Coach DNA
Playing style
possession-based
Style consistency
More consistent than 3% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Zenit
Jul 2018 – Oct 2026 · 285 matches
2.20 points per game in Premier Liga (251 matches).
Zenit with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.90 (60 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +265 above the league average under him, +226 under the others.
Most used
- W. Barrios20,486' · Elo 2,144
- Douglas Santos18,417' · Elo 2,153
- Wendel12,759' · Elo 2,184
- A. Dzyuba10,658' · Elo 1,546
- V. Karavaev10,617' · Elo 1,988
- M. Kerzhakov9,418' · Elo 1,599
- D. Kuzyaev8,652' · Elo 1,610
- Y. Rakitskyi8,599' · Elo 1,652
- Claudinho7,716' · Elo 2,036
- Malcom7,525' · Elo 2,397
FC UFA
Mar 2017 – May 2018 · 43 matches
1.42 points per game in Premier Liga (43 matches).
FC UFA with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.05 (106 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −93 below the league average under him, −114 under the others.
Most used
- Ivan Paurević3,611' · Elo 1,407
- A. Belenov3,600' · Elo 1,425
- D. Stotskiy3,529' · Elo 1,269
- P. Alikin3,184' · Elo 833
- D. Zhivoglyadov3,143' · Elo 1,554
- Bojan Jokić3,140' · Elo 1,368
- S. Igboun2,845' · Elo 1,436
- A. Nikitin2,043' · Elo 1,490
- A. Zaseev1,735' · Elo 880
- D. Sysuev1,683' · Elo 1,218
Players under Sergey Semak
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- M. Kerzhakov+726
in 107 matches · Zenit
- Pedro Henrique+558
in 75 matches · Zenit
- Douglas Santos+541
in 216 matches · Zenit
- V. Karavaev+514
in 142 matches · Zenit
- D. Adamov+511
in 50 matches · Zenit
Fell most
- A. Erokhin−556
in 190 matches · Zenit
- D. Lovren−174
in 59 matches · Zenit
in 14 matches · Zenit
- C. Marchisio−71
in 14 matches · Zenit
- Artur−59
in 22 matches · Zenit
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−137D. Kulakov1466
in 13 matches · Ural
−116E. Bicfalvi1411
in 13 matches · Ural
−112M. Fernandes1812
in 10 matches · CSKA Moscow
−100A. Semenov1636
in 11 matches · Akhmat Grozny
−85O. Ivanov550
in 11 matches · Rubin
Nemeses
+168V. Torop1901
in 3 matches · CSKA Moscow
+149I. Rozhkov1837
in 6 matches · Rubin
+133F. Uremović1757
in 7 matches · Rubin
+130I. Samoshnikov1801
in 7 matches · Lokomotiv
+119A. Shunin1791
in 14 matches · Dinamo Moscow
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −78
in 16 matches · Nizhny Novgorod
- −62
Dmitri Parfenov1559
in 7 matches · Arsenal Tula
- −60
Valeri Karpin1830
in 13 matches · Dynamo
- −59
Andrey Talalaev1892
in 9 matches · Baltika
- −32
Marko Nikolić2157
in 5 matches · CSKA Moscow
Nemesis coaches
- +56
in 10 matches · Lokomotiv
- +43
Marcel Lička1882
in 6 matches · Dynamo
- +39
Vadim Evseev1557
in 5 matches · Fakel Voronezh
- +29
Dmitri Khokhlov1472
in 4 matches · Dinamo Moscow
- +28
Leonid Slutskiy1894
in 4 matches · Rubin
Playing style
How Sergey Semak's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.54style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 3% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Zenit280 matches
FC UFA43 matches