Stanislav Cherchesov

Stanislav Cherchesov
Cherchesov as Akhmat Grozny manager in 2025
Personal information
Full name Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov
Date of birth (1963-09-02) 2 September 1963
Place of birth Alagir, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Akhmat Grozny (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Spartak Ordzhonikidze 15 (0)
1984–1987 Spartak Moscow 13 (0)
1988 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 (0)
1988–1993 Spartak Moscow 121 (0)
1993–1995 Dynamo Dresden 57 (0)
1995Spartak Moscow (loan) 8 (0)
1996–2002 Tirol Innsbruck 182 (0)
2002 Spartak Moscow 7 (0)
Total 433 (0)
International career
1990–1991 Soviet Union 8 (0)
1992 CIS 2 (0)
1992–2002 Russia 39 (0)
Managerial career
2004 Kufstein
2004–2006 Wacker Tirol
2007–2008 Spartak Moscow
2010–2011 Zhemchuzhina Sochi
2011–2013 Terek Grozny
2013–2014 Amkar Perm
2014–2015 Dynamo Moscow
2015–2016 Legia Warsaw
2016–2021 Russia
2021–2023 Ferencváros
2024–2025 Kazakhstan
2025– Akhmat Grozny
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (Russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, pronounced [stənʲɪˈslaf sɐˈlaməvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈtɕesəf]; Ossetian: Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, romanized: Čerčesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian professional football manager and former goalkeeper. He is the manager of Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny.

In August 2016, he was appointed as head coach of the Russia national team and led them to the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was dismissed after the team was eliminated in the UEFA Euro 2020 group stage. He took charge of Hungarian side Ferencváros in 2021, winning two consecutive Nemzeti Bajnokság I titles before being sacked in July 2023. From June 2024 to January 2025, he was also the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team.