Alexandru Spiridon

Alexandru Spiridon

Spiridon in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-07-20) 20 July 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Edineț, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Moldova (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1981	Nistru Chișinău	54	(2)
1982	SKA Kiev	34	(3)
1983	Zorya Voroshylovhrad	4	(0)
1983–1986	Nistru Chișinău	84	(7)
1987–1990	Zaria Bălți	133	(48)
1991	Zimbru Chișinău	32	(5)
1992–1996	Zimbru Chișinău	85	(42)
1996–1997	Tiligul Tiraspol	7	(6)
International career
1992–1995	Moldova	16	(2)
Managerial career
1994–1996	Zimbru Chișinău
1994–2000	Moldova (assistant)
1997–1999	Tiligul Tiraspol
2000–2001	Moldova U21
2001	Moldova
2000–2001	Zimbru Chișinău
2002–2004	Nistru Otaci
2004–2016	Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant)
2016–2017	Zenit St. Petersburg (assistant)
2018–2019	Moldova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Spiridon (born 20 July 1960) is a former professional footballer and current football manager from Moldova. Spiridon played as a midfielder during his football career, winning the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992. He made 16 appearances for the national team, scoring one goal. He worked as the assistant manager at Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg, joining the club in 2016 with manager Mircea Lucescu.

Career

Playing career

Spiridon played as a midfielder during his football career, winning the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992.^{[citation needed]} He began his career at Nistru Chișinău, where his progression was hampered by a baldy broken leg, before moving to SKA Kiev in 1982.^[1] He scored 3 goals in 34 games for the club.^[2] Spiridon rejoined Nistru Chișinău in 1983 and played 19 times in his first season.^[3] He made 16 appearances the following year,^[4] and played 23 times for the club in 1985, scoring 4 goals.^[5] In 1986, he played 27 matches and scored 3 goals.^[6] He joined Zarya Bălți in 1987 and moved to Zimbru Chișinău in 1991. He was named the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award in 1992 and scored 12 goals in 30 appearances in the 1992-93 season.^[7] In the 1993-94 season, he scored 13 goals in 20 games for the club.^[8] He won 5 league titles in a row with the club between 1992 and 1996. He joined Tiligul Tiraspol in 1996 and ended his playing career with the club.

Spiridon made 16 appearances for the national team, scoring two goals.^[9] On July 2nd, in a friendly match against Georgia he scored the first goal in the history of recently created national team. He played his last international match on 29 March 1995 in a 3-0 defeat to Albania.^[10]

Managerial career

Spiridon joined Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in 2004 as the assistant manager to Mircea Lucescu. Shakhtar won the Ukrainian Premier League title in the 2004-05 season. Shakhtar have won the league 7 times during Spiridon's time as assistant manager (2004–05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13). They have also won 4 Ukrainian Cup trophies (2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) and 5 Ukrainian Super Cup trophies (2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013). Shakhtar also won their first European trophy in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, the last UEFA Cup before its rebranding as the UEFA Europa League.^{[citation needed]}

When on 24 May 2016, Mircea Lucescu signed a contract with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, Spiridon also moved to that club as assistant manager to Lucescu.^[11]

International goals

International goals of Alexandru Spiridon[12]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 July 1991	Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova	Georgia	1–2	2–4	Friendly
2.	22 August 1992	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Sudan	1–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

^{[citation needed]}

As player

Zimbru Chișinău

• Divizia Națională

Champion (5): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96

Runner-up (1): 1996–97

• Moldovan Cup

Winner (1): 1996–97

• Moldovan Footballer of the Year (1): 1992

As assistant manager

Shakhtar Donetsk

• UEFA Cup

Winner (1): 2008–09

• Ukrainian Premier League

Champion (8): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14

Runner-up (4): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16

• Ukrainian Cup

Winner (6): 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16

• Ukrainian Super Cup

Winner (7): 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Managerial statistics

As of 11 June 2019^[update]

References

External links

• Alexandru Spiridon at FootballDatabase.eu
• Alexandru Spiridon at National-Football-Teams.com
• Alexandru Spiridon at EU-Football.info
• Alexandru Spiridon coach profile at Soccerway
• Alexandru Spiridon at Soccerway
• Profile at Eurosport

This page was last edited on 11 September 2023, at 15:59