Vasyl Rats

László Rácz / Vasyl Rats
Personal information
Full name Vasyl Karlovych Rats
Date of birth 25 March 1961 (1961-03-25) (age 50)
Place of birth Fanchikove, Vynohradiv Raion, USSR
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1979 FC Karpaty Lviv 5 (0)
1980–1981 Lokomotiv Vinnytsia ? (4)
1981–1989 FC Dynamo Kyiv 164 (22)
1989 RCD Espanyol 10 (0)
1990 FC Dynamo Kyiv 21 (2)
1991–1993 Ferencvárosi TC 7 (1)
National team
1986–1990 USSR 47 (4)
Teams managed
2007 FC Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Vasyl Karlovych Rats (Ukrainian: Василь Рац; Hungarian: Rácz László) (born 25 March 1961 in Fanchikove, Zakarpattia Oblast) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder of Hungarian ethnicity. He participated in two World Cups with the USSR national team.

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Club career

Rats played several seasons with FC Dynamo Kyiv, where he won the Soviet Top League three times.[1]

Honours

International career

Rats earned 47 caps and scored 4 goals for the USSR, from 1986 to 1990.[2] He played in two World Cups, in 1986 and 1990. In the 1986 World Cup he scored a goal with a c. 40 meters shot against France in a 1–1 draw in the first round: a headed clearance by France was picked up by Belanov and laid off to Rats, who on the first touch, belted the ball from several yards outside the area past French goalkeeper Joël Bats and into the top left hand corner of the net. During Euro 1988 his goal secured USSR a 1–0 victory in the group stage over eventual champions The Netherlands. USSR reached the final, but was unable to repeat their achievement in the group stage and lost 2–0.

References

  1. ^ "Rats Vasiliy Karlovich". KLISF. http://klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=764996093339068. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
  2. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (2006-04-02). "Vasiliy Karlovich Rats – International Appearances". RSSSF. http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rats-intl.html. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup
Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1988 Runners-up
Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup