title: Yuriy Shelepnytskyi
text: # Yuriy Shelepnytskyi
  
  Yuriy Hryhorovych Shelepnytskyi (Ukrainian: Юрій Григорович Шелепницький; Russian: Юрий Григорьевич Шелепницкий; born 18 January 1965) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.
  
  ## Career
  
  He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi.
  
  Shelepnytskyi is known as the first captain of the Ukraine national football team in its history.
  
  ## Honours
  
  * Ukrainian Cup winner: 1992.
  