Gennadiy Nizhegorodov  Gennadiy Nizhegorodov (born 7 June 1977 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former footballer who last played for SC Rheindorf Altach and current manager. Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993. In 1996, he moved to FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, before moving to FC Lokomotiv Moscow in 2000, where he stayed until 2004, making 125 appearances for the club. He moved to Chechnya club, FC Terek Grozny in 2004, but only played 10 games before moving to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in 2006, where he played eight games before moving later that year to his home town to play for FC Chornomorets Odessa. Although born in Odessa (today Ukraine), Nizhegorodov preferred to play for the Russia national football team, capping nine games.