Anatoli Anatolyevich Gerk (; born 20 November 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Gerk previously played for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division and Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Anatoli Gerk

In 2007, Gerk returned to Russia to sign with Saturn Ramenskoye which was managed by Gadzhi Gadzhiyev. He failed to make an appearance for the club, and only played for the reserves, scoring one goal against Shinnik Yaroslavl. In March 2009, he signed a contract with Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. In 2011, he joined Mordovia Saransk, where he was part of the team winning the second-tier Russian Football National League in the 2011–12 season. In 2012–13, he returned to play for Ural. In 2014, Gerk signed with FC Tambov.

Anatoli Gerk

International career

Gerk took part in the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship where he scored the only goal of the Russia team during the tournament against the Turkey, which proved to also be the 1–0 winner.

Anatoli Gerk

Honours

Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 2003–04

Mordovia Saransk

Russian Football National League: 2011–12

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast

Russian Football National League: 2012–13

References

1984 births

People from Polevskoy

Living people

Russian men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Russia men's youth international footballers

Russia men's under-21 international footballers

Belgian Pro League players

Eredivisie players

Russian First League players

R.S.C. Anderlecht players

FC Twente players

FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye players

FC Ural Yekaterinburg players

FC Mordovia Saransk players

FC Tambov players

Russian expatriate men's footballers

Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium

Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium

Russian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands

Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

Footballers from Sverdlovsk Oblast