Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Володимирович Руженцев; born 6 November 1980) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a defender and current football fitness coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Ruzhentsev | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-11-06) 6 November 1980 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 199?–1998 | Obolon Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Obolon Kyiv | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Obolon-2 Kyiv | 7 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 16 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 14 | (0) |
| 2001 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 3 | (1) |
| 2001–2007 | Nafkom Brovary | 139 | (4) |
| 2004 | → Ros Bila Tserkva (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | KNTEU Kyiv | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | FC Bucha | ||
| 2013–2019 | Desna Pohreby | 29 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Desna Pohreby | ||
| 2012–2013 | Desna Pohreby | ||
| 2014 | Taiher Hoholiv | ||
| 2014 | Gandzasar Kapan (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Desna Pohreby | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ruzhentsev is a product of his native Kyiv's Obolon youth sportive school system.
He spent his career in the different Ukrainian clubs of the lower leagues, and from 2009 began to work as a football fitness coach for physical training and rehabilitation. It was included youth national teams of Ukraine (2009–2010, and again 2018–2021), Obolon Kyiv (2011–2012), Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (2013), Gandzasar Kapan (2014), FC Okzhetpes (2016), Livyi Bereh Kyiv (since 2021).[1]
On 29 August 2021 he was appointed as a fitness coach for the Ukraine national football team.[2]