Valentyn Slyusar (born 15 September 1977) is a former Ukrainian

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who played as a

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Club career

Slyusar is graduate of

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academy. Since then he has played for various

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

clubs. He has also played for

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FC Rostov FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-199 ...

. Notably he has played for

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

clubs

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...

, and

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.

. In 2005, Slyusar came to Metalist who got new manager

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player who manages FC Karpaty Lviv, Karpaty Lviv. He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukrai ...

. Since then he has one three bronze titles with the club in the Ukrainian Premier League. After the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season Slyusar was found positive in random drug testing and will be suspended for two months.

International career

Slyusar was first called up to the

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by Oleksiy Mykhailychenko for a friendly match against Norway on 19 November 2008. The squad mainly consisted of domestic-based players, with the exception Vitaliy Fedoriv.Mykhailychenko called up three players from Metalist
– UA-Football.com, 11 October 2008

Personal life

His son Denys, born in 2002, is also a football player.

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