Victor Sidelnikov replaced Andrey Tolochko as the head coach of Zenit volleyball. This was reported by the press service of the St. Petersburg club.
Tolochko took over at Zenit last February following the departure of Tuomas Sammelvuo. Under him, the team took 4th place in the Russian championship. This season, after 24 matches, Zenit are in third place in the BET Super League.
– Zenit management has decided to change the head coach. From this day on, the team is led by Viktor Sidelnikov, it is he who will lead Zenit until the end of the current season. Since autumn, Sidelnikov has been officially the coaching coach of Zenit, knows all the details of the first team’s workflow, knows the main players well, has serious experience of cooperation with clubs in Super League, Zenit said in a statement. .
Sidelnikov, 60, has already won the Champions League (2008), the Russian Championship (2007) and the Russian Cup (2004) with Zenit-Kazan.
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Source : MatchTV

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