Serhiy Valyayev

Serhiy Valyayev
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Valentynovych Valyayev
Date of birth (1978-09-16) 16 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Makiivka, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Shakhtar Makiivka 1 (0)
1997–2003 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 100 (13)
1997–2003 → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 62 (20)
2001–2002 → Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk 3 (2)
2004 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 6 (0)
2005–2012 Metalist Kharkiv 137 (11)
2012 Hoverla Uzhhorod 1 (0)
2012–2013 Arsenal Kyiv 12 (0)
2013 Helios Kharkiv 7 (0)
Total 329 (46)
International career
2008–2009 Ukraine 3 (1)
Managerial career
2016 Nikopol-NPHU
2016–2018 Metalist Juniors
2018 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2020 Krystal Kherson
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy Valyayev (Ukrainian: Сергій Валентинович Валяєв; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder and manager.

Club career

Valyayev become one of several footballers that were bought by Metalist Kharkiv in 2005 by the new manager Myron Markevych. Since then, the team has won three bronze titles in the Ukrainian championship.

International career

Valyayev was called up to the national team of Ukraine when Metalist Kharkiv began having successes in UEFA Cup, finishing on top of their group. He was called up along with fellow team-mates Marko Dević and Valentyn Slyusar by Oleksiy Mykhailychenko for a friendly match against Norway on 19 November 2008.[1] His second appearance for the team was significant, as he scored the opening goal in the tenth minute of a friendly match against Slovakia on 10 February 2009.[2]

International goal

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[3]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 February 2009 Tsirion Athletic Center, Limassol, Cyprus  Slovakia 1–0 3–2 Cyprus International Football Tournament

References

  1. ^ Mykhailychenko called up three players from Metalist – UA-Football.com, (in Ukrainian), 10 November 2008
  2. ^ Cyprus tournament: Slovakia v Ukraine Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Ukrainian Soccer Portal, 10 February 2009
  3. ^ "Match log for Serhiy Valyayev". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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