Andrey Polyanitsa ( uk, Поляница Андрей Николаевич) is a retired Ukrainian professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Playing career
Andrey Polyanitsa, started his career in 1999 with
Desna Chernihiv, where he played 67 matches and scored three goals. In 2002, he moved to
Lukor Kalush, before moving to
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region.
History
The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Easte ...
the following season. In 2005 he moved to
Stal Kamianske for two seasons, where he played 14 matches. In 2006 he moved to
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne in
Crimea
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, playing 34 matches over two seasons. In 2008 he played 11 matches and scored 1 goal for
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine and 9 matches with
Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Football Club Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian amateur football club based in Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast, where it was founded in 1980. The name of the club means "oiler" in Ukrainian. Ukrnafta company owned the club between 2004 and 2018. The clu ...
. In summer 2010 he moved to
Vorskla Poltava
FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football.
History Kolos Poltava
The clu ...
where he played 10 matches and scored 1 goal. In January 2011, he moved to
Desna Chernihiv where he played 7 matches. The following summer, he moved to
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, playing 22 matches and scoring 1 goal before moving to
Poltava-2-Karlivka for the 2012–13 season. In 2013 he moved back to Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, where he played 23 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2014 he played 3 matches for
Polesie Dobryanka youth side after which he moved to
Avanhard Koryukivka, where he played 70 matches and scored 3 goals.
Coaching career
In August 2022 he was appointed assistant coach of
FC Chernihiv
Football Club Chernihiv ( uk, ФК Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv that currently plays in the Ukrainian First League.