Yuriy Mykolayovych Virt (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Вірт; born 4 May 1974) is a retired Ukrainian football goalkeeper and current manager of Zviahel.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yury Mykolayovych Virt | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zviahel (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Skala Stryi | 72 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Lviv | 65 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Metalurh Donetsk | 40 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 64 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Metalurh Donetsk | 15 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Borysfen Boryspil | 13 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Boreks-Borysfen Borodianka | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Metalurh Donetsk | 47 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 326 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Ukraine | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Metalurh Donetsk (U19 assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Metalurh Donetsk (U21 assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Veres Rivne (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Veres Rivne (caretaker) | ||
| 2017 | Veres Rivne | ||
| 2018 | Rukh Vynnyky | ||
| 2019–2023 | Veres Rivne | ||
| 2024- | Zviahel | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
He played over 100 games for Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. In the beginning of 1990s he also played for number of clubs from Lviv Oblast such as FC Skala Stryi and the first FC Lviv city team.
In September 2001 he played two games for the Ukraine national football team earning clean sheets wins in both of them against Belarus and Armenia.
After retiring from playing career, Virt worked for Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk as a goalkeeper coach. Since 2017, he coached as a manager FC Veres Rivne and FC Rukh Vynnyky. In June 2019, he was once again appointed as manager of Veres Rivne.[1]
Honours
- Veres Rivne
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Best Coach Round 6: 2021–22[2]
- Ukrainian Premier League Coach of the Month: August 2021,[3] August-September 2022[4]
References
External links
- Yuriy Virt at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Yuriy Virt at National-Football-Teams.com