Sergei Baltacha (footballer, born 1958)

Sergei Baltacha
Baltacha in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha
Date of birth (1958-02-17) 17 February 1958
Place of birth Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1970–1971 Azovstal Zhdanov
1972–1976 Kharkiv Oblast boarding school
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1988 Dynamo Kyiv 245 (6)
1976Metalist Kharkiv (loan) 18 (1)
1988–1990 Ipswich Town 28 (1)
1990–1993 St Johnstone 90 (1)
1993–1994 Inverness Caledonian
1994–1995 Caledonian Thistle 9 (0)
International career
1980–1988 Soviet Union 45 (2)
Managerial career
1993–1994 Inverness Caledonian
1994–1995 Caledonian Thistle
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1988 West Germany
Olympic Men's Football
1980 Moscow
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1977 Tunisia
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1980 Europe
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha (Russian: Сергей Павлович Балтача; Ukrainian: Сергій Павлович Балтача; Serhiy Pavlovych Baltacha; born 17 February 1958) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and coach who played as a defender. He won 45 caps for the Soviet Union and made nearly 300 appearances for Dynamo Kyiv.