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He finished the season as the club"s top scorer with 10 goals as Nyva narrowly avoided relegation.
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Oleg Iachtchouk
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He ended his career as a striker for BX Brussels and also holds the Belgian nationality. His last name is sometimes transliterated as Iachtchouk or Jasjtsjoek. He now coaches the U14 division of R.S.C.
Iachtchouk first made a name for himself in the Ukrainian Premier League in the 1995-1996 season.
Iachtchouk"s talent caught the eye of and he signed for the Belgian club at the end of the season. He made a good start in the first team in the 1990s but then became injured for long periods of time.
In some seasons he barely played at all because of recurring injuries, yet extended his contract in 2001 for another five years. In 2006 he left the club, having played 119 league matches and scored 31 goals during ten seasons.
He signed for Ergotelis in Greece for the 2006-2007 season where he finally managed to shake off his injury problems.
On 14 June 2007, Iachtchouk returned to Belgium, signing a two-year contract with Cercle Brugge who had just appointed his former teammate Glen De Boeck as manager. Iachtchouk has played for all of Ukraine"s youth national teams (Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21), including a spell alongside Andriy Shevchenko for the Under-18s. In 1994 he became his team"s best scorer at the European Under-16 Championship in Ireland where Ukraine finished 3rd.
One of the three goals Iachtchouk scored at the tournament was against Belgium.
After he finally recovered he found that his dual Ukrainian/Belgian citizenship is a major obstacle to his call-up for Ukraine. While he does not see himself playing for his new home country.
Achievements
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Anderlecht Belgian First Division: 1999-1900, 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2005-2006 Belgian Supercup: 2000, 2001 Individual Ukraine top scorer at Euro Under-16: 1994 Nyva Ternopil top scorer: 1995-1996 Cercle Brugge top scorer: 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Cercle Brugge player of the season (People’s Poll d"Echte): 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
