Vitaliy Kosovskyi

Vitaliy Vladyslavovych Kosovskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Владиславович Косовський; born 11 August 1973) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv and a Ukraine national team.

Vitaliy Kosovskyi
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Vladyslavovych Kosovskyi
Date of birth (1973-08-11) 11 August 1973
Place of birth Ostroh, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vorskla Poltava (U21 manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 21 (1)
1991–1994 Nyva Vinnytsia 53 (13)
1994–2003 Dynamo Kyiv 131 (20)
1997–2003 → Dynamo-2 Kyiv 17 (2)
Total 222 (36)
International career
1996–2000 Ukraine 25 (2)
Managerial career
2012–2017 Dynamo Kyiv (youth)
2017–2018 Dynamo Kyiv (U19 assistant)
2019 Vorskla Poltava (U21)
2019 Vorskla Poltava
2019– Vorskla Poltava (U21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born in Ostroh, Rivne Oblast, his first steps in football Kosovskyi started when he went to the first grade of school as it happened to be that near the school was also located a children-youth sports school.[1] Kosovskyi explained that his father worked as a driver in Netishyn[1] which is located in neighboring Khmelnytskyi Oblast. When in Netishyn started to be built the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, in 1984 Netishyn was granted the status of city and around that time the Kosovskyi family received a new apartment to which they moved.[1]

Club career

Kosovskyi is notable for representing Dynamo Kyiv in the late 1990s alongside Serhii Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko, usually playing the starting left winger. Kosovskyi's career was cut short in the early 2000s by numerous injuries, which prevented his numerous comeback attempts. Following a nine-year career with Dynamo, Kosovsky retired in 2003 to be a scout for Dynamo Kyiv.

International career

During his international career, Kosovskyi has amassed 25 caps, scoring 2 goals.[2]

Personal life

He has a son Serhiy, born in 1998, who is also a professional footballer.

References
  1. Serhiy Shebek. Vitaliy Kosovskyi: It was always wanted by me to take part in the Olympics, we would have been fine participants (Віталій Косовський: Дуже хотілося побувати на Олімпіаді, ми були б гідними учасниками). UA-Football. 4 June 2020.
  2. Arnhold, Matthias & Mamrud, Roberto (28 August 2009). "Ukraine - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2009.


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