Igor Zemlyanoi

Igor Zemlyanoi
Date of birth	May 26, 1967
place of birth	Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size	174 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1987	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1987-1988	SKA MWO Kalinin
1988-1995	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1995-2003	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2003-2004	Kasz.-Torp. Ust-Kamenogorsk HK Awangard Omsk

Igor Stepanovich Semljanoi ( Russian Игорь Степанович Земляной * 26. May 1967 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakhstan SSR ) is a former Kazakh ice hockey player , who in his active from 1984 to 2004, including Champion of Russia with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk and HK Avangard Omsk became.

Career

Igor Semljanoi began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk , for whose professional team he was active from 1984 to 1995 in the top Soviet and Russian leagues. Only during the 1987/88 season did the defender play for his league rivals SKA MWO Kalinin . For the 1995/96 season, the Kazakh signed a contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , with whom he won the European Hockey League in 1999 and 2000 , and the Russian champions in 1999 and 2001 . Before that, the national player won the Russian Cup with Metallurg in 1998 and was runner-up.

For the 2003/04 season Semlyanoi was obliged by his Kazakh hometown club Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, which he left again after 16 games in the Kazakh ice hockey championship and the Wysschaya League , the second Russian division. He then returned to Russia, where he signed with HK Awangard Omsk , with whom he was champion for the third time in his career in 2004. Following this success, the 1998 Olympian retired at the age of 37.

International

For Kazakhstan , Semlyanoi took part in the C World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 , as well as the B World Championship in 1997 . He was also in Kazakhstan's squad for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

Achievements and Awards

• 1997 Promotion to the A world championship at the B world championship
• 1998 Russian runner-up with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 1998 Russian cup winner with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 1999 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 1999 European Hockey League win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2000 European Hockey League win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2001 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2004 Russian champion with the HK Awangard Omsk

Web links

• Igor Semljanoi at hockeydb.com (English)
• Igor Semljanoi at eurohockey.com