Alexei Eremenko

Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko (; born 17 January 1964), also known as Alexei Eremenko Sr. is a Russian professional football manager and a former player who also holds Finnish citizenship. He last managed Estonian club JK Trans Narva.

Playing career Yeryomenko made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981 for FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. In the early 1990s, he moved to Finland, where he played for Jaro (1991–94 and 1995–1997) and HJK Helsinki (1999–2003). With the latter team, he played alongside his eldest son Alexei Eremenko, 19 years his junior, and together, they helped their side win two Finnish championships in 2002 and 2003, thus becoming the first-ever father-son duo in the history of football to win a title in the top tier. He retired at Jaro in 2005, aged 41.

Managerial career Yeryomenko was the manager of the Finnish club FF Jaro between August 2009 and June 2016. On 4 August 2016, Yeryomenko was appointed as manager of Kazakhstan Premier League side Shakhter Karagandy, being fired on 29 May 2017. On 8 August 2017, Yeryomenko signed a one-year contract with Armenian side FC Pyunik, but left the club on 31 October 2017. On 22 May 2018, SJK announced that Yeryomenko had replaced Tommi Kautonen as their manager after their poor start to the season. On 11 February 2020, FK Spartaks announced that Yeryomenko had been signed as their new manager.

Personal life He is the father and agent of Alexei Eremenko, Roman Eremenko and Sergei Eremenko.

European club competition appearances UEFA Cup 1986–87 with FC Spartak Moscow: 6 games. UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 with FF Jaro: 4 games. UEFA Cup 1999-00 with HJK. UEFA Cup 2000-01 with HJK. UEFA Cup 2001-02 with HJK. UEFA Cup 2002-03 with HJK.

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Honours Individual Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: September 2010, June 2012, July 2013