Serhiy Valyayev

Serhiy Valyayev
Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Valentynovych Valyayev
Date of birth	16 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Makiivka, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Shakhtar Makiivka
1997–2003	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1997–2003	→ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
2001–2002	→ Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk
2004	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2005–2012	Metalist Kharkiv
2012	Hoverla Uzhhorod
2012–2013	Arsenal Kyiv
2013	Helios Kharkiv
Total
International career
2008–2009	Ukraine
Managerial career
2016	Nikopol-NPHU
2016–2018	Metalist Juniors
2018	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2020	Krystal Kherson
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy Valyayev (Ukrainian: Сергій Валентинович Валяєв; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder and manager.

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.^[1] His second appearance for the team was significant, as he scored the opening goal in the tenth minute of a friendly match against Slovakia on 10 February 2009.^[2]