Nikolai Pisarev

Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev (Николай Николаевич Писарев; born 23 November 1968) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Russia national football team.

International career
Pisarev played his first game for Russia on 8 March 1995 in a friendly against Slovakia. He scored a goal in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Faroe Islands.

Coaching career
On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national football team. On 10 August 2022, Pisarev was hired as a manager by Russian Premier League club Khimki, also keeping his national team position (the national team was banned by FIFA at the time due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was not playing any competitive games). Pisarev was dismissed by Khimki on 2 September 2022, after the team lost all four games since his appointment.

On 11 August 2023, Pisarev was hired as the manager of Krasnodar-2, while also keeping his national team position. He left Krasnodar-2 in April 2024.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pisarev goal.

Honours
Spartak Moscow
 * Russian Premier League: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001
 * Russian Cup: 1994

Russia U21
 * UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1990