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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Albert Lukmanov, Aleksandr Burtsev, Aleksandr Krupoder, Aleksandr Omelchenko, Aleksandr Shabalov, Aleksandr Vasilenko, Aleksei Krivorotov, Aleksei Sergeyevich Sergeyev, Aleksei Yuryevich Baranov, Andrei Kireyev, Andrei Kondratyuk, Andrei Korchagin, Andrei Omelchak, Andrei Remennikov, Andrei Vladimirovich Kozlov, Anton Timofeyev, Artak Mikayelyan, Artur Gubaydullin, Artur Nafikov, Artyom Kashuba, Artyom Lunkov, Artyom Rogotnev, Azamat Zaseyev, Danil Daukayev, Denis Gaysin, Dmitri Dolbilin, Dmitri Podruzhko, Dmitry Izotov, Igor Lavrentyev, Igor Sharafutdinov, Ildar Azgamovich Khanov, Ivan Zhenus, Kirill Romanov, Konstantin Ionov, Leonid Belousov, Maksim Malakhovskiy, Maksim Stanislavovich Lepskiy, Mikhail Markosov, Mikhail Mysin, Nail Khabibullin, Oleg Chernyshov, Oleh Olehovych Blokhin, Pavel Alikin, Pavel Dorokhin, Pavel Gureyev, Pavel Vasilyev, Rim Shakirov, Rinat Khisamutdinov, Roman Teryokhin, Ruslan Adrshin, Rustam Khabekirov, Sergei Chasovskiy, Sergei Danilov, Sergei Nikulov, Sergei Osadchuk, Sergei Tyupikov, Sergey Mironov (footballer), Stanislav Dubrovin, Timur Fatikhov, Ural Amirov, Vadim Yanchuk, Valiabdula Magomedov, Vener Yagudin, Viktor Kuryshev, Viktor Safarov, Vitali Galysh, Vitali Vodopyanov, Vladimir Petrovich Lazarev, Vyacheslav Tkachyov, Yevgeni Dukhnov, Yevgeni Kobozev, Yevgeni Krutov. Excerpt: Sergey Nikolayevich Mironov (Russian: born 13 March 1988) is a Russian football defensive midfielder who currently plays for FC Avangard Kursk. Mironov started playing football at the age of eleven in his native Novgorod and didn't planned to became a pro until his coaches told him he has got talent. In 2003 he moved to Saint Petersburg to train in DYuSSh Smena and in 2005 he was accepted into FC Zenit reserves, signing a professional contract with the club. He had a bright start and played 66 games for reserves over three years, scoring once, but after that it was decided that he isn't good enough to join the first team. Before 2008 season he tried to find himself a new club in the two top Russian leagues, namely having a trial with Zvezda Irkutsk, but failed and was loaned to Ykkonen (Finnish second tier) team TP-47. There during two months he played under the guidance of Russian coach Sergey Butenko, and then gone on another loan to Bulgarian OFC Sliven 2000 where he made 3 A PFG appearances. After returning to Russia he resumed training with Zenit reserves before their head coach Anatoly Davydov persuaded him to went on trial to Vladimir Kazachyonok's FC Smena-Zenit. He signed for Smena-Zenit before 2009 season and was chosen as the young team's captain. After the end of the season in which the team finished at low 16th place, Zenit implemented another change in the club's structure, resulting in FC Smena-Zenit being dissolved and its functions being passed to DYuSSh Smena-Zenit team of U-18s. Mironov thus had to pursue his career elsewhere. In 2010 he joined another Russian Second Division zone West team Dinamo Vologda alongside his former Smena-Zenit team mates Anton Arsenyev and Oleg Babenkov. In February 2011, Mironov signed a one-year deal with Meistriliiga side JK Kalev Sillamae, reuniting with coach Vladimir Kazachyonok from FC Smena-Zenit. Mironov was a captain of Russia national youth football team of his age since 2003, also playing for team of 1987-
