Vladyslav Hryhorovych Helzin ( ua, Владислав Григорович Гельзін; born 27 August 1973) is a Ukrainian businessman, former footballer and football functionary, ex-president of

FC Olimpik Donetsk FC Olimpik Donetsk ( uk, «Олімпік» Донецьк ) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its prom ...

. In various media his last name also spells through Russian transliteration as ''Gelzin''. On 10 May 2016, Helzin officially retired from professional sport. Owner of the Ukrainian chain of supermarkets "Pcholka"

Career

He is the only president out of all

premier league The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

football clubs in Ukraine, who was also a field team player. Helzin is a

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...

football striker who played for the

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' ...

club

. In 2014 he received the title of Master of Sports of Ukraine in football Helzin graduated from Donetsk State Institute of Health, Physical Education and Sport, in "Olympic and professional sports" and

Donetsk National University Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (Vasyl' Stus DonNU) ( uk, Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса, ''Donets’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet''; russian: Донецкий на ...

, in "International Economics".

Metalurh Donetsk

From 1999 to 2001 he served as vice-president of

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

Olimpik Donetsk

From 2001 to 2021 he served as president of Olimpik Donetsk.

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters and a son

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* * 1973 births Living people Footballers from Donetsk Party of Regions politicians Ukrainian businesspeople Ukrainian football chairmen and investors Ukrainian footballers Association football forwards FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka players FC Olimpik Donetsk players FC Olimpik Donetsk Donetsk National University alumni Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1970s-stub