Ivan Shariy ( uk, Іван Григорович Шарій; born 24 November 1957) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian

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and Ukrainian football manager.

Biography

Native of Poltava, Shariy played football for almost a quarter of century. He started to play football at a local Poltava sports school.Yuriy Lisovoy.
The passport book age of footballer is for bureaucrats (ПАСПОРТНЫЙ ВОЗРАСТ ФУТБОЛИСТА - ДЛЯ БЮРОКРАТОВ)
'. Sport-Ekspress (Zaporizhia). 22 July 1997 Viktor Nosov who at that time was a head coach of the

Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The club ...

's predecessor Kolos invited Shariy to the team of masters that played at the Soviet Second League when Shariy just turned 16. Shariy debuted coming out as a substitute during the game against Avtomobilist (later better known as

FC Polissya Zhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polissya. As of the 2020–21 season, it will play in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second L ...

). Soon he was noticed by scouts of the Soviet Top League from Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Moscow and in 1976 joined the Kyivan team. Due to strong competition for a spot on the main team and the reserve squad, Shariy soon left Dynamo in Kiev for another in Minsk that was coached by

Oleh Bazylevych Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych ( uk, Оле́г Петро́вич Базиле́вич; also: Bazilevich, Bazylewicz; 6 July 1938 – 16 October 2018

helping the main Belarusian team with promotion to the Soviet Top League. Following promotion of Dinamo Minsk, Shariy decided to stay and continue to play at the Soviet First League joining

FC Metalurh Zaporizhia MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

for which he scored a notable number of goals. After couple of seasons Shariy tried to return to Kiev and played for Dynamo of

Valeriy Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football play ...

few games in the

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, but later joined another Soviet Top League team,

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

, that was coached by

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan ( hy, Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born ''Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan'', 12 October 1926) is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was t ...

. In Chornomorets Shariy spent the next six seasons. During his stay in

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Shariy continued to receive offers from

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

, particularly from

Sergei Shaposhnikov Sergei Iosifovich Shaposhnikov (russian: Сергей Иосифович Шапошников; 8 March 1923 – 22 June 2021) was a Russian football player and coach. Shaposhnikov was born in Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Са ...

. Following Chornomorets, the Shariy's career took a dive and in late 1980s he played for lower tier clubs

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and the recently revived Vorskla Poltava (in place of Kolos) from native Poltava. In 1990 Shariy left for Bulgaria where he played for

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which placed third in the national top league that season. During that season he played alongside such players like

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, Ilian Kiriakov, and

Tsanko Tsvetanov Tsanko Nikolaev Tsvetanov ( bg, Цанко Hиколaeв Цветанов; born 6 January 1970) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. After ending his playing career he began coaching. Club career Tsvetanov wa ...

. Soon after return from Bulgaria, Shariy continued to play for few seasons in lower tiers before the

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and in 1992 decided to retire from professional football. After almost three year break in 1995 the Vorskla head coach Viktor Pozhechevskyi invited Shariy who was 39 years old to the club where he contributed to Vorskla's win of the Persha Liha (tier 2). After few seasons he returned to amateurs where he continued to play until around 2015. Shariy also played couple of games at continental club competitions, the

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, at first in the

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for Chornomorets Odesa that represented the

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and hosted German Werder Bremen when he came out to substitute Igor Savelyev on the 66th minute. The second his game Shariy played on August 12, 1997 for

FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The clu ...

which represented Ukraine in away game against Belgian

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coming on as a substitute for

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on the 83rd minute. On 18 May 1999, Shariy set a record during the Ukrainian Premier League game against

SC Mykolaiv MFС Mykolaiv (''Municipal Football Club "Mykolaiv"'', ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Mykolaiv. It is one of the oldest football clubs that exists in Ukraine. Originally was established as a football team of the Black Sea Shipyard, sin ...

for coming out on the field at the age of 41. The

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top scorer

considered Shariy to be the best footballer in history of Poltava football. On 5 June 2009, he was appointed as an interim head coach of

FC Poltava FC Poltava ( uk , ФК Полтава) was a Ukrainian football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018. History The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006-2010) who is the club's Honorary Preside ...

, while Shariy was to be assisted by

Oleh Morhun Oleh Anatoliyovych Morhun ( uk, Олег Анатолійович Моргун; born 10 January 1965) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and Ukrainian football manager. Personal life His son Valentyn Morhun is also a professional footb ...

.Avtandil Potidze.
Shariy was placed in charge of Poltava! (Иван Шарий возглавил “Полтаву”!)
'. Vorskla Poltava fans site. 5 June 2009 Shariy who until his appointed was a director of the Ivan Horpynko sports school in Poltava replaced the FC Poltava head coach Oleksandr Omelchuk.

Career statistics

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