Vitaliy Vitsenets (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Віценець; born 3 August 1990) is a Ukrainian football coach and a former midfielder. He is an assistant coach with Russian club FC Arsenal Tula.

Vitaliy Vitsenets
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Vitsenets
Date of birth (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Pershotravensk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Arsenal Tula (assistant)
Youth career
2002–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 (0)
2007–2009Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 18 (1)
2010 Zorya Luhansk 7 (2)
2010–2016 Shakhtar Donetsk 14 (2)
2011–2013Illichivets Mariupol (loan) 28 (2)
2013Sevastopol (loan) 9 (1)
2014Illichivets Mariupol (loan) 0 (0)
2017 Mariupol 8 (0)
Total 86 (8)
International career
2006–2007 Ukraine-17 14 (0)
2007–2008 Ukraine-18 13 (0)
2008–2009 Ukraine-19 8 (0)
2009–2012 Ukraine-21 15 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk (academy)
2021–2022 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (U19)
2022– Arsenal Tula (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2009 Ukraine
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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A native of west Donbas, Vitsenets is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk academy. He played as a striker for Shakhtar. He was also a member of the Ukraine national under-19 football team, and winner of UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2009.

After his knee injury received in 2013, Vitsenets became a victim of a doctor's mistake when he had his whole lateral meniscus removed. Following series of surgeries in Spain, Vistenets for the next couple of years was preoccupied with rehabilitation. In January 2016 he tried to return to football by participating at FC Oleksandriya trials, but again had problems with his knee.

In July 2016 he retired from professional football career,[1] but one year later, in July 2017, he renewed it and signed one-year deal with FC Mariupol.

He wasn't able to overcome his knee injury and after the ending of first half of 2017–18 season in FC Mariupol retired for the second time.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Виталий Виценец завершил карьеру в 25 лет
  2. ^ "ФК Мариуполь расстался с Виценцом и Рудыкой" (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 30 December 2017.
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