Sergey Balakhnin appointed Rostov head coach for the fifth time in his career

According to the official website of Rostov, Sergey Balakhnin has been appointed head coach of the Rostov-on-Don team until the end of this season.

His assistants will be the club’s former players Alexander Maslov and Ilya Bliznyuk.

It should be noted that this position has been vacant since Oleg Protasov’s resignation in May 2011. Vladimir Lyuty has become the caretaker, but was later succeeded by another interim head coach Andrey Talalaev.

The arrival of Balakhnin puts the end to speculations around former Dynamo Moscow head coach Miodrag Bozovic, who has been considered the main candidate for this position at Rostov.

Balakhnin has already coached the Rostov-on-Don club four times – in 2001, 2002-2003, 2004, and 2005-2007.