Sergei Medvedev (footballer) explained

Sergei Medvedev
Fullname:Sergei Viktorovich Medvedev
Birth Date:27 April 1973
Position:Defender
Years1:1992
Caps1:22
Goals1:0
Years2:1992
Caps2:14
Goals2:1
Years3:1993–1994
Caps3:9
Goals3:0
Years4:1993
Clubs4:FC Asmaral-d Moscow (loan)
Caps4:7
Goals4:0
Years5:1993
Clubs5:FC Asmaral Kislovodsk (loan)
Caps5:18
Goals5:2
Years6:1994
Clubs6:FC Asmaral-d Moscow (loan)
Caps6:16
Goals6:0
Years7:1996
Caps7:30
Goals7:4
Years8:1997
Caps8:17
Goals8:0

Sergei Viktorovich Medvedev (Russian: Сергей Викторович Медведев; born 27 April 1973) is a former Russian football player.

Club career

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Asmaral Moscow on 13 March 1993 in a game against FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi.

In September 1998, he came to a friend's wedding in Ingushetia. On the eighth day of the festivities, two cars flew up to Medvedev and took him prisoner to Chechnya. He stayed in captivity for 335 days and was released on August 30, 1998, thanks to his friend and former teammate Sergei Grishin, who ask to the Minister of Internal Affairs Sergei Stepashin.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 335 дней в плену у боевиков.