Ivan Shariy

Ivan Shariy
Ivan Shariy, 2016
Personal information
Full name Ivan Hryhorovych Shariy
Date of birth (1957-11-24) 24 November 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Poltava, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Poltava sports school[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1975 Kolos Poltava 33 (13)
1976–1978 Dynamo Kyiv 2 (0)
1978 → Kolos Poltava 3 (1)
1978 Dinamo Minsk 19 (4)
1979 Metalurh Zaporizhia 43 (31)
1980 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1980 Metalurh Zaporizhia 32 (18)
1980–1985 Chornomorets Odesa 126 (25)
1986 Nistru Chisinau 33 (8)
1987–1989 Vorskla Poltava 137 (63)
1989–1990 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 12 (2)
1990 Vorskla Poltava 15 (9)
1991 Nyva Vinnytsia 38 (15)
1992 Hranyt Sharhorod ? (3)
1993 Vorskla Poltava 4 (1)
1994 Birzula Kotovsk 13 (8)
1995–1999 Vorskla Poltava 82 (27)
1997 → Vorskla-2 Poltava 4 (1)
1998 → Kremin Kremenchuk (loan) 19 (10)
1998 → Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (loan) 2 (0)
1998 → Vorskla-2 Poltava 8 (2)
Managerial career
1998 Vorskla Poltava (interim)
1998–2001 Vorskla-2 Poltava
2001–2003 Vorskla Poltava (assistant)
2006 Spartak Sumy
200?–2009 Horpynko sports school (director)
2009 Poltava (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Shariy (Ukrainian: Іван Григорович Шарій; born 24 November 1957) is a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and Ukrainian football manager.

Biography

Native of Poltava, Shariy played football for almost a quarter of century. He started to play football at a local Poltava sports school.[2] Viktor Nosov who at that time was a head coach of the Vorskla Poltava's predecessor Kolos invited Shariy to the team of masters[a] that played at the Soviet Second League when Shariy just turned 16.[2] Shariy debuted coming out as a substitute during the game against Avtomobilist[2] (later better known as FC Polissya Zhytomyr). Soon he was noticed by scouts of the Soviet Top League from Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Moscow and in 1976 joined the Kyivan team.[2]

Due to strong competition for a spot on the main team and the reserve squad, Shariy soon left Dynamo in Kiev for another in Minsk that was coached by Oleh Bazylevych helping the main Belarusian team with promotion to the Soviet Top League.[2] Following promotion of Dinamo Minsk, Shariy decided to stay and continue to play at the Soviet First League joining FC Metalurh Zaporizhia for which he scored a notable number of goals.[2] After couple of seasons Shariy tried to return to Kiev and played for Dynamo of Valeriy Lobanovsky few games in the Soviet Cup, but later joined another Soviet Top League team, Chornomorets Odesa, that was coached by Nikita Simonyan.[2] In Chornomorets Shariy spent the next six seasons.[2] During his stay in Odessa Shariy continued to receive offers from PFC CSKA Moscow, particularly from Sergei Shaposhnikov.[2]

Following Chornomorets, the Shariy's career took a dive and in late 1980s he played for lower tier clubs Nistru Kishinev and the recently revived Vorskla Poltava (in place of Kolos) from native Poltava.[2] In 1990 Shariy left for Bulgaria where he played for Etar Veliko Tarnovo which placed third in the national top league that season.[2] During that season he played alongside such players like Krasimir Balakov, Ilian Kiriakov, and Tsanko Tsvetanov.[2] Soon after return from Bulgaria, Shariy continued to play for few seasons in lower tiers before the dissolution of the Soviet Union and in 1992 decided to retire from professional football.[2] He played at amateur level for Hranit Sharhorod, Birzuli Podilsk and Velta Poltava. He was a playing manager in Velta and won the Poltava Oblast championship and cup and was named in team of the year in 1995.[3][4]

After almost three year break from professional football in 1995 the Vorskla head coach Viktor Pozhechevskyi invited Shariy who was 39 years old to the club where he contributed to Vorskla's win of the Persha Liha (tier 2).[2] After few seasons he returned to amateurs where he continued to play until around 2015.

