Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko (born in 1954 in Leningrad

Leningrad

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a Russia

Russia

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n businessman.

He is a brother of Andrei Fursenko.

Since July 2003 Sergey Fursenko is the Director General of the JSC Lentransgaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom

Gazprom

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.

Since 2005 he is the Director General (later President) of the football club Zenit

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

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, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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Since February 2010 he is the president of the Russian Football Union.

External links

• Biography (in Russian)