Career
In Belarus, both Belarusian and Russian languages are official Thus his name, usually transliterated as Sergei Kornilenko (Russian: Серге́й Корниленко), can be alternatively spelled as Syarhey Karnilenka (Belarusian: Сяргей Карніленка). Vitebsk-born Kornilenko began his career in his native Belarus as a trainee with Football Club before joining his hometown club
After an unsuccessful half a season with Vitebsk he returned to Minsk, where he spent three seasons before moving to Ukraine with and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
In 2008 he moved to the Russian Premier League with Football Club Tom Tomsk, with whom he enjoyed a successful first season. On 19 July 2009 Football Club Zenit signed the striker until December 2013.
The Russian club had needed a new striker after a serious injury to Danny and after transfer listing Fatih Tekke. On 9 March 2010 Kornilenko was loaned back to Tom Tomsk for the remainder of the 2009-2010 season.
He returned to Zenit in the summer of 2010 but was loaned out again, this time to Rubin Kazan, until January 2011.
On 31 January 2011, Kornilenko signed on loan for English Premier League club Blackpool, turning down a move to Standard Liege in the process. In June 2011, he signed a contract with Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara. He is currently the second-highest scorer for his country in their history with seventeen goals as of September 2015.
In the summer of 2012 he was selected as one of the over aged players to represent Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London to participate in the Men"s football tournament.
International goals.