Vitaliy Vernydub (Ukrainian: Віталій Юрійович Вернидуб; born 17 October 1987 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR) is a professional Ukrainian football defender.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitaliy Vernydub | ||
Date of birth | (1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | DYuSSh Smena Saint Petersburg[2] | ||
2000–2004 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2012 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 95 | (5) |
2004–2006 | → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 21 | (2) |
2007 | → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Zorya Luhansk | 73 | (5) |
2015–2018 | Gabala | 45 | (2) |
2018–2022 | Zorya Luhansk | 78 | (2) |
2022– | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Ukraine-18 | 2 | (0) |
2007 | Ukraine-21 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2015 |
Vernydub is a graduate of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Youth school system, where he was trained by Oleksandr Rudyka. He was loaned off to Kryvbas Kryvyy Rih for the second half of the 2006–2007 season, where he managed to play 9 matches for the club. Vernydub debuted for the senior Metalurh Zaporizhzhia team on 13 July 2007, at a home game against rivals Karpaty Lviv, which the club won 1–0.
On 11 June 2015, Vernydub signed a one-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FK.[3] On 11 May 2017, Vernydub signed a new one-year contract,[4] leaving Gabala on 31 May 2018.[5]
On 19 June 2018, Vernydub signed a two-year contract with Zorya Luhansk.[6]
On 2 July 2022 he moved to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[7]
His father Yuriy Vernydub is a formal coach of Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia (loan) | 2003–04 | Ukrainian Second League | 5 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||||
2004–05 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | ||||||
2005–06 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 1 | ||||||
2006–07 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 2006–07 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 2007–08 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 19 | 3 | ||
2008–09 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 1 | ||||
2009–10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 1 | ||||
2010–11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
2011–12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 95 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 5 | ||
Zorya Luhansk | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 1 | ||||
2013–14 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 31 | 2 | |||
Total | 72 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | ||
Gabala | 2015–16 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | 31 | 3 | |||
2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
Total | 45 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 78 | 3 | ||
Career total | 242 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 15 | ||
Ukraine | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2014 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 18 November 2014[9]
He is a son of the Ukrainian coach Yuriy Vernydub.
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