Serhiy Vladyslavovych Fedorov ( uk, Сергій Владиславович Федоров, born 18 February 1975 in

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) is a

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football manager and former player. He started off as a central defender, but mostly plays as a right back, or a right-sided midfielder. He subsequently started a managering career.

Career

Fedorov came through the youth ranks at Dynamo and his first coaches were Hryhoriy Matiyenko and

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. Fedorov made his professional debut in 1992 playing for

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in a home game against Halychyna Drohobych. In a spring of 1993 he spend some time playing for CSK ZSU at the third tier. He finally made his debut for the Dynamo's fist team at the top tier on 12 March 1994 playing an away match against

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. He has been a reliable performer all across the defence, without ever quite making any position his own. Due to limited opportunities, he was given to the UPL newcomer CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv (later CSKA) in 1995 playing for the club for a year and half and finally gaining some game time at the top level. In 1997 Fedorov returned to Dynamo. After his return, it was not until 2001 when he finally earned a regular spot in the first squad. In 1997–2001 Fedorov more often was featured in matches for Dynamo-2 at the second tier. At international club level, he made his debut at the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League in the away match against Barry Town F.C. on 29 July 1998, yet more play time he got next season in 1999–2000. During the

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Fedorov managed to score two goals, one

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and another one

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. He also was featured in two

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in 2004 and 2005 and winning the one in 2004. Fedorov also made appearances in four final matches of the

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. He was released as a free agent in 2008, and on 1 April 2009 he joined

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for the remainder of 2008–09 season. In contrast to his underrated Dynamo career, he has been a regular for his country,

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in their various qualifying campaigns throughout the 1990s and 2000s, and was set to take part in the

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. Serhiy suffered an injury prior to the event, and was then replaced by

Oleksandr Yatsenko Oleksandr Ivanovych Yatsenko ( uk, Олександр Іванович Яценко; born 24 February 1985) is a Ukrainian former football player. He currently works at Helios Kharkiv youth academy. He played as a defender. Club career Yat ...

from U-21 Team.

Honours

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–2001, 2006–07 *

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: 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–2001 *

: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 *

: 2004

References

External links

Profile on Chornomorets' official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedorov, Serhiy 1975 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC CSKA Kyiv players Ukrainian football managers Association football defenders FC Dynamo Kyiv non-playing staff