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Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...

) is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 professional football coach and a former player.From June 2009, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalurh Zaporizhya

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Zaporizhia. The club has always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the season 2010/11 when it took the last position and was relegated to the Ukrainian First League.- Early years :The...

. AFter a spell as an assistant coach with FC Zorya Luhansk

FC Zorya Luhansk

FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...

 he was made interim head coach in November 2011 after Zorya's management dismissed head coach Anatoly Chantsev.

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League

Soviet Second League

The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:...

 in 1983 for FC Spartak Zhytomyr.

European club competitions

With FC Zenit St. Petersburg.

• UEFA Cup 1999–2000: 2 games.
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000: 1 game.