| Yuriy Yakovenko | |
| Fullname: | Яковенко, Юрий Викторович |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Birth Date: | 1960 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1980–1990 |
| Caps1: | 330 |
| Goals1: | 20 |
| Clubs1: | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Years2: | 1990–1994 |
| Caps2: | 94 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Clubs2: | Błękitni Kielce |
| Years3: | 1994–1995 |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Years4: | 1994–1995 |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1995–1997 |
| Caps5: | 44 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Clubs5: | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Years6: | 1996–1999 |
| Caps6: | 66 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Clubs6: | Desna Chernihiv |
| Pcupdate: | 29 November 2021 |
Yaroslav Zaiats (Заяц Ярослав Николаевич) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former professional footballer played as a defender.[1] [2] [3]
He began playing at Nyva Vinnytsia from 1980 until 1990, where he played 330 and scored 20 goals. In 1990 he moved to Błękitni Kielce in Poland. Here he stayed until 1994 where he played 94 matches and scored two goals. In 1994 he returned to Ukraine on the football club of Bukovyna Chernivtsi[4] until 1997, where he played 65 matches and scored two goals also with the club got second place in Ukrainian First League in 1995–96.[5] In 1997 he moved to Desna Chernihiv, where he played 66 matches and scored one goal, where he contributed to win the Ukrainian Second League in the season 1996–97.[6]