Serhiy Zayets

Serhiy Anatoliyovych Zayets is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player.

Club career

Zayets began playing in his home region in the Soviet Second League with Spartak Zhytomyr in 1985. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1989 for Dynamo Kyiv. Throughout his tenure in the Soviet top division, he helped Dynamo secure the league double in 1990. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kyiv became a founding member of the Ukrainian Premier League. Zayets would win the Ukrainian league double in 1993 with Dynamo. The following season, he played his final season in Ukraine with Nyva Vinnytsia.
After several seasons in Ukraine, he played two seasons in the Russian top-tier league with Ural Yekaterinburg. He retired from professional football after his two seasons in the Russian circuit.

Zayets managed abroad in the Canadian Soccer League for expansion side Vorkuta in 2017. In his debut season in the Canadian circuit, he led the club to a divisional title. In the opening round of the playoffs, Vorkuta defeated Royal Toronto FC. The club would be eliminated from the postseason tournament in the next round by Scarborough SC.

Dynamo Kyiv

Soviet Union U19

Soviet Union U21

FC Vorkuta