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Sergei Zenjov
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Zenjov with Estonia in 2015 during UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
Personal information
Full name Sergei Zenjov
Date of birth (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Pärnu, Estonia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Flora
Number 20
Youth career
Pärnu
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Pärnu Pataljon 19 (27)
2006 Vaprus 17 (8)
2006–2007 TVMK 34 (17)
2008–2014 Karpaty Lviv 137 (21)
2014 Blackpool 8 (0)
2015 Torpedo Moscow 10 (0)
2015–2017 Gabala 47 (8)
2017–2019 Cracovia 39 (4)
2019–2021 Shakhter Karagandy 47 (11)
2021– Flora 116 (53)
International career
2005 Estonia U17 8 (2)
2006–2007 Estonia U19 6 (0)
2007–2010 Estonia U21 3 (1)
2008– Estonia 114 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024

Sergei Zenjov (born 20 April 1989) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Meistriliiga club Flora and the Estonia national team. Besides Estonia, Zenjov has played in England, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. [1]

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Club career

Pärnu

Zenjov began playing football for a local club Pärnu, where he was coached by Juri Ivanov. [2] He made his senior league debut in the II liiga with Pärnu Pataljon in 2005. Zenjov made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 8 March 2006, playing for Vaprus, and scored his side's only goal in a 1–3 away loss to TVMK. [3]

TVMK

In July 2006, Zenjov signed for Meistriliiga club TVMK. [4] He made his debut for the club on 23 July, in a 1–3 away loss to Levadia.

Karpaty Lviv

In February 2008, Zenjov signed a five-year contract with Vyshcha Liha club Karpaty Lviv. [5] [6] He made his debut in the Vyshcha Liha on 1 March 2008, in a 1–0 home victory over Kharkiv. [7] On 27 July 2008, Zenjov scored his first goal for Karpaty Lviv in a 1–1 home draw against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Zenjov scored two goals in the qualification for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. He made his debut in the Europa League on 16 September 2010, in a 3–4 home loss to Borussia Dortmund. [8]

Blackpool

On 3 July 2014, Zenjov signed a one-year contract with Championship club Blackpool. [9] [10] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, starting in a 0–2 away loss to Nottingham Forest. [11] On 2 December 2014, Zenjov left Blackpool after a mutual agreement was reached to terminate his contract. [12] [13]

Torpedo Moscow

After leaving Blackpool, Zenjov signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Torpedo Moscow on 12 January 2015. [14] He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 9 March 2015, in a 0–0 away draw against Amkar Perm. [15]

Gabala

On 16 June 2015, Zenjov joined Azerbaijan Premier League club Gabala on a two-year contract. [16] He made his debut for the club on 2 July 2015, in a 1–2 first leg defeat of their Europa League qualifier against Dinamo Tbilisi. On 19 March 2016, Zenjov scored Gabala's 500th goal in a 1–2 away loss to Qarabağ. [17]

Cracovia

On 27 June 2017, Zenjov signed a one-year contract with Ekstraklasa club Cracovia. [18] He made his debut in the Ekstraklasa on 15 July 2017, in Cracovia's first match of the 2017–18 season, and scored in the 1–1 home draw against Piast Gliwice. [19]

International

Zenjov began his youth career in 2005 with the Estonia under-17 team. He also represented the under-19 and under-21 national sides.

Zenjov made his senior international debut for Estonia on 20 August 2008, in a 2–1 home win over Malta in a friendly. He scored his first international goal in his second match for the national team on 6 September 2008, in a 2–3 away loss to Belgium in a qualification match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [20]

On 23 September 2022, he played his 100th match for Estonia in the Nations League game against Malta. [21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2024. [22] [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pärnu Pataljon 2005 II liiga 19271927
Vaprus 2006 Meistriliiga 17800178
TVMK 2006 Meistriliiga123132 [b] 02 [c] 0176
2007 Meistriliiga2214212 [d] 02 [e] 02815
Total34173440404521
Karpaty Lviv 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha 11000110
2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League28110291
2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League25310263
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League1840010 [f] 2286
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League171203 [f] 1222
2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League10322125
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League28920309
Total137218213315826
Blackpool 2014–15 Championship 80001090
Torpedo Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 10000100
Gabala 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 2622014 [f] 2424
2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League2164013 [f] 43810
Total478602768014
Cracovia 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 27310283
2018–19 Ekstraklasa12111132
Total39421415
Shakhter Karagandy 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League 308308
2020 Kazakhstan Premier League173173
Total47114711
Flora 2021 Meistriliiga30142114 [g] 34618
2022 Meistriliiga3010202 [h] 01 [i] 03510
2023 Meistriliiga2912322 [h] 01 [i] 03514
2024 Meistriliiga103201 [i] 0133
Total9939931833012945
Career total457135281010621270555157
  1. Includes the Estonian Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Azerbaijan Cup and Polish Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in Baltic Champions Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  5. Appearances in Baltic League
  6. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  8. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  9. 1 2 3 Appearance in Estonian Supercup

International

As of 19 November 2024. [24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Estonia
200831
200982
201041
201161
2013112
201480
201582
201661
2017103
2018100
2019100
202030
202161
202292
2023101
202420
Total11417

International goals

As of 10 January 2023. Estonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zenjov goal. [24]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 September 2008 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–12–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
228 March 2009 Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2–12–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
36 June 2009 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia7Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 3–03–0 Friendly
43 September 2010A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–01–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
56 September 2011A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia20Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–14–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
615 November 2013A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia31Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–12–1Friendly
719 November 2013 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein32Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–03–0Friendly
814 June 2015A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia44Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
92–0
1031 August 2016 Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu, Estonia51Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–01–1Friendly
1128 March 2017A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia56Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–03–0Friendly
1212 June 2017 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia58Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–12–1Friendly
137 October 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal61Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 3–06–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
148 October 2021A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia90Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2–02–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1516 November 2022 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia101Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–01–1 2022 Baltic Cup
1619 November 2022A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia102Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–02–02022 Baltic Cup
178 January 2023 Estadio da Nora, Albufeira, Portugal103Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1–01–1Friendly

Honours

Flora [25]

Individual

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