Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (; born 17 October 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a winger. Club career Saenko was born in Maslovka. In August 2008, Saenko moved to Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after 1. FC Nürnberg's relegation. He missed the second half of the 2009 season due to injuries. Saenko had never found himself a new team and retired in 2011. International career After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on 6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on 11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution. He was called up to Russia's UEFA Euro 2008 squad and was a second-half substitute in both their second match against Greece in Salzburg and third match against Sweden in Innsbruck, but started the quarter-final against the Netherlands in Basel and the semi-final against Spain in Vienna. He won his 13th and final cap in October 2008. Career statistics Club International Honours 1. FC Nürnberg DFB-Pokal: 2006–07 Russia UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008 References External links Career, statistic, goals Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Voronezh Association football midfielders FC Spartak Moscow players FC Fakel Voronezh players 1. FC Nürnberg players Expatriate footballers in Germany Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Association football forwards Karlsruher SC players Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Russian footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players Russian Premier League players