Sergei Khizhnichenko

Sergei Khizhnichenko (Kazakh: Сергей Хижниченко; born 17 July 1991) is a Kazakh football player, who plays for Ordabasy in the Kazakhstan Premier League.[1]

Sergey Khizhnichenko
Khizhnichenko playing for Kazakhstan in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991
Place of birth Oskemen, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ordabasy
Number 91
Youth career
2005–2006 Vostok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Vostok-2 28 (10)
2008–2009 Vostok 38 (7)
2010 Lokomotiv Astana 15 (2)
2010 → Atyrau (loan) 14 (1)
2011–2013 Shakhter Karagandy 63 (24)
2014 Korona Kielce 26 (1)
2015 Aktobe 27 (9)
2016 Tobol 28 (10)
2017 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8 (2)
2017 Shakhter Karagandy 18 (1)
2018 Ordabasy 4 (0)
2019 Astana 10 (4)
2020– Ordabasy 19 (3)
National team‡
2008–2009 Kazakhstan U19 6 (1)
2009–2012 Kazakhstan U21 10 (2)
2009– Kazakhstan 49 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:36, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Career

Club career

Khizhnichenko began his career in 2006 with FC Vostok and in January 2008 he was promoted to the senior team.[2] In November 2010 and January 2011, Sergei was on trial at Feyenoord.[3]

In December 2014, Khizhnichenko signed a two-year contract with FC Aktobe.[4]

On 23 January 2017, Khizhnichenko signed for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the Belarusian Premier League.[5]

On 6 January 2020, Astana confirmed that Khizhnichenko had left the club after the expiration of his contract.[6]

International career

Khiznichenko scored his first goals for the national team in a 3–1 win against Andorra on 9 September 2009. He scored twice.

Just over a month later, also in a qualifier, Sergei scored again. He scored the equaliser against Croatia only for his side to lose the lead and lose the match also.

In August 2013, he scored his first goal in almost three years for the national team. Against Georgia in a pre-season friendly he scored the only goal of the match as Kazakhstan recorded a rare victory.

Playing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, Khiznichenko scored two goals against Poland to help his team overcome a 2–0 deficit and equalize the match 2-2.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 December 2019[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vostok-2 2006 Kazakhstan First Division 83---83
2007 207--207
Total 2810----2810
Vostok 2010–11 Kazakhstan Premier League 14110--151
2011–12 24640--286
Total 38750----437
Lokomotiv Astana 2010 Kazakhstan Premier League 15210--162
Atyrau 2010 Kazakhstan Premier League 1411020-171
Shakhter Karagandy 2011 Kazakhstan Premier League 31162040-3716
2012 123000010133
2013 20531114103210
Total 632451154208529
Korona Kielce 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 13100--131
2014–15 13011--141
Total 26111----272
Aktobe 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 2794120-3310
Tobol 2016 281010--2910
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2016 Belarusian Premier League 8241--123
Shakhter Karagandy 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 18100--181
Ordabasy 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League 4000--40
Astana 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League 104004000144
Career total 279712242342032679

International
Kazakhstan national team
YearAppsGoals
200943
201050
201150
201220
201371
201462
201550
201652
Total398

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 September 2016[8]

International goals
As of match played 4 September 2016[8]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.9 September 2009Estadio Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra
1–0
3–1
2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier[9]
2.
2–0
3.14 October 2009Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Croatia
1–1
1–2
2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier[10]
4.14 August 2013Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Georgia
1–0
1–0
Friendly[11]
5.5 September 2014Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
1–0
7–1
Friendly[12]
6.
3–0
7.4 September 2016Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Poland
1–2
2–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier[13]
8.
2–2

References
  1. Профиль: Хижниченко Сергей (in Russian). Sbornaya. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  2. Сергей Хижниченко: "В сборной меня звали "Хижа", а в клубе – "Хомяк"
  3. "Kazak Khiznichenko op proef bij Feyenoord" (in Dutch). AD.nl. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  4. Актобе пополнился двумя новичками. http://fc-aktobe.kz/ (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 27 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. СЕРГЕЙ ХИЖНИЧЕНКО – ИГРОК "ШАХТЕРА"!. fcshakhter.by (in Russian). FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. "Сергей Хижниченко покинул Астану". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. "S.Khizhnichenko". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. "Sergey Khizhnichenko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. "Andorra 1-3 Kazakhstan". fifa.com. FIFA. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  10. "Kazakhstan 1-2 Croatia". fifa.com. FIFA. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  11. "Kazakhstan 1-0 Georgia". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. "Kazakhstan 7-1 Kyrgyzstan". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. "Kazakhstan 2-2 Poland". fifa.com. FIFA. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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