Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Володимирович Руженцев; born 6 November 1980) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a defender and current football fitness coach. In 2019 he was a member of the Petrakov's coaching staff for the Ukraine U-20 that became the world champions, for which Ruzhentsev was honored with title "Honored state functionary of physical culture and sport of Ukraine".[1]

Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Ruzhentsev
Date of birth (1980-11-06) 6 November 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
199?–1998 Obolon Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Obolon Kyiv 0 (0)
1998Obolon-2 Kyiv 7 (0)
1999–2001 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 (0)
1999–2001Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 16 (1)
2000–2001Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk 14 (0)
2001 Dinaz Vyshhorod 3 (1)
2001–2007 Nafkom Brovary 139 (4)
2004Ros Bila Tserkva (loan) 1 (0)
2009 KNTEU Kyiv 6 (0)
2010–2011 FC Bucha
2013–2019 Desna Pohreby 29 (2)
Managerial career
2009 Desna Pohreby
2012–2013 Desna Pohreby
2014 Taiher Hoholiv
2014 Gandzasar Kapan (assistant)
2015 Desna Pohreby
2022–2023 Ukraine (fitness coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Ruzhentsev is a product of his native Kyiv's Obolon youth academy system.

He spent his career in the different Ukrainian clubs of the lower leagues, and from 2009 began to work as a football fitness coach for physical training and rehabilitation.[2]

On 29 August 2021 he was appointed as a fitness coach for the Ukraine national football team.[3]

Honours edit

Desna Pohreby

Bucha

References edit

  1. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №521/2019. www.president.gov.ua. 15 July 2019
  2. ^ "Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev". Official site of the Ukrainian Association of Football.
  3. ^ УАФ представила новий тренерський штаб збірної України (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 1 September 2021.

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