Alyaksandr Mikalayevich Khatskevich (, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of Polish club Zagłębie Sosnowiec.
Playing career Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.
He made 39 appearances and scored four goals for the Belarus national team from 1993 to 2005.
Managerial career After Khatskevich retired from playing, Khatskevich became a football coach. At age 33, his former club, Dinamo Minsk appointed him to replace Pyotr Kachura after the first match of the 2007 Belarusian Premier League season.
From December 2014 until December 2016, he was the head coach of Belarus national team.
On 20 December 2019, he signed with Russian Football National League club Rotor Volgograd. The club only played two games after the resumption of the 2019–20 season after the winter break and then the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Rotor were leading the league at the time of abandonment, the club was promoted to the Russian Premier League. He was dismissed by Rotor on 19 March 2021, with the club in the 13th position in the league.
On 16 January 2024, Khatskevich was appointed manager of last-placed Polish I liga outfit Zagłębie Sosnowiec. On 1 April, during a press conference following a 0–4 home loss to GKS Katowice, he jokingly agreed for the media to send him tactical suggestions to use in future games, and stated he let the players set their own strategy for the lost match, a claim which was refuted by one of Zagłębie's players Kamil Biliński on X the following day. On 3 April, amid allegations of verbal abuse and poor treatment of players by the Belarusian, it was reported that Khatskevich, along with several players, was physically attacked by hooligans on club grounds during a training session. He left the club by mutual consent on 5 April 2024.
In September 2025, he was appointed Vice President of Polissya Zhytomyr by decision of club president Hennadiy Butkevych.
Personal life His son Artyom Khatskevich is also a footballer, who played for FC Desna Chernihiv youth team and most recently playing for Czech side TJ Spohe Praha.
Career statistics Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Khatskevich goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Alyaksandr KhatskevichNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 2 September 2000 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 1–0 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification2 11 October 2000 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 1–0 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification3 28 March 2001 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 1–0 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification4 17 April 2002 Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen, Hungary 4–1 5–2 Friendly
Managerial statistics
TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %Dynamo Minsk (played-coach)9 April 200712 November 2007FK Vitebsk26 July 200820 July 2009Belarus4 December 2014December 2016Dynamo Kyiv2 June 201714 August 2019Rotor Volgograd20 December 201919 March 2021Karmiotissa18 September 202231 October 2022Zagłębie Sosnowiec16 January 20245 April 2024Total
Honours
Player Dinamo Minsk Belarusian Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1996 Belarusian Cup: 1993–94
Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Premier League: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004
Individual Belarusian Footballer of the Year: 1998, 2000
Manager Dynamo Kyiv Ukrainian Super Cup: 2018, 2019
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