Dmitry Kirichenko appointed head coach of Rostov

Former footballer of the Russian national team Dmitry Kirichenko became the new head coach of Rostov. This was reported by the press service of the RPL club.

Rostov CEO Andrei Chaika told Match TV that the contract with the coach was signed for two years.

In this post, the 49-year-old Kirichenko replaced Spaniard Jonathan Alba, who left Rostov on September 24.

Alba has worked at Rostov since 2018: first as an analyst coach, and in February 2025 he headed the main team after the departure of Valery Karpin.

Kirichenko played for Rostov, was the silver medalist of the championship of Russia in the season 2015/16. As part of CSKA, the striker became the champion of Russia (2003), the winner of the UEFA Cup (2005), the winner of the Cup (2002) and the Super Cup (2004) of Russia. He also twice became the top scorer of the Russian championship (2002, 2005).

After completing his career, Kirichenko worked at the Rostov headquarters in 2014-2017, was acting head coach several times. Later, Kirichenko headed Ufa (2018-2019) and Ivanovo Textilist (2024-2026), worked in the headquarters of Kairat, Traktor (Tabriz) and Sochi.

“Rostov” this season won only two victories in nine rounds of the RPL and takes 12th place (eight points).