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Roman Pets
Personal information
Full name Roman Pets
Date of birth (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Mayak Kharkiv 79 (0)
1990–1993 Metalist Kharkiv 81 (2)
1993–1995 Maccabi Haifa 54 (1)
1996–1997 Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 42 (0)
1997–1998 Chornomorets Odesa 24 (0)
1998–2004 Metalist Kharkiv 119 (6)
1998–2003Metalist-2 Kharkiv 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roman Pets (born 21 June 1969) is a retired Ukrainian footballer. He played for Metalist Kharkiv in Ukraine and Maccabi Haifa in Israel.[1]

Professional career

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Pets began playing football at the age of 9 at a sports boarding school in the city of Kharkiv. At first his coaches assigned him the role of forward, but after failing to do so he switched to play as a central defender. In 1990 he moved to the Metalist Kharkiv, playing in the Soviet Top League and then the Ukrainian Premier League. In 1993, Pets came to Israel and signed with Maccabi Haifa FC. Pets is best remembered for his 25-yard goal against Torpedo Moscow in the Holders' Cup.

He has played a major role during the 1993–94 season helping Maccabi Haifa FC go on and win the Israeli Premier League championship without losing a single game. Towards the end of the season, during a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, he was controversially fouled by Meir Malika and broke his ankle, After a long absence, he returned to play but did not reach his pre-injury level. In the 1995/1996 season, he was loaned to Hapoel Tsafririm Holon, until 1997 until he finally left Israel.

In 1997, he returned to Ukraine, first to Chornomorets Odesa and then to Metalist Kharkiv where he ended his career as a player in 2004.

Honours

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As player

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Maccabi Haifa FC

References

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  1. ^ "Sam Wallace: Who is Avram Grant? From the Special One to an Unknown One". The Independent. London. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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