Serhii Karpov

Serhii Karpov (; born 1 May 1982) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach for Kudrivka.

Early life Serhii Karpov was born on 1 May 1982 in Oleksandriia, Ukraine. He played in 2011–12 Ukrainian First League only one match. That game was a 2:1 loss to Zirka Kropyvnytskyi on 23 July. He left Mykolaiv after the 12 August match against Dynamo-2 Kyiv.

Return to Enerhetyk Karpov rejoined Enerhetyk in August 2011 and made his debut on 26 August in a 3:0 loss to Tytan Armiansk. He wore jersey number thirty-two. He made twenty-four league appearances in 2011–12 Ukrainian First League and featured once in a cup.

Pervomaisk For the 2013 season Karpov played for Pervomaisk in Pervomaisk. He played in Mykolaiv Oblast championship and 2013 Ukrainian Amateur Cup. Pervomaisk long-time manager Mykola Flakei in 2021 listed Karpov as one of the best goalkeepers for the team.

Burevisnyk Karpov joined amateur club Burevisnyk from Petrove which was playing in Kirovohrad Oblast championship in April 2014. During 2015 season his club won the Kirovohrad Oblast Cup.

Shliakhovyk In 2016 Karpov joined Shliakhovyk Oleksandriia. There he played for two years in Kirovohrad Oblast Championship.

UkrAhroKom In 2018 when amateur club UkrAhroKom was recreated, Karpov joined the club. He played in Kirovohrad Oblast Championship and next year he featured in Ukrainian Amateur Cup.

Shliakhovyk Karpov rejoined Shliakhovyk in 2019. He won the Kirovohrad Oblast Cup that year. Karpov was also playing coach for the team.

Inhul-Ahro-Lend During 2021 He joined another amateur club Inhul-Ahro-Lend from Berezivka.

Charity tournaments On 24 December 2021 a futsal tournament involving twelve teams took place. Karpov played for a team called СК27. On 15 May 2022 Karpov took part in a charity match to support Ukrainian Armed Forces. He played for Shliakhovyk and was the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In August 2022 another charity futsal tournament named "Cup of glory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" took place in Pervozvanivka, near Kropyvnytskyi. Karpov played for team named "Veteran" and was chosen as best goalkeeper of the tournament.

Coaching career Oleksandriia Karpov began working as a goalkeeping coach for the Oleksandriia U-21 team in 2014. During 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season, Oleksandriia reserves team took part in the competition for the first time. Karpov was the goalkeeping coach. In August 2021 when Oleksandriia academy was created, he became one of six coaches to train over 200 young players born between 2006 and 2015.

Nyva On 2 March 2023 Nyva Ternopil announced signing of Karpov as a goalkeeping coach.

Kremin Karpov joined the club on 17 July 2023 as a goalkeeping coach. He signed a one-year contract with the club. When Ihor Klymovskyi joined Kremin as a manager and replaced Roman Loktionov, Karpov remained a goalkeeping coach. On 27 November 2023 Kremin announced that Karpov and the club agreed on mutual contract termination.

Kudrivka Karpov followed Roman Loktionov to Kudrivka on 27 November 2023.

Career statistics

Honours Mykolaiv Ukrainian Second League: 2010–11 Burevisnyk Kirovohrad Oblast Cup: 2015

Shliakhovyk Kirovohrad Oblast Cup: 2019

Individual Mykolaiv Oblast Player of the Year: 2010