Sergey Politevich

Sergey Politevich
	Politevich in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Sergey Eduardovich Politevich
Date of birth	9 April 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth	Lida, Grodno Oblast, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Centre-back
Youth career
	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007	Naftan Novopolotsk
2008–2010	Krylia Sovetov Samara
2009–2010	→ Naftan Novopolotsk (loan)
2011–2015	Dinamo Minsk
2016–2018	Gençlerbirliği
2018–2019	Kairat
2020–2022	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2023–2024	Dinamo Minsk
2025	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
International career‡
2009–2012	Belarus U21
2011–2012	Belarus Olympic
2014–	Belarus
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Sergey Eduardovich Politevich (Belarusian: Сяргей Эдуардавіч Паліцевіч; Russian: Сергей Эдуардович Политевич; born 9 April 1990) is a Belarusian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He has appeared for the Belarus national team and the national U21 squad.

Club career

He began his senior club career with Naftan Novopolotsk in Belarus before moving abroad to Russia, where he joined Krylia Sovetov Samara. However, he did not make any official first-team appearances for the Russian side. Politevich returned to Belarus and signed with Dinamo Minsk, where he became a regular starter and established himself as a key member of the squad. In 2016, he moved to Turkey to play for Gençlerbirliği S.K. gaining experience in the Süper Lig. After his stint in Turkey, On 10 July 2018, FC Kairat announced the signing of Politevich.^[1]^[2], continuing his career abroad. Later, he returned to Belarus to play for Shakhtyor Soligorsk, before rejoining Dinamo Minsk in the 2023–2024 seasons. In January 2025, Politevich signed with Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. In December 2025, he retired and became club's director of sports.^[3]

International career

Politevich was part of the Belarus U21 team that finished in 3rd place at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Politevich missed only one game at the finals due to yellow card accumulation. He was a member of the Belarus Olympic side that participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament as well as the 2012 Olympic tournament in London, where he played in all three first-round matches.^[4] Politevich made his debut for the Belarus national team on 21 May 2014, in the 5–1 win against Liechtenstein in a friendly match.^[5]