Serhiy Volodymyrovych Yashchenko (; born 25 June 1959) is a Ukrainian

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manager and former player.

Career

Yashchenko was noticed by coach

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during his military service and recommended to

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where he spent the 1981 season in the shadow of

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, playing only a couple of matches. He then went back to his native Ukraine and to Shakhtar, winning the 1983

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and the 1984

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. He played a total of 14 seasons with Shakhtar and won, after the collapse of the USSR, the 1995

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. Yashchenko played couple of friendly matches for the Soviet Olympic football team in 1986 against Czechoslovakia and Sweden.1986 Soviet Olympic football team
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in 2006 and guided them to the first round of the UEFA Cup and a 2–1 aggregate defeat to

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. He left Zaporizhzhya in April 2007 and took up a position as reserve team coach at

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. Following the resignation of Jos Daerden as Metalurh head coach in early December 2007, Yashchenko assumed caretaker manager duties at the club before becoming the permanent manager two weeks later.

Career statistics

Honours

: 1983 *

: 1984 *

: 1995

References

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* * 1959 births Living people People from Kostiantynivka Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Soviet Top League players Ukrainian football managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk non-playing staff FC Stal Alchevsk managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers FC Metalurh Donetsk managers FC Kremin Kremenchuk managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian First League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Footballers from Donetsk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-bio-stub