Serhiy Mykolayovych Dolhanskyi (; born 15 September 1974) is a Ukrainian professional
football
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coach and a former
goalkeeper
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. He is the goalkeeping coach of
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system.
Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
club
Vorskla Poltava
FC Vorskla Poltava ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava. The team set to compete in Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Football in Ukraine, Ukrainian football after relegation from Ukrainian Premier League in ...
.
Career
Native of
Zdolbuniv
Zdolbuniv (, ; ) is a small city in the Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It has an important railway station and cement plant (there is a deposit of chalk). Population:
History
The town was mentioned in 1497 in the ...
in
Volhynia
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n region, Dolhanskyi started his professional football career in
Veres Rivne
Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne () is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Rivne. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, after winning the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium ...
. He took part in the first football season after Ukraine gained its full independence from the Soviet Union. That season the Rivne club played in the second tier but gained promotion at the end. Dolhanskyi made a debut appearance on 17 March 1992 in away match against Krystal Chortkiv when he came out on substitution on 80th minute replacing a Russian goalkeeper Viktor Derbunov and yielded a tying goal from the Chortkiv team's captain Vyacheslav Baklanov, which ended the match 2:2. During the 1992 season Dolhanskyi only played in two matches and in both was substituting the club's main goalie Derbunov.
Upon the promotion, the next season Dolhanskyi became a regular on the first team of Veres and played the whole first half of the season. Following the winter break he was transferred to the former Soviet top club
Metalist Kharkiv
Football Club Metalist Kharkiv, also known as Football Club Metalist Kharkov or FC Metalist Kharkov ( ), is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2023–24 season. It was rev ...
, but only recorded three matches with them by end of the second half of the season. He remained with Metalist for the next season but spent the second half of it on the bench. After relegation of Metalist, next season 1994–95 Dolhanskyi returned to Veres with which he also placed last in the tournament table.
For the 1995–96 season Dolhanskyi transferred to the vice-champions of Ukraine
Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine.
According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959Oleh Suslov in home match against the Maltese Hibernians. Outperformed by Oleh Suslov, he was his substitute for the whole season playing only in four matches and all as substitute. That season Chornomerets again placed 2nd behind Dynamo Kyiv. After that and until 1999 Dolhanskyi was made the main goalkeeper of the "sailors".
In 1998 Chornomorets relegated to the second tier and during the winter break Dolhanskyi transferred to
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kryvyi Rih.
Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League. Ther ...
which at that time was one of the better teams in Ukraine. However, Dolhanskyi was placed in its reserve team which played at the third tier, and he was not even made the main goalkeeper. After failing to make the first team Dolhanskyi signed with CSKA Kyiv during the 1999–2000 season winter break. However, in Kyiv he also was not able to play for the first team.
During the 2000–01 season winter break he signed with for the first time with
Vorskla Poltava
FC Vorskla Poltava ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava. The team set to compete in Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Football in Ukraine, Ukrainian football after relegation from Ukrainian Premier League in ...
where he finally found his game. During his period in Poltava, Vorskla struggled to remain in the top tier. Also for a short while Dolhanskyi tried his luck to play for the champions
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
, but after few matches for its reserve team, he returned back to Vorskla. Later he also played for a short while for the Donetsk's second club
Metalurh Donetsk
Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015.
History
Club predecessor
Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...
and even made an appearance for them in the clubs' continental competitions. He re-joined
Vorskla
The Vorskla (; ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper.
Geography
The river's source is on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland north of Belgorod. Wi ...
from
Metalurh Donetsk
Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015.
History
Club predecessor
Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...
in February 2005 and remained with the Poltava team until 2013 when he practically retired from professional football.
In 2017-2018 Dolhanskyi also was considered as a "playing coach" for the newly created Zhemchuzhyna Odesa that briefly existed and was soon dissolved. After Zhemchuzhyna, he returned to
Poltava
Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...