Career
He last played for Football Club Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 with PFC CSKA Moscow. He is a nephew of former Football Club Okean Nakhodka and Football Club Lokomotiv Moscow player Oleg Garin (who is considered the most well known Okean player ever) and until 2004 was known as Aleksandr Garin (Russian: Александр Гарин).
In 2006, he was disqualified for 8 months for testing positive for marijuana.