He made his professional debut in the
Soviet Second League B in 1991 for
FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk. He played 2 games in the
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999 for
FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don. He scored eight goals in one game in a 1999
Russian Second Division match for
FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don against
FC Iriston Vladikavkaz in a 9–2 victory. That was a record for most goals in one game in Russian professional football he shared with
Andrey Tikhonov and
Gennady Korkin until
Igor Kiselyov scored ten goals in 2001. ==References==