Career
In 1990 Zayets earned the bronze medals of the Soviet First League when, while playing for Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhia, he earned a promotion to the Soviet Top League. During the 1992 season Zayets placed fourth among the Ukrainian Premier League goal scorers. Between 1986 and 1991, he played 221 games Foreign Metalurh Zaporizhia, scoring 46 times.
In 2007 Zayets died in a fire in Zaporizhia.