order, making only eight appearances throughout the season, being release at the end of the season. A free player, he was heavily linked to English football, allegedly Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, and Bolton. However, since none materialized, he opted to return to Metalit Kharkiv. In 2002, he was linked to Maccabi Haifa, but due to the excessive number of foreigners in the team, he signed with smaller Ashdod. His spell was did not see as much success as before, only scoring one in 20 matches. He briefly passed through Felgueiras in 2003, playing only two games, spending the remaining two years of his career at Helios Kharkiv, retiring in 2006. He immediately started a managerial career, spending two seasons at FC Arsenal Kharkiv and one at Helios Kharkiv. International career A youth international since 1989, he was part of the squad that won the 1990 UEFA Under-18 with the Soviet Union. An international for Ukraine, he made his debut on 26 August 1992, in a loss against Hungary, making five more appearances in the following eight years, with his last arriving on 31 May 2000, in a match against England. He was not called up for Ukraine from 1993 to 1997 and temporarily switched allegiance to Russia, playing for Russia national under-21 football team in the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship quarterfinal against France. He was also invited to the Russia national football team camp in advance of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but remained on the bench in a friendly against Slovakia and was not included in the World Cup squad, switching back to representing Ukraine thereafter. Career statistics Honours Soviet Union UEFA European Under-18 Championship champion: 1990 Maccabi Haifa Israel Championship: 1993–94 State Cup: 1994–95 References External links 1972 births Living people People from Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast Soviet footballers Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukraine international footballers Maccabi Haifa F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Helios Kharkiv players S.L. Benfica footballers F.C. Felgueiras players Ukrainian Premier League players Primeira Liga players Israeli Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Portugal Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Ukrainian football managers FC Helios Kharkiv managers FC Arsenal Kharkiv managers Association football midfielders Ukrainian people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Kursk Oblast