Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Ivanović Yezerskiy
Date of birth	(1976-11-15) 15 November 1976
Place of birth	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Tavriya Simferopol
Number	55
Youth career
	SKA Lviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Karpaty Lviv	33	(0)
1999–2000	Dynamo Kyiv	10	(0)
2000	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)	9	(0)
2000–2007	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	146	(12)
2007–2010	Shakhtar Donetsk	38	(1)
2010–2011	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	11	(0)
2011–	Tavriya Simferopol	0	(0)
National team‡
1998–2008	Ukraine	39	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 February 2010

Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (born 15 November 1976 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Tavriya Simferopol. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.

Career

Club

Yezerskiy started his professional football career in 1997 in Karpaty Lviv. Two years later, he was picked up by Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, and, later, by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In 2000, Yezerskiy left to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he became an integral part of the team. On 20 June 2007 he was signed by FC Shakhtar Donetsk on a 3 year deal with a transfer fee of €1.2 million from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was load out to Zorya Luhansk during the winter break of the 2009–10 Premier league season.

National

Yezerskiy was called up for the Ukraine national team as early as 1998. However, after his successes in Dnipro, he became a regular player of the squad. He helped Ukraine qualify for their first world cup in 2006. Ukraine managed to get to the quarterfinals, losing to eventual world champions Italy.

External links

• Profile on Official Shakhtar website