Nikolai Safronidi

Nikolai Safronidi
	Safronidi in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Afanasyevich Safronidi
Date of birth	10 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Ordzhonikidze, Russian SFSR
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000	FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
2001–2004	Alania Vladikavkaz
2004–2007	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
2008–2009	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
2010–2013	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
2014–2018	FC Ufa
Total
Managerial career
2018–2019	FC Ufa (administrator)
2019–2023	FC Ufa (assistant)
2021	FC Ufa (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikolai Afanasyevich Safronidi (Russian: Николай Афанасьевич Сафрониди, Greek: Νικόλαος Σαφρονίδης, romanized: Nikolaos Safronidis; born 10 September 1983) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He played as a left midfielder.

Personal life

He is of Caucasus Greek and Armenian descent.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz	2000	PFL	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Alania Vladikavkaz	2001	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2002		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2003		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2004		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	2004	PFL	9	1	0	0	–		–		9	1
	2005	PFL	16	1	2	0	–		–		18	1
	2006	FNL	28	2	1	0	–		–		29	2
	2007	FNL	37	6	1	0	–		–		38	6
	Total		90	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	94	10
SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	2008	FNL	21	2	1	0	–		–		22	2
	2009	FNL	32	5	3	0	–		–		35	5
	Total		53	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	57	7
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	2010	FNL	33	3	1	1	–		–		34	4
	2011–12		31	3	2	1	–		–		33	4
	2012–13		26	1	2	0	–		–		28	1
	2013–14	Russian Premier League	9	0	1	0	–		–		10	0
	Total		99	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	105	9
FC Ufa	2013–14	FNL	6	0	–		–		2^[a]	0	8	0
	2014–15	Russian Premier League	23	1	2	0	–		–		25	1
	2015–16		15	1	2	0	–		–		17	1
	2016–17		2	0	1	0	–		–		3	0
	2017–18		2	0	1	0	–		–		3	0
	Total		48	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	56	2
Career total			290	26	20	2	0	0	2	0	312	28