Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Єзерський; born 15 November 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also played for the Ukraine national team from 1998 till 2008. Yezerskiy is a Distinguished Master of Sports (2005).^[1]

Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy
Date of birth	(1976-11-15) 15 November 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Ukraine U19 (assistant)
Youth career
	SKA Lviv
	Dobrosyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Harai Zhovkva	55	(3)
1997–1998	Karpaty Lviv	33	(0)
1997–1998	→ Karpaty-2 Lviv	9	(0)
1998–2000	Dynamo Kyiv	10	(0)
1999–2000	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	43	(3)
1999–2000	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	2	(0)
2000	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)	9	(0)
2000–2007	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	146	(8)
2001–2002	→ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	6	(0)
2002	→ Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk	1	(0)
2007–2010	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	(1)
2010	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	11	(0)
2010–2011	Zorya Luhansk	20	(3)
2011–2013	Tavriya Simferopol	44	(0)
2013–2014	Hoverla Uzhhorod	9	(0)
Total		419	(18)
International career
1998–2008	Ukraine	39	(2)
Managerial career
2014–2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant)
2017	Ukraine U19
2018	Ukraine U16
2019	Ukraine U17
2020	Ukraine U18
2021–2022	Ukraine U19
2022–2023	Ukraine U16
2023	Oleksandriya (assistant)
2023–2024	Ukraine U17
2024	Karpaty Lviv (assistant)
2024–	Ukraine U19 (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Yezerskiy.

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 loaned out to Zorya Luhansk during the winter break of the 2009–10 Premier league season.

National

Yezerskiy played his first international game for the Ukraine national team on 15 July 1998 against the Poland national football team. However, after his successes in Dnipro, he became a regular player of the national team 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.

International goals

Both of his goals were scored from a corner kick and were game openers.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 June 2006	Petrovskiy Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia	Libya	1–0	3-0	Friendly
2.	24 March 2007	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	0–1	0-2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
Correct as of 6 June 2011

Honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2000, 2008, 2010
• Ukrainian Cup: 2008
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2008
• UEFA Cup: 2009

Individual

• Ukrainian Bravery Order III Degree: 2006