Chernik
Siarhei

Date of birth:	20.07.1988
Place of birth:	Grodno
Citizenship:	Belarus
Position:	Goalkeeper
Rank:	Master of Sports
Shirt Number:	16
Debut for BATE:	05.04.2014
First football school:	DUSSH (Lunno)
First coach:	Viktor Chernik
Height:	187
Weight:	85

Best 2013 Vysshaya Liga goalkeeper Siarhei Chernik moved to the Yellow Blues on the first day of 2014. FC BATE Borisov was just his second club in the career. From 2005 until 2009 he had played for FC Neman Grodno Reserves before getting promoted to the first team in 2010.

After that talented goalkeeper played 98 matches in the Vysshaya Liga (107 goals conceded, 30 clean sheets, 2 saved penalties from 9 attempts).

2013 turned out to be a true breakthrough for Siarhei. He played 31 games, conceded 29 goals and added 10 clean sheets. FC Neman managed to take 4^th place and was named the best goalkeeper of 2013 Belarusian Championship. That helped him to be chosen for the national team friendly against Albania, where Chernik made his debut for Belarus and grabbed a clean sheet at once. On 15 November 2013 Belarus played a 0-0 draw with Albania.
2014 season turned out to be quite successful for Siarhei at FC BATE. He was a firm first choice goalkeeper and in spite of a couple of bad mistakes.
2015 Belarusian Supercup turned out to be his one-man show. After a goalless draw in Pinsk against FC Shakhtyor he saved three put of three penalties in the shootout and brought the Yellow-Blues their fifth Supercup.
1. Favourite club
Spartak Moscow fan since childhood

2. Favourite player
Andrei Tikhonov, Edwin van der Sar

3. Favourite kind of sport but for football
Ice Hockey

4. Favourite sportsman (not football player)
Roger Federer

5. Most interesting match you've ever seen
FC Minsk 4-4 FC Neman Grodno in 2012 (Neman was trailing 1-4 but managed to equalise)

6. Most interesting match you've ever participated in
FC Neman 1-0 FC BATE (2013, first clean sheet against FC BATE)

7. Favourite book
Virgin Soil Upturned by Mikhail Sholokhov

8. Favourite writer
Vasil' Bykaw

9. Favourite musician
Okean Elzy

10. Favourite film
Gladiator

11. Favourite actor (actress):
Jason Statham

12. Favourite dish
Potatoes a la francaise

13. Best day of your life
13 August (marriage day)

14. What did you want to be as a child (but for a football player)?
Always dreamt only of becoming a football player

15. Favourite car brand
Volvo

16. What would you like to learn?
To be an ice hockey goalkeeper

17. Favourite country (besides Motherland)
India

18. The place you haven't been to but want to visit
USA

19. Most impressive town you've been to
Doha

20. Most impressive stadium
Borisov-Arena

21. Your life motto
Work hard and you will succeed

22. Favourite number
16

23. Do you believe in superstitions?
I do strongly

24. Which national do you support, but for yours?
Germany (since I started learning German in 2007)

25. Your hobby
Angling

26. Your good features
Modesty

27. Your bad features
Modesty

28. What qualities do you considered to be the most important for you? And what don't you like

most?
I think decency is important. And I do not like hypocrisy.

29. Your dream in football
To win as many trophies with BATE as possible

30. What is football - business, sports or show
It is hard work