Vitaliy Vernydub ( uk, Віталій Юрійович Вернидуб; born 17 October 1987 in

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 ...

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) is a

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defender.

Career

Club

Vernydub is a graduate of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth school system, where he was trained by Oleksandr Rudyka. He was loaned off to Kryvbas Kryvyy Rih for the second half of the 2006–2007 season, where he managed to play 9 matches for the club. Vernydub debuted for the senior

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 ...

team on 13 July 2007, at a home game against rivals

Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. History Early years (1963–68) The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lviv won the championship of Lviv Oblast but lost its p ...

, which the club won 1–0.

Gabala

On 11 June 2015, Vernydub signed a one-year contract with

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side Gabala FK. On 11 May 2017, Vernydub signed a new one-year contract, leaving Gabala on 31 May 2018.

Zorya Luhansk Return

On 19 June 2018, Vernydub signed a two-year contract with

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapori ...

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

On 2 July 2022 he moved to

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier ...

Personal life

His father

Yuriy Vernydub Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Вернидуб; born 22 January 1966) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player. Career Vernydub made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1 ...

is a formal coach of

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 18 November 2014''

Personal life

He is a son of the Ukrainian coach

References

External links

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Profile on EUFO

1987 births Living people Ukrainian footballers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Zorya Luhansk players Ukrainian Premier League players Gabala FC players Azerbaijan Premier League players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan DYuSSh Smena-Zenit alumni Ukraine international footballers Association football defenders Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Footballers from Zaporizhzhia {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1980s-stub