Illya Blyznyuk

Ilya Blyznyuk
Personal information
Full name Ilya Vladyslavovych Blyznyuk
Date of birth (1973-07-28) 28 July 1973
Place of birth Zaporizhya, Ukrainian SSR
Height 6 ft 4 34 in (1.95 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (manager)
Youth career
0000–1992 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 41 (0)
1995–1996 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 33 (0)
1996–1999 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 54 (0)
1999–2000 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1999–2000FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2 (0)
1999–2000FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv 11 (0)
2000 FC Rostselmash 14 (0)
2000 FC Dynamo Kyiv 2 (0)
2000FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv 3 (0)
2000FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv 5 (0)
2001–2004 FC Rostov 73 (0)
2003FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 5 (0)
2005 FC Tom Tomsk 13 (0)
2005–2006 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 6 (0)
2006 FC Shinnik Yaroslavl 11 (0)
2007 FC Rostov 7 (0)
National team
1994–1995 Ukraine U-21 5 (0)
1996–1997 Ukraine 2 (0)
Teams managed
2008 FC Illychivets Mariupol (assistant)
2008–2009 FC Illychivets Mariupol (caretaker)
2009–2010 FC Illychivets Mariupol
2011 FC Rostov (assistant)
2012–2013 FC Zirka Kirovohrad
2013–2015 FC Poltava
2016– FC Metalurh Zaporizhya

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladyslavovych and the family name is Blyznyuk.

Ilya Vladyslavovych Blyznyuk (Ukrainian: Ілля Владиславович Близнюк; born 28 July 1973 is a Ukrainian football coach and a former goalkeeper.

Personal life

Blyznyuk is the father of 3 children, including 2012 Olympics champion in group rhythmic gymnastics Anastasia Bliznyuk.

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