Alexander Sergeevich Spivak was born in 1975, 6January, in the city of Mariupol (Ukraine). Football began to get involved in 10 years. At this age, he entered the football school of his native city - “Innovator” - and studied there for 4 years. After that, in 1989, Spivak moved to the School of Olympic Reserve, located in Donetsk.
The beginning of a professional football career
Throughout his career, Alexander Spivak managedplay for many clubs in Ukraine, among which are Shakhtar (Donetsk), and Metallurg (Zaporizhia), and Chernomorets (Odessa). In addition, Spivak played in the Polish team "Steel". Although the key club in his football career, of course, is the St. Petersburg "Zenith". But first things first.
The first professional football team wasclub Silur, where Spivak spent one season. Then the footballer decides to try his hand abroad, namely in Poland. Alexander Spivak goes to the team "Stal", which at that time played in the second league of the country. However, there he did not stay long, having played one season. During this time, he showed no outstanding results: for the 16 games played, Spivak did not score a single goal.
In 1994, Alexander returns to his homeland andsigns a contract with the club "Odessa". Here the athlete played half a season, then moved to another Ukrainian club, Chernomorets. In this team, the footballer is doing better, he has found stability. However, the next season (1995/1996) Spivak started already in another team, which he still considers one of the most beloved ones.
Alexander's first success in football
This team is “Miner”, where he played for two years and was forced to leave because he lost stability and spent most of his time in reserve.
Guide "Miner" has decided to sendSpivak for rent to give him the opportunity to play at a high level. Many clubs were interested in the persona of the football player at that time, but Alexander chose the Kirovograd Zvezda. As the footballer himself noted, he chose this club because of coach Alexander Ischenko, whom he treated with great respect.
Spivak showed himself well in Kirovograd, anda year later, Miron Markevich noticed him. The Metallurg head coach became very interested in the football player and lured him to him. “Metallurg” bought the player’s contract from Shakhtar, but after a year Spivak again moved to another team.
Time spent at Zenith
In 2000, Alexander Spivak left foreverUkrainian football and moved to St. Petersburg. Zenit paid about 300 thousand dollars for the transfer of a football player, and did not regret it. Initially, Alexander was faced with the task of replacing the deceased Roman Maksimyuk. Needless to say, Spivak did it 100 percent.
In the first two games for Zenit Alexander Spivak,being a midfielder, was able to distinguish three times. Moreover, these “white-blue” matches were played on the road, and Spivak immediately became a new star of the team. In addition to Zenit, many Russian clubs were interested in acquiring a football player, including CSKA and Krylya Sovetov. However, Spivak chose St. Petersburg. The main factor in his decision, according to the player himself, was a conversation with the club president.
In the northern capital of Russia, Alexander spent hisbest football years. He played at Zenit for 7 years, in 2007 he was put on a transfer and announced the end of his professional career. Leonid Buriak said: “A decent and difficult person, but a good football player. If all these qualities are combined in one person, Alexander Spivak will turn out. ” A football player can be proud of his career, because still the fans of the “white-blue” remember him and are proud.
Football player's family and personal life
If we talk about famous people who are notlike to put their personal life on public display, then Alexander Spivak, a football player, will be one of the first on this list. The family of the former Zenit player consists of two people: the wife of Natalia and the son of Daniel.
During performances for the club from St. PetersburgFootballer lived together with his wife. As Alexander himself noted, at first they had a hard time. At first they lived in a rented apartment until they could get their own. The son of Alexander, Daniel, was in Donetsk with the mother of a football player and went to school. Now the whole family lives in Petersburg, and Daniel is already studying at the university.
"At first in St. Petersburg it was hard because of problems withhousing After purchasing my apartment everything went smoothly. Natalia and I have furnished the apartment ourselves without a designer’s help, ”said Alexander Spivak in an interview. The personal life of a football player is strictly classified. With confidence we can only say that Alexander Spivak is an exemplary family man and an excellent father.
