Serhiy Anatoliyovych Zayets (; born 18 August 1969) is a Ukrainian professional

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coach and former player.

Club career

Zayets began playing in his home region in the

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with Spartak Zhytomyr in 1985. He made his professional debut in the

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in 1989 for

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. Throughout his tenure in the Soviet top division, he helped Dynamo secure the league double in 1990. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kyiv became a founding member of the

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. Zayets would win the Ukrainian league double in 1993 with Dynamo. The following season, he played his final season in Ukraine with

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. After several seasons in Ukraine, he played two seasons in the Russian top-tier league with Ural Yekaterinburg. He retired from professional football after his two seasons in the Russian circuit.

Managerial career

Zayets managed abroad in the

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for expansion side

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in 2017. In his debut season in the Canadian circuit, he led the club to a divisional title. In the opening round of the playoffs, Vorkuta defeated Royal Toronto FC. The club would be eliminated from the postseason tournament in the next round by

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Honours

Player

Dynamo Kyiv *

: 1990 *

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: 1990 *

: 1993 *

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: 1993 Soviet Union U19 *

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Soviet Union U21 *

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Manager

FC Vorkuta *

First Division:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zayets, Serhiy 1969 births Living people People from Berdychiv Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Footballers from Zhytomyr Oblast Men's association football defenders Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers Soviet Top League players Soviet Second League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players Ukrainian football managers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen