Mikhail Zaritskiy

Mikhail Zaritskiy
Personal information
Date of birth	3 January 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Marisca Mersch (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1991	Zenit Leningrad
1991–1993	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
1993–1996	Avenir Beggen
1996–1998	Sporting Mertzig
1998–1999	Fortuna Köln
1999–2000	Agios Nikolaos
2000–2002	Sporting Mertzig
International career
1999–2002	Luxembourg
Managerial career
2010–2014	Berdorf-Consdorf
2014–2015	Muhlenbach
2015–2016	Vinesca Ehnen
2017–2020	Daring-Club Echternach
2020	CS Grevenmacher
2020–2021	Daring-Club Echternach
2022–	Marisca Mersch
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikhail Zaritskiy (Russian: Михаил Зарицкий; born 3 January 1973) is a retired Luxembourgian professional footballer.^[1] He was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR, grew up in the Soviet Union and later gained Luxembourg citizenship through marriage.

Zaritskiy spent most of his career in Luxembourg, starting with FC Avenir Beggen and having two spells at Sporting Mertzig, either side of a spell in Germany and Greece.^[2] In his seven years playing in the Luxembourg National Division, Zaritskiy was the league's top goal-scorer four times. He was named Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year twice.

Honours

Luxembourg National Division champion: 1994.
Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1998.
Luxembourg National Division top scorer: 1996 (18 goals), 1997 (19 goals), 1998 (29 goals), 2001 (23 goals).

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