Soviet Union, his mother, Olga, was a pentathlete and his sister, Elena Baltacha, was the former British number one for Women's tennis. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=333
  2. ↑ Scottish League Sfaqs
  3. ↑ Untitled Document Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Pompey eye Scots pair". BBC Sport. 26 September 2002.
  5. 1 2 Sergei Baltacha Jr - St. Mirren FC - Mirren MAD
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ Haggerty, Anthony (13 September 1999). "Wherever I lay my cap" . Daily Record. Retrieved 20 February 2014– via Questia Online Library.
  8. ↑ Haggerty, Anthony (9 October 1999). "Football: Smith's Side Finish on a Downer" . Daily Record. Retrieved 20 February 2014– via Questia Online Library.
  9. ↑ Piers Newbery (5 May 2014). "Elena Baltacha: A fighter who had plenty more to offer tennis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2014.


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