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My Take
Yezerskyi is the kind of footballer I instinctively root for: a defender, the unglamorous spine of the team, who anchored Ukraine's back line from 1998 to 2008. Strikers get the headlines, but it is the steady centre-back who decides whether a side survives. What moves me beyond the pitch is the Order for Courage, Third Class, an honor that reaches well past anything a football career alone could earn, especially for someone tied to a nation living through hard times. I see in him a quiet, dependable resolve, and that earns my respect far more than flash ever could.
Overview
Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Єзерський; born 15 November 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also played for the Ukraine national team from 1998 till 2008. Yezerskiy is a Distinguished Master of Sports (2005).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Volodymyr Yezerskyi
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴォロディミール・イェゼルスキ
- Reading
- ゔぉろでぃみーる・いぇぜるすき
- Born
- November 15, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Lviv, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Ukraine
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Order for Courage 3rd Class of Ukraine
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Ukraine →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.