Andrey Gennadevich Sidelnikov is a former Russian and Kazakhstan professional footballer who acted as a goalkeeper. At the beginning of 2018, he announced his retirement. During the years of football activity, he played for such clubs as Spartak Moscow, Khimki, Dynamo Minsk, Spartak Tambov, Dynamo Makhachkala, Spartak Nalchik, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Aktobe, and Ordabasy ”and“ Kairat ”. In the period from 2010 to 2015, he played in the national team of Kazakhstan. The growth of a football player is 190 centimeters, weight - about 90 kg.
Biography and early career of a football player
Andrey Sidelnikov was born on March 8, 1980 in Moscow, the RSFSR. He is a pupil of the football school of Moscow "Spartak". At the age of fifteen, Andrei went to the Netherlands, where under the guidance of coach Foppe de Hahn he played in the youth team of the Heerenveen club.
In 1997 he returned to Russia, where he continued to play for Spartak. Here he signed a professional contract and was declared in the main team, but never made his debut for him. Sidelnikov received all of his playing practice as part of the doubles (Second League of Russia), where he spent 29 matches in three seasons, having missed 28 goals.
Career in Minsk Dynamo
In the period from 2001 to 2002, Andrey Sidelnikov moved to the Dynamo Minsk, where he began to perform stably at a professional level. In total, for the season he defended his goal in fourteen matches. Due to the competition, the Kazakh goalkeeper became a reservist, so he soon began to look for another job.
Career in Russian clubs
In 2003, Andrei signed a contract with the Khimki club from the city of the same name, where he performed in several unofficial matches, and after that was sent on loan to Tambov's Spartak from the Second Division. For the “red-white" he spent a total of 13 matches in which he could not save the team from a goal 27 times.
In 2005, the goalkeeper signs a contract with Dynamo Makhachkala, where he spends one season, then the same story is repeated in Dynamo Vladikavkaz and in Spartak-Nalchik. Andrey Sidelnikov could not gain a foothold anywhere due to various reasons, including frequent injuries. In 2008, he spent half the season as part of the Eagle club, after which he went to build a career in Kazakhstan.
Career at Aktobe
In 2008, he moved to Kazakhstan's Aktobe at the invitation of Russian coach Vladimir Mukhanov. In the debut season, Sidelnikov became the first goalkeeper of the club and began to show football unbelievable for Kazakhstan, its level was a cut above all goalkeepers of the championship. In the match for the Cup of Kazakhstan on November 16, 2008, he beat off an important penalty from Zhandos Kukuyev from the Alma-Ata club, thereby ensuring his team a victory in the championship. In the same season, Aktobe became the champion of the Kazakhstan League. In subsequent years, Sidelnikov revealed his goalkeeper potential even more.
Over six seasons at the club, he spent 150 official matches and conceded a total of 118 goals. By the way, these statistics are very successful for the goalkeeper. In 2009, Aktobe repeated last year’s success and again became a national champion. The following season was a triumph in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and silver medals in the championship. In the 2012/13 season, Andrey Sidelnikov became the champion of Kazakhstan for the third time, and in 2014 he raised another Super Bowl of the Country over his head. In 2014, Aktobe head coach Valery Gazaev refused to renew the contract with the team's leading goalkeeper, so Andrei had to change the club.
Performances for "Ordabasy"
In 2015, the goalkeeper joins the Ordabasy club from the city of Shymkent, where at that time Russian Viktor Kumykov was in charge. During the season, Sidelnikov showed high-quality football - he regularly took part in the matches of the domestic championship and the UEFA Europa League. In the end, the Ordabasy club took fourth place in the league, and Andrei Sidelnikov still lost the base, losing the competition to another goalkeeper Sergei Boychenko. In total, he played 11 official matches for the club and conceded 14 goals.
Career in Almaty "Kairat"
In February 2016, Andrey received an offer from Kairat. The coach of the Almaty club was Russian Alexander Borodyuk. Soon a three-year contract was signed. However, here Andrei Sidelnikov’s sports career did not work out. For a long time he was sitting on the bench, including the final of the Super Cup of Kazakhstan, which was subsequently won by Kairat. Soon, the main goalkeeper, the same Alexander Borodyuk, unexpectedly left the club, but this time too, Sidelnikov remained on the bench. A new coach appeared in the club - Georgian Kakhaber Tskhadadze, who preferred to watch at the gates of Vladimir Plotnikov, rather than our hero. As a result, Sidelnikov only once entered the field for Kairat in the match against the Ural Akzhayikom, where, due to the lack of playing practice, he conceded two goals. Sidelnikov did not appear on the field anymore.
In January 2017, the goalkeeper returned to Aktobe, where he once spent six successful seasons, signing a one-year agreement here. A year later, Andrey Sidelnikov completed his playing career.