Serhiy Zelinsky () is a retired

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and Ukrainian football player. He is known for his performances in the club of the Premier League Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, as well as performances in Ukrainian clubs of the lower league and in the top Belarusian division in the team Torpedo Mogilev.

Career

Serhiy Zelinsky was born in

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

. The young football player made his debut in the local team

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...

, which at that time played in the

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, in

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, and played in its composition until 1991. Zelinsky made his debut in the

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 ...

in September 1992 for the high-league club Torpedo Mogilev. Having played for the team in 10 matches of the Ukrainian championship, Serhiy Zelinsky became a player of the

Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was establ ...

team Krystal Kherson from

Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...

. The footballer played for this team for a year and a half, but did not become a major player in it, and in early 1995 he returned to the

, which at that time played in the first Ukrainian league. However, during his performances Zelinsky also did not become a player of the team, and from the beginning of 1997 he played for the

amateur teams "Domobudivnyk" and Tekstilnyk. In 1998, Sergei Zelinsky played in the club of the highest Belarusian division Torpedo Mogilev from

Mogilev Mogilev (; , ), also transliterated as Mahilyow (, ), is a city in eastern Belarus. It is located on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, about from the Belarus–Russia border, border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from Bryansk Oblast. As of 2024, ...

. After returning to Ukraine, the footballer played for the amateur teams GPZ from Varva and Sula from Luben. From July 1999, Zelinsky played for the

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club

Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk. Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...

from

Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...

, but in six months he left the team and became a player of the Second League Russian club

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura ( ...

from the city of the same name. After returning to

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, the footballer again played for an amateur club from Druzhba-Nova Varva, now called Druzhba-Nova Varva, and finished his performances on the football fields.

Honours

;Fakel Varva *

Ukrainian Football Amateur League Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship () is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football (AAFU ...

: 1998–99 * Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 2001 ;Cheksyl Chernihiv * Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 1997 ;Desna Chernihiv *

: 1996–97

References

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