Vasyl Valeriyovych Storchak ( uk, Василь Валерійович Сторчак; russian: Василий Валерьевич Сторчак; born 21 June 1965) is a

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professional

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coach and a former player.

Career

Storchak started his professional career at the Lviv army club, SKA Lvov ( Soviet First League) which merged with FC Karpaty Lviv. Later he played briefly for Torpedo Lutsk and

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

before moving to

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 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 ...

. In the Soviet Top League he played total of 31 games and scored two goals. Until 1992 Storchak played in Ukraine, but soon after the start of the 1992–93 season he transferred to Russia in 1992 where its season was coming to a close. In Russia Storchak stayed until 1996 switching two clubs

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and

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. In 1996, he came back to

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

where he played until 1997 (

FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia is a former professional football team based in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. History Founded in 1982, the club played in the Ukrainian Premier League from 1992 through 1998, after being initially chosen to participate for being ...

). In the beginning of 1998 Storchak moved to

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for half of season (

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). Later same year he came back to Ukraine (

MFC 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, sinc ...

). In 2000-2001 Storchak played for lower league teams such as SSSOR Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and ZAlK Zaporizhzhia (amateurs).

Honours

* Soviet Top League champion: 1988. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1987. *

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winner: 1989 (played in the early stages of the 1988/89 tournament for

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

). * USSR Federation Cup winner: 1986.

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