Oleksandr Zayets

Oleksandr Zayets (23 March 1962 – 29 April 2007) was a Soviet/Ukrainian striker.

Oleksandr Zayets

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Leonidovych Zayets
Date of birth	(1962-03-23)23 March 1962
Place of birth	Velykyi Tokmak, Zaporizhia Oblast, Soviet Union
Date of death	April 29, 2007(2007-04-29) (aged 45)
Place of death	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Tokmak sports school
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979	FC Metalist Kharkiv	7	(0)
1985	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	28	(9)
1986–1991	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	221	(46)
1992–1994	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	55	(13)
1994	FC Polihraftekhika	2	(0)
1995	FC Torpedo Melitopol	37	(15)
1996–1998	FC Viktor Zaporizhia	34	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

In 1990 Zayets earned the bronze medals of the Soviet First League when, while playing for FC Metalurh Zaporizhia, he earned a promotion to the Soviet Top League. During the 1992 season Zayets placed fourth among the Ukrainian Premier League goal scorers. Between 1986 and 1991, he played 221 games For Metalurh Zaporizhia, scoring 46 times. In 2007 Zayets died in a fire in Zaporizhia.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metallist Kharkov	1979	Pervaya Liga	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Torpedo Zaporozhye	1985	Vtoraya Liga	28	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	9
Metallurg Zaporozhye	1986	Pervaya Liga	42	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	45	10
	1987		37	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	39	6
	1988		41	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	11
	1989		41	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	45	10
	1990		33	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	34	8
	1991	Vysshaya Liga	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	5
Torpedo Zaporizhia	1992	Vyshcha Liha	18	9	8	6	0	0	0	0	26	15
	1992–93		21	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	4
	1993–94		15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	1994–95		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	1994–95	Persha Liha	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Torpedo Melitopol	1994–95	Tretia Liha	17	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10
Torpedo Melitopol	1995–96	Druha Liha	20	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	22	6
Viktor Zaporizhia			5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Viktor Zaporizhia	1997–98		29	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	4
ZAlK Zaporizhia	1998–99	Amatorska Liha	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1

References

1. The 50 best, Metalurh Zaporizhia (in Russian)

External links

• Oleksandr Zayets at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
• Oleksandr Zayets at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)