Vitaliy Kosovskyi ( uk, Віталій Владиславович Косовський; born 11 August 1973) is a former

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midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv and a Ukraine international.

Career

Born in Ostroh, Rivne Oblast, his first steps in football Kosovskyi started when he went to the first grade of school as it happened to be that near the school was also located a children-youth sports school.Serhiy Shebek.
Vitaliy Kosovskyi: It was always wanted by me to take part in the Olympics, we would have been fine participants (Віталій Косовський: Дуже хотілося побувати на Олімпіаді, ми були б гідними учасниками)
'. UA-Football. 4 June 2020. Kosovskyi explained that his father worked as a driver in

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which is located in neighboring

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. When in Netishyn started to be built the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, in 1984 Netishyn was granted the status of city and around that time the Kosovskyi family received a new apartment to which they moved.

Dynamo Kyiv

Kosovskyi is notable for representing Dynamo Kyiv in the late 1990s alongside

Serhii Rebrov Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov ( uk, Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain. R ...

and

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

, usually playing the starting left winger. Kosovskyi's career was cut short in the early 2000s by numerous injuries, which prevented his numerous comeback attempts. Following a 9-year career with Dynamo, Kosovsky retired in 2003 to be a scout for Dynamo Kyiv.

International

During his international career, Kosovskyi has amassed 25 caps, scoring 2 goals.

References

External links

* * * * Anton Svetlichny.
Kosovskyi: with him and without (Косовский: с ним и без него)
'. Sport.ua. 6 February 2009. 1973 births Living people People from Ostroh Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players FC Irpin Horenychi players Association football midfielders Ukrainian football managers FC Vorskla Poltava managers Sportspeople from Rivne Oblast {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub