Serhiy Valyayev

Serhiy Valyayev

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Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Valyayev
Date of birth	(1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Place of birth	Makiyivka, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Unattached
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Shakhtar Makiyivka
1997–2003	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	100	(13)
2004	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	6
2005–2012	FC Metalist Kharkiv	137	(11)
2012	FC Hoverla Uzhhorod	1	(0)
2012–2013	FC Arsenal Kyiv	12	(0)
2013	FC Helios Kharkiv	7	(0)
International career‡
2008–	Ukraine	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 July 2010

Serhiy Valyayev (born 16 September 1978 in Makiyivka, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder unattached.

Club career

Valyayev become one of several footballers that were bought by Metalist Kharkiv in 2005 by the new manager Myron Markevych. Since then, the team has won three bronze titles in the Ukrainian championship.

International career

Valyayev was called up to the national team of Ukraine when Metalist Kharkiv began having successes in UEFA Cup, finishing on top of their group. He was called up along with fellow team-mates Marko Dević and Valentyn Slyusar by Oleksiy Mykhailychenko for a friendly match against Norway on 19 November 2008. His second appearance for the team was significant, as he scored the opening goal in the tenth minute of a friendly match against Cyprus on 10 February 2009.

External links

• Profile on Official Metalist website (Russian)