Volodymyr Yezerskiy
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Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (born 15 November 1976 in Lviv
Lviv
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
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) is a professional Ukrainian football
Football (soccer)
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 defender
Defender (football)
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 who plays for Tavriya Simferopol. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.

Club

Yezerskiy started his professional football career in 1997 in Karpaty Lviv. Two years later, he was picked up by Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, and, later, by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In 2000, Yezerskiy left to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he became an integral part of the team. On 20 June 2007 he was signed by FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

 on a 3 year deal with a transfer fee of €1.2 million from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was load out to Zorya Luhansk during the winter break of the 2009–10 Premier league season.

National

Yezerskiy was called up for the Ukraine national team as early as 1998. However, after his successes in Dnipro, he became a regular player of the squad. He helped Ukraine qualify for their first world cup in 2006. Ukraine managed to get to the quarterfinals, losing to eventual world champions Italy.

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