Serhiy Nahornyak Explained

Serhiy Nahornyak
Fullname:Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak
Birth Date:1971 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.86 m
Currentclub:Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi (manager)
Position:Midfielder/Striker
Youthclubs1:Vinnytsia
Years1:1992–1993
Years2:1993
Years4:1993
Years5:1995
Years6:1995–1998
Years7:1996
Years8:1996
Years9:1999–2000
Years10:1999
Years11:2000
Years12:2001–2003
Years13:2004
Years14:2004
Years15:2005
Years17:2007–2009
Years3:1993–1994
Clubs3:Nyva Vinnytsia
Caps3:39
Goals3:9
Clubs4:Khimik Zhytomyr (loan)
Clubs6:Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Clubs7:Spartak Moscow (loan)
Clubs8:Metalurh Novomoskovsk (loan)
Clubs10:Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Years16:2005–2006
Caps16:24
Goals16:3
Clubs17:Irpin Horenychi
Caps2:1
Caps4:4
Caps5:10
Caps6:60
Caps7:2
Caps8:1
Caps9:17
Caps10:4
Caps11:26
Caps12:74
Caps13:14
Caps14:16
Caps15:15
Goals1:7
Goals2:0
Goals4:1
Goals5:0
Goals6:14
Goals7:0
Goals8:2
Goals9:3
Goals10:0
Goals11:12
Goals12:18
Goals13:1
Goals14:3
Goals15:1
Totalcaps:318
Totalgoals:82
Nationalyears1:1994–2002
Nationalteam1:Ukraine
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2014–2016
Managerclubs1:Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant)
Manageryears2:2019
Managerclubs2:Ukraine U19
Manageryears3:2020
Managerclubs3:Ukraine U16
Manageryears4:2021
Manageryears5:2021–2022
Managerclubs5:Epitsentr Dunaivtsi (assistant)
Manageryears6:2022
Manageryears7:2022–2023
Manageryears8:2022–
Managerclubs8:Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Нагорняк; born 5 September 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player.

Club career

Nahornyak started his career at local amateur but well established football club Intehral playing at regional level. He made his debut at professional level in April 1993 in the Ukrainian First League for FC Vorskla Poltava playing against FC Avtomobilist Sumy. In the Ukrainian Premier League Nahornyak debuted for FC Nyva Vinnytsia on 8 August 1993 against FC Torpedo Zaporizhia.

In 1995 another Podolianyn Vyacheslav Hrozny invited him to FC Spartak Moscow, but Nahornyak struggled to stay in the first squad and later after dismissal of Hrozny from Spartak joined FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, with which reached the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final yielding the main trophy on penalties to FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

He played a game in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League for FC Spartak Moscow in a 2:2 tie against FC Nantes Atlantique. Later Nahornyak also represented FC Dnipro and FC Shakhtar Donetsk in UEFA Europa League recording 5 games in total for this continental cup.

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