Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Volodymyr Yezerskiy
Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Ivanović Yezerskiy
Date of birth 15 November 1976 (1976-11-15) (age 35)
Place of birth Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Tavriya Simferopol
Number 55
Youth career
SKA Lviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1999 Karpaty Lviv 33 (0)
1999–2000 Dynamo Kyiv 10 (0)
2000 → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) 9 (0)
2000–2007 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 146 (12)
2007–2010 Shakhtar Donetsk 38 (1)
2010–2011 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 11 (0)
2011– Tavriya Simferopol 0 (0)
National team‡
1998–2008 Ukraine 39 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 February 2010

Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (born 15 November 1976 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Tavriya Simferopol. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.

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Career

Club

Yezerskiy started his professional football career in 1997 in Karpaty Lviv. Two years later, he was picked up by Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, and, later, by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In 2000, Yezerskiy left to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he became an integral part of the team. On 20 June 2007 he was signed by FC Shakhtar Donetsk on a 3 year deal with a transfer fee of €1.2 million from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was load out to Zorya Luhansk during the winter break of the 2009–10 Premier league season.

National

Yezerskiy was called up for the Ukraine national team as early as 1998. However, after his successes in Dnipro, he became a regular player of the squad. He helped Ukraine qualify for their first world cup in 2006. Ukraine managed to get to the quarterfinals, losing to eventual world champions Italy.

External links

Ukraine squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
SC Tavriya Simferopol – current squad