Aleh Heorhiyevich Konanau (born 23 March 1966 in Kursk

Kursk

Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

) is a coach and former footballer of Belarusian

Belarusians

Belarusians ; are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus. Introduced to the world as a new state in the early 1990s, the Republic of Belarus brought with it the notion of a re-emerging Belarusian ethnicity, drawn upon the lines of the Old Belarusian...

 nationality.

Playing career

Aleh Konanau began his playing career in Russia at Iskra Smolensk in 1983.

He later moved to Belarus, where he would play for various clubs until 1999.

In 1998 was named the Best Player of the Year in Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. As a player he with KIM Vitebsk became the runner-up of the Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League

-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...

.

Sheriff Tiraspol

The most glory Konanaw attained as a coach, was while in charge of FC Sheriff Tiraspol

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

FC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...

. His team became the champions in Moldovan Premier League

Divizia Nationala

The Moldovan National Division is the top division of association football in Moldova. There are 12 teams in the competition. At the end of the season, the bottom club is relegated to the "A" Division and replaced by the lower league's champion....

 three times (2004/05-2006/07), was the Moldavian Cup

Moldavian Cup

The Moldovan Cup is a football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round.-Finals:The finals were:-Soviet time winners:-Performance by club:- External links :...

 holder in 2006, and the Moldovan Super Cup

Moldovan Super Cup

Modlovan Super Cup acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Moldova, officially having the winners of the previous season's Moldovan National Division and Moldovan Cup face-off against each other. In case when the national cup was won by a national champion, the game...

 in 2005.

Karpaty Lviv

On 9 June 2008, Konanaw was invited to take charge of Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

 club Karpaty Lviv following the resignation of Valery Yaremchenko

Valery Yaremchenko

Valeriy Yaremchenko is a Ukrainian coach of Illichivets and a former footballer. He was born in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. As a player he participated in 247 games as a member of FC Shakhtar Donetsk scoring 24 goals...

. He brought a new style of play to the team, including the use of a 4-3-3 formation which emphasizes the flanks instead of the usual 4-4-2 formation. At the end of the 2008-09 season

Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09

The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of matches were played on 26...

, Karpaty finished in the season in middle of the league at 9th place.
Kononov enjoyed more success the next season, guiding Karpaty to top 8 in the Ukrainian Cup where they were elminated by eventual finalists Metalurh Donetsk. They also finished fifth in the league and therefore qualifying for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, where after impressively passing Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...

in the Playoff Round, finished last in Group J with 1 point.