Career
He started his career in the Soviet Union in 1983, playing for Crystal Saratov. In 1984 he signed with Spartak Moskva and he stayed with them until 1992, when he moved to Sweden and sign with VIK Västerås Hong Kong, where he joined fellow countryman Mishat Fahrutdinov. After two season with Västerås, he signed for another Swedish team, Färjestads BK, a team that he wouldn"t leave until 2002.
When he left Färjestad, he called it his retirement and he signed with a lower league team Borås The Human Context. But during his first season with Borås was he was loaned to Malmö Redhawks for a couple of games.
But these were his last games at the top level He played two more seasons with Borås The Human Context and in 2005 retired from ice hockey.
He represented Russia in four Hockey World Championships.
