Serhiy Mykolaiovych Mazur ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Мазур; born 23 May 1970) is a former

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and football manager. Currently he is a vice-president of

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020) FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Кривбас Кривий Ріг) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kryvyi Rih. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian First League. Note that the club in summer of 2020 has been renamed from ...

in the

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Career

He started his football career in the Soviet Union, played for

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

reserves in 1987 debuting for senior squad in 1990. Having difficult time to make the senior squad, in 1991 Mazur left for

FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () was a professional Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, football club based in Kryvyi Rih. Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expel ...

that played in the Soviet Lower Second League (Ukrainian championship). Following

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, he played in the very first championship of Ukraine and as a player of Kryvbas was promoted to the Vyshcha Liha (better known as

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'') ...

). In 1994 Mazur joined a team from Zhovti Vody for which he played until it went bankrupt. Later for a half a season Mazur played for a team from Carpathian region, but soon return to Kryvbas again. In 1996 he left Ukraine and played abroad in Russia and Kazakhstan. After retirement in early 2000s, Mazur returned to Kryvbas where he was appointed as a senior coach of its youth team. After Kryvbas went bankrupt, he stayed with the team and in 2015 was appointed as its head coach competing at the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast championship. In fall of 2011 Mazur survived a mass heart attack.Serhiy Mazur, "I missed my work" (Сергій Мазур: "Скучив за своєю роботою")
UA-Football. 11 March 2012 He is a brother of another professional footballer Vasyl Mazur.

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* 1970 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Soviet footballers Ukrainian football managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Sirius Kryvyi Rih players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Spartak Ryazan players FC Kyzylzhar players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih managers Association football midfielders Twin sportspeople Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast {{USSR-footy-bio-stub