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Valery Viktorovych Shiryaev (Ukrainian: Вале́рій Ві́кторович Ширя́єв; born 28 August 1963) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Sokil Kyiv and was named top defenceman in the Soviet League in 1990 and 1991. He won a gold medal in the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships for the Soviet Union. Later, he played for Ukraine in several World Championships and at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was named best defenceman at the 1995 C1 Pool World Championships.

Valeri Shiryayev
Born	(1963-08-26) August 26, 1963 (age 58) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Sokil Kiev EHC Biel HC La Chaux-de-Fonds HC Davos EV Zug SC Bern SCL Tigers Genève-Servette HC
National team	Soviet Union and  Ukraine
Playing career	1980–2009 2013–2016

He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.

External links

• Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
• Valery Shiryaev career statistics at EliteProspects.com

На других языках

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[ru] Ширяев, Валерий Викторович

Валерий Викторович Ширяев (укр. Валерій Вікторович Ширяєв; род. 26 августа 1963, Нижний Тагил, Свердловская область, РСФСР, СССР) — советский и украинский хоккеист, защитник. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1989).

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