Career
Currently he manages Volgar Astrakhan. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze. He signed for Chamois Niortais F.C. on a fake paperwork, pretending he was 9 years younger than he actually was (his birth year was changed from 1960 to 1969).
He was released a few months later after the fraud was discovered.
He is a cousin of Valery Gazzaev.