Yuriy Virt
Yuriy Mykolayovych Virt (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Вірт; born 4 May 1974 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian football goalkeeper and current manager of FC Veres Rivne.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yury Mykolayovych Virt | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Lviv, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Veres Rivne (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) |
| 2002–2003 | Metalurh Donetsk | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Borysfen Boryspil | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Metalurh Donetsk | 47 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 318 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Ukraine | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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– | Veres Rivne | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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]
References
- "Юрій ВІРТ очолив рівненський "Верес"!" [Yuriy Virt will manage Veres Rivne!]. nkveres.club (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 June 2019.