Mikhail Sivakow

Mikhail Syarheyevich Sivakow (Belarusian: Міхаі́л Сярге́евіч Сівако́ў, Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Сивако́в; born 16 January 1988) is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Orenburg.

Mikhail Sivakow
Sivakow with Orenburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Syarheyevich Sivakow
Date of birth (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988
Place of birth Minsk, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Orenburg
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2005 BATE Borisov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 BATE Borisov 36 (4)
2009–2011 Cagliari 3 (0)
2010 → Piacenza (loan) 15 (2)
2011 → Wisła Kraków (loan) 14 (1)
2011–2012 Zulte Waregem 14 (0)
2012 → BATE Borisov (loan) 7 (0)
2013 BATE Borisov 19 (0)
2014 Gomel 14 (2)
2014 Chornomorets Odesa 10 (1)
2015 Gabala 11 (0)
2015–2016 Zorya Luhansk 36 (1)
2017 Orenburg 12 (0)
2017–2018 Amkar Perm 25 (1)
2018– Orenburg 133 (6)
International career‡
2004–2005 Belarus U17 9 (2)
2005–2006 Belarus U18
2006 Belarus U19 3 (0)
2008–2011 Belarus U21 24 (3)
2011–2012 Belarus Olympic 5 (1)
2010–2019 Belarus 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2019
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Syarheyevich and the family name is Sivakow.

Career

Club

Sivakow began his career with Smena Minsk, before joining BATE Borisov in January 2003 where he scored 14 goals in 83 games for the reserves. At the age of 17, he received interest from German club Borussia Dortmund but never signed for them.[1] He started playing with the senior side in 2005, participating in 13 games and scoring one goal in the Belarusian Premier League.

On 31 January 2009, he was signed by Italian Serie A side Cagliari in 4-year contract.[2]

He made his Serie A debut on 8 November 2009, replaced Davide Biondini in the last minutes, against Sampdoria. On 27 January 2010, he was loaned to Piacenza to swap club with Radja Nainggolan.[3]

On 28 January 2011, Sivakow signed a half-year loan deal with Wisła Kraków.[4] He was the most remembered for his 51,1 m goal against Lechia Gdańsk.[5]

On 25 August 2011, Sivakow left Cagliari to join Belgian Pro League side Zulte Waregem.[6] He signed a four-year contract with the club.

On 28 January 2015, Sivakow signed a six-month contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FK,[7] linking up with fellow former FC Chornomorets Odesa players, Dmytro Bezotosnyi, Oleksiy Gai, Ruslan Fomin and manager Roman Hryhorchuk. Sivakow left Gabala at the end of his contract.[8][9]

In June 2015, Sivakow signed a two-year contract with FC Zorya Luhansk.[10]

On 19 January 2017, he signed with a Russian Premier League side FC Orenburg.[11]

On 17 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with another Russian club FC Amkar Perm.[12]

On 24 July 2018, he returned to FC Orenburg after Amkar was declared bankrupt.[13]

International
Mikhail Sivakow playing for Belarus U21

Sivakow played with the Belarus national football team's under 17 side from 2004 to 2005, and in 2006 with the under 19 side. In 2008, Sivakow became a member of the under 21 squad. He played his first game for the squad on 14 October 2008 and scored a goal in the 39th minute against Turkey.[14] Sivakow was a leading member of the under 21 side that participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and exited at the group stage. Two years later, he captained the under 21 team that finished in 3rd place at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Sivakow appeared in all five of the matches. He also captained the Belarus Olympic squad that participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament, playing in all three of their matches and scoring one goal. Sivakow made his debut for the senior national side of his country on 2 June 2010, in the 0:1 home loss against Sweden in a friendly match after coming on as a substitute for Sergey Omelyanchuk during the second half.[15]

Personal life

His mother is of Polish descent.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 November 2022[17][18]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BATE Borisov 2005 Vysheyshaya Liga 2010000030
2006 1010100030
2007 101114000152
2008 2338111000424
Total 36411216000636
Cagliari 2008–09 Serie A 0000000000
2009–10 1000000010
2010–11 2010000030
Total 3010000040
Piacenza (loan) 2009–10 Serie B 152000000152
Wisła Kraków (loan) 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 141200000161
Zulte Waregem 2011–12 Jupiler Pro League 140000000140
BATE Borisov (loan) 2012 Vysheyshaya Liga 70207000160
BATE Borisov 2013 180001010200
Gomel 2014 142100000152
Chornomorets Odesa 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 101302000151
Gabala 2014–15 Azerbaijan Premier League 120100000130
Zorya Luhansk 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 221604000321
2016–17 140115000201
Total 361719000522
Orenburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 12000002[lower-alpha 1]0140
Amkar Perm 2017–18 25131002[lower-alpha 2]0302
Orenburg 2018–19 221200000241
2019–20 190200000210
2020–21 Russian First League 372100000382
2021–22 27200001[lower-alpha 3]0282
2022–23 Russian Premier League 161210000182
Total 13367100301437
Career total 337183853506041623

Notes
  1. Two appearances in relegation play-offs
  2. Two appearances in relegation play-offs
  3. Appearance in promotion play-offs

International
Belarus
YearAppsGoals
201010
201420
201540
201660
201731
Total161

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 June 2017[17]

International goals
Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.[17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2017Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus Bulgaria1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

BATE Borisov

Wisła Kraków

Belarus U21

References
  1. Interview with Pressball.by
  2. "Sivakov è del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. "Sivakov al Piacenza". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  4. "Kolejny piłkarz dołączył do Wisły". Wisła Kraków (in Polish). 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  5. "Lechia - Wisła Kraków 0:3. Mikhail Sivakov (Siwakow Сівакоў) goal". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  6. "Ultim'ora: Mikhail Sivakov ceduto al club belga del Zulte Waregem" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. "Mixail Sivakov Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  8. "Габала: Безотосный и Гай остаются, Фомин и Сиваков уходят". football.ua/. football.ua. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. "New footballers for Gabala". gabalafc.az/. Gabala FC. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. Экс-игрок Габалы нашел себе новый клуб. azerisport.com/ (in Russian). Azerisport. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  11. ФК «Оренбург» подписал контракт с защитником Михаилом Сиваковым. (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 19 January 2017.
  12. «АМКАР» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ БЕЛАРУСИ (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 17 June 2017.
  13. "Михаил Сиваков подписал контракт с ФК "Оренбург"" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 24 July 2018.
  14. "Belarus vs Turkey UEFA U-21 Qualifying 2009".
  15. "Belarus vs. Sweden 0:1". soccerway.com. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  16. Michaił Siwakow: płynie w moich żyłach trochę polskiej krwi Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine 24 February 2011, onet.pl
  17. Mikhail Sivakow at National-Football-Teams.com
  18. Mikhail Sivakow at Soccerway
  19. "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  20. "Spain-Belarus | Under-21".
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