Valentyn Slyusar

Valentyn Slyusar

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Personal information
Full name	Valentyn Vasylovych Slyusar
Date of birth	(1977-09-15) 15 September 1977
Place of birth	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Dynamo 2	80	(14)
1998–1999	FC Metalurh Donetsk	13	(2)
1999	FC Obolon Kyiv	13	(1)
1999	FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	1	(0)
1999	FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don	12	(0)
2000–2002	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	56	(7)
2002–2003	PFC Olexandria	18	(2)
2003–2004	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	24	(4)
2004–2005	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	29	(1)
2005–2010	FC Metalist Kharkiv	126	(16)
2010–2012	FC Obolon Kyiv	36	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Ukraine	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 July 2009

Valentyn Slyusar (born 15 September 1977 in Kyiv) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder.

Club career

Slyusar is graduate of Dynamo Kyiv academy. Since then he has played for various Ukrainian First League clubs. He has also played for Russian club FC Rostov. Notably he has played for Ukrainian Premier League clubs FC Metalurh Donetsk, and Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.

In 2005, Slyusar came to Metalist who got new manager Myron Markevych. Since then he has one three bronze titles with the club in the Ukrainian Premier League.

After the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 season Slyusar was found positive in random drug testing and will be suspended for two months.

International career

Slyusar was first called up to the Ukraine national football team by Oleksiy Mykhailychenko for a friendly match against Norway on 19 November 2008. The squad mainly consisted of domestic-based players, with the exception Vitaliy Fedoriv.

External links

• Profile on Official Metalist website

• (Ukrainian) Mykhailychenko called up three players from Metalist – UA-Football.com, 11 October 2008