Sergei Nikolayevich Balakhnin (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Балахнин; born 26 November 1959) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1979 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don.

[1] His older brother Aleksandr Balakhnin also played football professionally.

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