Oleh Anatoliiovych Husiev ( uk, Олег Анатолійович Гусєв; born 25 April 1983) is a retired Ukrainian

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who played for

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

. He mainly played as a

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or a

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. He made over 250

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' ...

appearances for Dynamo, winning the league three times in addition to four Ukrainian Cups and five

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s. A full international since 2003, Husiev earned over 95 caps, making him the nation's third-most capped player and fourth-highest international goalscorer of all time. He represented Ukraine at the

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and

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Club career

Husiev transferred to Dynamo in the summer of 2003. Following his strong display in the

, he was linked with a move to French side

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. However, Dynamo Kyiv President

Ihor Surkis Ihor Mikhaylovich Surkis ( uk, Ігор Михайлович Суркіс; born 22 November 1958) is a Ukrainian oligarch best known for being an owner and President of Dynamo Kyiv since 2002. His brother, Hryhoriy Surkis, was the head of the Fo ...

stated that Husiev, along with fellow players

Artem Milevskyi Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi ( uk, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, be, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a se ...

and

Ruslan Rotan Ruslan Petrovych Rotan ( uk, Руслан Петрович Ротань; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and manager of Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Ukraine national team ...

, are "the future of Dynamo Kyiv". On 30 March 2014, Husiev suffered a knee to the head from goalkeeper Denys Boyko (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv to

Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

) grabbing a ball in midair, this collision knocked him to the ground, where he laid motionless for a few seconds before one of the Dnipro midfielders,

Jaba Kankava Jaba Kankava ( ka, ჯაბა კანკავა, tr, ; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slovan Bratislava. He has previously played for Reims, Dinamo Tbilisi, Alania Vla ...

, ran over to open Husiev's mouth and moved his tongue to allow Husiev to breathe. Kankava is credited with possibly saving Husiev's life. On 20 September 2015, Husiev scored a penalty in a 0–2 away win against Volyn Lutsk in the

, which was marked as his 100th competitive senior goal. Having left Dynamo Kyiv in December 2016, Husiev returned to Dynamo on 13 June 2017, signing a one-year contract. In 2018 it was announced that he is attending coaching class at the Kyiv Oblast Football Federation.

International career

Husiev made his senior international debut for

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on 20 August 2003, replacing fellow debutant Serhiy Tkachenko at half time in a 0–2 friendly defeat to

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at the Shakhtar Stadium in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

. He scored his first goal for the team on 17 November 2004, opening a 3–0 away win over

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in the ninth minute, for 2006 World Cup qualification. Husiev played all five of Ukraine's games as they reached the quarter-finals at their first World Cup in Germany, scoring the winner in their last-16

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against

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. He also played all of their matches as they co-hosted

with Poland, in a group stage exit.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Husiev goal.''

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Ukrainian Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 Individual * Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2005

References

External links

Oleh Husiev
at FC Dynamo website
Oleh Husiev
at footballcritic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Husiev, Oleh 1983 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Borysfen Boryspil players FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy players 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players Ukrainian Premier League players Association football midfielders Ukrainian football managers Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast