Serhiy Bezhenar

Serhiy Bezhenar

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Bezhenar
Date of birth	(1970-08-09) 9 August 1970
Place of birth	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	FC Kryvbas Kryviy Rih
1987–1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3	(0)
1989	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
1990–1994	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	128	(22)
1995–1998	Dynamo Kyiv	69	(8)
1998–1999	FC CSKA Kyiv	25	(2)
1999–2000	Erzurumspor	32	(0)
2000–2001	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	10	(2)
2001–2003	SC Tavriya Simferopol	22	(0)
2003	FC Aktobe	17	(0)
2004–2005	FC Fakel Ivano‑Frankivsk
International career
1990–1991	Soviet Union (U-21)	6	(1)
1992–1997	Ukraine	23	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy Bezhenar (born 9 August 1970 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR) was a Ukrainian professional football player.

Career

He played in defense, usually as a fullback. Even though he won four championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) and two cups (1996, 1998) with Dynamo Kyiv, Bezhenar was more closely associated with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Bezhenar played for the Soviet Union national under-21 football team and then the Ukraine national football team. For the Soviet youth team he played 6 games all during the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Bezhenar took part in the Ukraine's first ever match, a friendly against Hungary in 1992. In total, he earned 23 caps, and scored a single goal, a penalty, in a friendly game against Belarus in Kyiv in 1994.

Career stats

Season	Club	Country	Level	Apps	Goals
2004-05	FC Fakel Ivano‑Frankivsk	Ukraine	III
2003	FC Aktobe	Kazakhstan	I	17	0
2002-03	SC Tavriya Simferopol	Ukraine	I	22	0
2001	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Russia	I	10	2
1999-00	Erzurumspor	Turkey	I	32	0
1998-99	FC CSKA Kyiv	Ukraine	I	23	1
1997–98	FC CSKA Kyiv	Ukraine	I	2	1
1997-98	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	I	8	0
1996-97	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	I	19	2
1995-96	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	I	29	5
1994-95	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	I	13	1
1994-95	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	I	17	6
1993-94	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	I	30	5
1992-93	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	I	37	8
1991	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	USSR	I	28	3
1990	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	USSR	I	16	0
1989	FC Dynamo Kyiv	USSR	I	0	0
1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	USSR	I	3	0

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 May 1994	Republican Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine	Belarus	3–1	Win	Friendly
Correct as of 14 August 2013

External links

• [1] Short career overview at ukrsoccerhistory.com
• Serhiy Bezhenar at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at TFF.org