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Full name | Serhiy Valyayev | ||
Date of birth | 16 September 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Makiyivka, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | FC Metalist Kharkiv | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1996–1997 | Shakhtar Makiyivka | ||
1997–2003 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 100 | (13) |
2004 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 6 | |
2005– | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 137 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2008– | Ukraine | 3 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
Serhiy Valyayev (born 16 September 1978 in Makiyivka, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder for Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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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.
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 Cyprus on 10 February 2009.[2]
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