Yuriy Vernydub

Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Вернидуб; born 22 January 1966) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player.

Yuriy Vernydub

Vernydub in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub[1]
Date of birth	(1966-01-22) 22 January 1966 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth	Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Spartak Zhytomyr	68	(5)
1985–1986	LVVPU Lviv
1987	Kolos Nikopol	33	(4)
1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	(0)
1988–1989	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	71	(4)
1989–1993	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia[3]	112	(5)
1993–1994	Chemnitzer FC	7	(0)
1994–1997	Torpedo Zaporizhia	76	(11)
1997–2000	Zenit Saint Petersburg	83	(2)
1998–2000	→ Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	12	(0)
Total		462	(31)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (assistant)
2007–2009	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (assistant)
2007	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (caretaker)
2009–2011	Zorya Luhansk (assistant)
2011–2019	Zorya Luhansk
2019–2020	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2020–2022	Sheriff Tiraspol
2022–2025	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Vernydub made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Spartak Zhytomyr.^[2]

From June 2009, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. After a spell as an assistant coach with FC Zorya Luhansk he was made interim head coach in November 2011 after Zorya's management dismissed head coach Anatoly Chantsev.^[4] He stayed at Zorya until 31 May 2019. After leaving Zorya, he coached Belarusian club Shakhtyor Soligorsk. He was appointed manager of Moldovan National Division club Sheriff Tiraspol on 18 December 2020.^[5] He won the 2020–21 Moldovan National Division in his first season at the club.^[6] In 2021, he led the team to the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage — the first time a Moldovan club accomplished such a feat.^[7][8]

On 8 June 2022, Sheriff Tiraspol and Vernydub agreed to the mutual termination of his contract as Head Coach of the club.^[9]

On 21 June 2022, he become the manager of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.^[10] After the 2024–25 season he left the team.^[11]

Personal life

In February 2022, Vernydub left his position of Head Coach of Sheriff Tiraspol to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022.^[12]

Honours

Player

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Cup: 1998–99

Manager

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

• Belarusian Premier League: 2020^[13]

Sheriff Tiraspol

• Moldovan National Division: 2020–21, 2021–22^[13]
• Moldovan Cup: 2020–21
• Moldovan Super Cup: Runner-Up 2021

Individual

• Ukrainian Premier League Manager of the Month: 2022-23(November–December),^[14] 2023-24(September),^[15]