Mikhail Zaritskiy

Mikhail Zaritskiy

Personal information
Date of birth	3 January 1973 (1973-01-03) (age 38)
Place of birth	Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989-1991	FC Zenit Leningrad	10	(1)
1991-1993	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
1993-1996	FC Avenir Beggen	67	(42)
1996-1998	FC Sporting Mertzig	38	(48)
1998-1999	SC Fortuna Köln	7	(0)
1999-2000	Agios Nikolaos	20	(10)
2000-2002	FC Sporting Mertzig	32	(29)
National team
1999-2002	Luxembourg	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mikhail Zaritskiy (Russian: Михаил Зарицкий; born 3 January 1973) is a retired Luxembourgian professional footballer. He was born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR, grew up in the Soviet Union and later gained Luxembourg citizenship through marriage.

Zaritskiy spent most of his career in Luxembourg, starting with FC Avenir Beggen and having two spells at FC Sporting Mertzig, either side of a spell in Germany and Greece.^[1] In his seven years playing in the Luxembourg National Division, Zaritskiy was the league's top goal-scorer four times. He was named Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year twice.

Honours

• Luxembourg National Division champion: 1994.
• Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1998.
• Luxembourg National Division top scorer: 1996 (18 goals), 1997 (19 goals), 1998 (29 goals), 2001 (23 goals).

References

1. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (22 June 2003). "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/players/foreign-players-in-grk9902.html. 

External links

• Profile at playerhistory.com

Awards
Preceded by Yves Heinen	Luxembourg National Division Top Goalscorer 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98	Succeeded by Frédéric Cicchirillo
Preceded by Marcel Christophe	Luxembourg National Division Top Goalscorer 2000–01	Succeeded by Frédéric Cicchirillo
Preceded by Manuel Cardoni	Luxembourgian Footballer of the Year 1996–97, 1997–98	Succeeded by Manuel Cardoni

Persondata
Name	Zaritskiy, Mikhail
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	3 January 1973
Place of birth	Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Date of death
Place of death