- 05.03.1965.
- Follower of Pavlodar football school.
- Master of Sports of the USSR in football (1989).
- Citizenship: USSR/Kazakhstan/Russia.
Playing career:
- «Traktor» Pavlodar – 1982-1984.;
- «Kairat» Alma-Ata – 1985-1989, USSR Football Federation Cup Winner (1988);
- «Spartak» Vladikavkaz – 1990-1991;
- «Vorskla» Poltava, Ukraine – 1992;
- «Nyva» Ternopil – 1992;
- «Dynamo» Moscow – 1992-1994, 2nd medalist of the Russian Championship (1994), 3rd medalist of the Russian Championship (1992, 1994);
- «Spartak-Alaniya» Vladikavkaz – 1995-1997, champion of Russia (1995), 2nd medalist of the Russian Championship (1996);
- «Lokomotiv» Nizhny Novgorod – 1998;
- «Sokol» Saratov – 1999;
- «Access Golden Grain», then «Esil-Bogatyr» (2000-2001), 2nd medalist of the Kazakhstan Championship (2000), 3rd medalist of the Kazakhstan Championship (2001);
- «Irtysh» Pavlodar – 2002-2003, champion of Kazakhstan (2002, 2003).
- Played for the USSR national team (1990) – 1 match, for the national team of Kazakhstan (1997) – 6 matches.
Coaching career:
- Coach (player) of «Access Golden Grain» Petropavlovsk – 2000, 2nd medalist of the Kazakhstan Championship (2000);
- Head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan – 2004-2005;
- Head coach of «Ekibaztuzec» – 2004;
- Head coach of «Atyrau»– 2005. Coach of «Rostov» Russia – 2006;
- Head coach of «Lukhovitsy» Moscow region – 2008;
- Coach of MIA «Russia» Moscow – 2009;
- Head coach of «Sakhalin» Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – 2010, 2012-2014;
- Head coach of «Mostovik-Primorye» Ussuriysk – 2011;
- Head coach of «Altai» Ust-Kamenogorsk – 2016-2020;
- Functionary status: administrator of «Sodovik» Sterlitamak – 2007. General Director of «Mostovik-Primorye»Ussuriysk) – 2011-2012.
National team of Kazakhstan
- In the period from April 29, 2004 to October 12, 2005, S. Timofeev led the National Team of Kazakhstan.
- Under his leadership, the team played in the international tournament in Cyprus, and in the two-round tournament of the 2nd group of the UEFA XVIII World Cup qualification and took 7th place out of 7 teams, losing to the teams of Georgia, Albania, Greece (the current European champion), Denmark, Turkey and Ukraine.
- In total, under the leadership of S. Timofeev, the team played 13 matches: +0-1=12, goals 6-33 (2.5% of points scored).
- Biggest defeat: 08.06.2005. Almaty. Kazakhstan – Turkey 0:6.
- Top story: Under the leadership of Sergey Timofeev, the Kazakhstan national team played its first official match under the auspices of UEFA on 08.09.2004. Almaty. Kazakhstan – Ukraine 1:2.