Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Єзерський; born 15 November 1976) is a former professional Ukrainian football defender. He also played for the Ukraine national team in 1998–2008. Yezerskiy is a Distinguished Master of Sports (2005).[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-11-15) 15 November 1976 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ukraine U16 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SKA Lviv | |||
| Dobrosyn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Harai Zhovkva | 55 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Karpaty Lviv | 33 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Karpaty-2 Lviv | 9 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Dynamo Kyiv | 10 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 43 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | → Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2000–2007 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 146 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Zorya Luhansk | 20 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Tavriya Simferopol | 44 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 419 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2008 | Ukraine | 39 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Ukraine U19 | ||
| 2018 | Ukraine U16 | ||
| 2019 | Ukraine U17 | ||
| 2020 | Ukraine U18 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Ukraine U19 | ||
| 2022– | Ukraine U16 | ||
| 2023– | Oleksandriya (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yezerskiy started his professional football career in 1997 in Karpaty Lviv. Two years later, he was picked up by Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, and, later, by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In 2000, Yezerskiy left to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he became an integral part of the team. On 20 June 2007 he was signed by FC Shakhtar Donetsk on a 3-year deal with a transfer fee of €1.2 million from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was loaned out to Zorya Luhansk during the winter break of the 2009–10 Premier league season.
Yezerskiy played his first international game for the Ukraine national team on 15 July 1998 against the Poland national football team. However, after his successes in Dnipro, he became a regular player of the national team squad. He helped Ukraine qualify for their first World cup in 2006. Ukraine managed to get to the quarterfinals, losing to eventual world champions Italy.
Both of his goals were scored from a corner kick and were game openers.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2006 | Petrovskiy Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia |  Libya |
1–0 | 3-0 | Friendly | |||||
| 2. | 24 March 2007 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
0–1 | 0-2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |||||
| Correct as of 6 June 2011 | |||||||||||