Alexander Gnezdov

Alexander Gnezdov

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Efimovich Gnezdov
Date of birth	(1908-09-17)17 September 1908
Place of birth	Gorokhovetsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Date of death	1981(1981-00-00) (aged 72–73)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1927	Progress Baku
1934–1936	Stalinets Leningrad	10	(6)
1937	Neftyanik	11	(3)
Total		21	(9)
Managerial career
1937	Neftyanik
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Efimovich Gnezdov (Russian: Гнездов Александр Ефимович; 17 September 1908 – 1981) was an Azerbaijani professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He was known as the first manager of Neftçi PFK.[1]

Career

Gnezdov started his career at Progress Baku in 1926. Progress Baku was the first professional football club of Azerbaijan and founded in 1907.[2] Then he joined Stalinets Leningrad (nowadays Zenit Saint Petersburg) in 1934, where he made ten appearances for the club, scoring six goals in total.[3]

In 1937, Gnezdov was appointed the first coach at Neftyanik (nowadays Neftçi PFK), while he also played as a forward for the same club[1] which was founded on 18 March 1937 and played under the name of Neftyanik until 1968.[4] During his coaching period, the club was mainly consisted of players with Russian descent due to less interest to football among the local people.[5] Despite his managerial status, Gnezdov was also considered a decisive player, especially in important and game-changing situations.[6]

Gnezdov was the first person in Azerbaijan SSR who did punditry work. In 1949, he made history, filing Azerbaijan's first football report on radio.[1][7]

References

1. "Aleksandr Qnezdov". Neftchi.az. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. "Azerbaijan - List of Foundation Dates". Rssf.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07.
3. "Гнездов Александр Ефимович". Zenit-history.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
4. "İlbəil". www.neftchi.az. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
5. ""Neftçi"nin 84 yaşı tamam olur" (in Azerbaijani). 2021-03-18. Archived from the original on 2024-08-03.
6. ""Neftçi" necə yarandı?". Sportal.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2017-06-26.
7. "Veteran yenə öz yerindədir". Anl.az. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.

External links

• Aleksandr Qnezdov Footballfacts.ru