Shariy also played couple of games at continental club competitions, the UEFA Cup, at first in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup for Chornomorets Odesa that represented the Soviet Union and hosted German Werder Bremen when he came out to substitute Igor Savelyev on the 66th minute.[5] The second his game Shariy played on August 12, 1997 for FC Vorskla Poltava which represented Ukraine in away game against Belgian Anderlecht coming on as a substitute for Serhiy Chuichenko on the 83rd minute.[6]

On 18 May 1999, Shariy set a record during the Ukrainian Premier League game against SC Mykolaiv for coming out on the field at the age of 41.[7] The Ukrainian First League top scorer Serhiy Chuichenko considered Shariy to be the best footballer in history of Poltava football.[8]

On 5 June 2009, he was appointed as an interim head coach of FC Poltava, while Shariy was to be assisted by Oleh Morhun.[9] Shariy who until his appointed was a director of the Ivan Horpynko sports school in Poltava replaced the FC Poltava head coach Oleksandr Omelchuk.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kolos Poltava 1974 Soviet Second League 17 2 – – – 17 2
1975 16 11 – – – 16 11
Total 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 13
Dinamo Kiev 1976 (sp) Soviet Top League 2 0 – – – 2 0
1976 (au) – – – – –
1977 – – – – –
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Kolos Poltava 1978 Soviet Second League 3 1 – – – 3 1
Dinamo Minsk 1978 Soviet First League 19 4 2 0 – – 21 4
Metallurg Zaporozhie 1979 Soviet First League 43 31 5 1 – – 48 32
1980 32 18 – – – 32 18
Total 75 49 5 1 0 0 0 0 80 50
Dinamo Kiev 1980 Soviet Top League – 4 0 – – 4 0
Chernomorets Odessa 1980 Soviet Top League 3 0 – – – 3 0
1981 24 7 7 4 – – 31 11
1982 30 6 2 0 – – 32 6
1983 24 3 – – – 24 3
1984 26 6 4 2 – – 30 8
1985 9 3 – 1 0 – 10 3
Total 116 25 13 6 1 0 0 0 130 31
Nistru Kishinev 1986 Soviet First League 33 8 2 0 – – 35 8
Vorskla Poltava 1987 Soviet Second League 49 22 – – – 49 22
1988 45 20 – – – 45 20
1989 43 21 – – – 43 21
Total 137 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 63
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1989–90 „А“ RFG 12 2 4 2 – – 16 4
Vorskla Poltava 1990 Soviet Second League 15 9 – – – 15 9
Niva Vinnitsa 1991 Soviet Second League 38 15 2 1 – – 40 16
Vorskla Poltava 1992–93 Ukrainian First League 4 1 – – – 4 1
1995–96 36 18 2 2 – – 38 20
Total 36 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 38 20
1996–97 Vyshcha Liha 29 8 4 2 – – 33 10
1997–98 8 0 1 0 1 0 – 10 0
1998–99 9 1 2 0 – – 11 1
Total 46 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 54 11
Kremin Kremenchuk (loan) 1997–98 Ukrainian First League 19 10 – – – 19 10
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (loan) 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League 2 0 – – – 2 0
Vorskla-2 Poltava 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League 5 1 – – – 5 1
1998–99 8 2 – – – 8 2
Total 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3

Notes

  1. ^ a team of masters was an official status of professional clubs in the Soviet football due to specifics of the Soviet economic system

References

  1. ^ Ivan Shariy: I cheer for Chornomorets (Иван Шарий: «Болею за «черноморец»). FC Chornomorets Odesa. 22 July 2008
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Yuriy Lisovoy. The passport book age of footballer is for bureaucrats (ПАСПОРТНЫЙ ВОЗРАСТ ФУТБОЛИСТА - ДЛЯ БЮРОКРАТОВ). Sport-Ekspress (Zaporizhia). 22 July 1997
  3. ^ Lomov & Stadnychenko 2009, p. 193.
  4. ^ Lomov & Kryvorotko 2010, pp. 546.
  5. ^ Chornomorets – Werder. UEFA.
  6. ^ Anderlecht – Vorskla. UEFA.
  7. ^ The heroes of 1990s. Shariy: "I did not have any beef with Blokhin. He is a good person (Герои 90-х. Иван Шарий: "У меня не было стычки с Блохиным. Он - нормальный человек"). Football24. 10 September 2012
  8. ^ Mikhail Spivakovskiy. Serhiy Chuichenko: I am awaiting offers (Сергей Чуйченко: "Жду предложений"). (for Sport-Ekspress in Ukraine) Ukrayinskyi Futbol. 18 November 2010
  9. ^ Avtandil Potidze. Shariy was placed in charge of Poltava! (Иван Шарий возглавил “Полтаву”!). Vorskla Poltava fans site. 5 June 2009

Sources

  • Lomov, Anatolii; Stadnychenko, Oleksandr (2009), 100 Років Полтавському Футболу [100 Years of Poltava Football] (in Ukrainian), Poltava: Poltava, ISBN 978-966-97035-0-7
  • Lomov, Anatolii; Kryvorotko, Serhii (2010), Энциклопедия Полтавского Футбола (1909-2010) [Encyclopedia of Poltava Football (1909-2010)] (in Russian), Poltava: OOO "ASMI", ISBN 978-966-182-118-6