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Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (Russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, pronounced ; Iron Ossetic: Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, romanized: Čerčesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian professional football manager and former goalkeeper. He is the manager of Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny.
In August 2016, he was appointed as head coach of the Russia national team and led them to the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was dismissed after the team was eliminated in the UEFA Euro 2020 group stage. He took charge of Hungarian side Ferencváros in 2021, winning two consecutive Nemzeti Bajnokság I titles before being sacked in July 2023. From June 2024 to January 2025, he was also the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team.
The goalkeeper played 57 matches in the German top-flight for former East German powerhouse Dynamo Dresden a couple of years after reunification between East and West. Cherchesov (transcribed in Austrian German as Tschertschessow) celebrated his biggest successes at the club level in the Austrian premiere Soccer League with FC Tirol (Innsbruck), winning three championship titles in his time there between 1996 and 2002. In Innsbruck Cherchesov is affectionately known as "Stani" to this day.
Cherchesov played for Russia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996. He also was named in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was an unused substitute. In total, he made 39 appearances for the team after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Cherchesov also made one appearance for the FIFA team in the charity game against America in 1995, and for Europe vs Africa in 1997.8
Cherchesov is married and has two children. His son, Stanislav, is also a goalkeeper. As he spent much time in Germany and Austria during his career, he is fluent in German and has taken up coaching education in Germany.
In the year 2018, Cherchesov was named "Coach of the Year" in the nomination "Pride of Russia" by the Ministry of Sport of Russia.

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Trophies 
Polish Ekstraklasa | Legia Warsaw | 2015-2016 | |
Austrian Bundesliga | Wacker Innsbruck | 2001-2002 | |
Austrian Bundesliga | Wacker Innsbruck | 2000-2001 | |
Austrian Bundesliga | Wacker Innsbruck | 1999-2000 | |
Soviet Top League | Spartak Moscow | 1993 | |
Soviet Top League | Spartak Moscow | 1992 | |
Soviet Top League | Spartak Moscow | 1989 | |
Soviet Top League | Spartak Moscow | 1987 | |
MilestonesFormer Youth Teams
Former Senior Teams 
Alania Vladikavkaz | 1982-1984 | Permanent | - | - | |
Spartak Moscow | 1984-1987 | Permanent | - | - | |
Lok. Moscow | 1988 | Permanent | - | - | |
Spartak Moscow | 1988-1993 | Permanent | - | - | |
USSR | 1990-1991 | International | - | - | |
Commonwealth of Independent States | 1992 | International | - | - | |
Russia | 1992-2000 | International | - | - | |
Dynamo Dresden | 1993-1995 | Permanent | - | - | |
Spartak Moscow | 1995 | Loan | - | - | |
Wacker Innsbruck | 1996-2002 | Permanent | - | - | |
Spartak Moscow | 2002 | Permanent | - | - | |
Former Club Staff 
Kufstein | 2004 | Manager | - | - | |
Wacker Innsbruck | 2004-2006 | Manager | - | - | |
Spartak Moscow | 2007-2008 | Manager | - | - | |
FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi | 2010-2011 | Manager | - | - | |
Terek Grozny | 2011-2013 | Manager | - | - | |
Amkar | 2013-2014 | Manager | - | - | |
Dinamo Moscow | 2014-2015 | Manager | - | - | |
Legia Warsaw | 2015-2016 | Manager | - | - | |
Russia | 2016-2021 | Manager | - | - | |
Ferencváros | 2021-2023 | Manager | - | - | |
Kazakhstan | 2024-2025 | Manager | - | - | |
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