Vasyl Rats

Vasyl Rats
Personal information

Full name	Vasyl Karlovych Rats
Date of birth	(1961-03-25) 25 March 1961
Place of birth	Fanchikove, Vynohradiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979	FC Karpaty Lviv	5	(0)
1980–1981	Lokomotiv Vinnytsia	?	(4)
1981–1989	FC Dynamo Kyiv	164	(22)
1989	RCD Espanyol	10	(0)
1990	FC Dynamo Kyiv	21	(2)
1991–1993	Ferencvárosi TC	7	(1)
National team
1986–1990	USSR	47	(4)
Teams managed
2007	FC Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2011	Obolon Kyiv
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vasyl Karlovych Rats (Ukrainian: Василь Карлович Рац; Hungarian: Rácz László) (born 25 March 1961) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder of Hungarian ethnicity. He participated in two World Cups with the Soviet Union national football team.

Club career

Rats played several seasons with FC Dynamo Kyiv, where he won the Soviet Top League three times.^[1]

International career

Rats earned 47 caps and scored 4 goals for the USSR, from 1986 to 1990.^[2] He played in two World Cups, in 1986 and 1990. In the 1986 World Cup he scored a goal with a 27-meter shot against France in a 1–1 draw in the first round: a headed clearance by France was picked up by Ihor Belanov and laid off to Rats, who on the first touch, struck the ball powerfully from several yards outside the area past French goalkeeper Joël Bats and into the top left corner of the net. During Euro 1988 his goal secured USSR a 1–0 victory in the group stage over eventual champions The Netherlands. USSR reached the final, but were unable to repeat their achievement in the group stage and lost 2–0.

Honours

Soviet Top League: 1985, 1986, 1990
Soviet Cup: 1982, 1987, 1990
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986
UEFA Euro 1988 Runner-up: 1988

References

↑ "Rats Vasiliy Karlovich". KLISF. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
↑ Arnhold, Matthias (2006-04-02). "Vasiliy Karlovich Rats – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Dasayev 2 Bezsonov 3 Chivadze 4 Morozov 5 Demyanenko (c) 6 Bubnov 7 Yaremchuk 8 Yakovenko 9 Zavarov 10 Kuznetsov 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Litovchenko 14 Rodionov 15 Larionov 16 Chanov 17 Yevtushenko 18 Protasov 19 Belanov 20 Aleinikov 21 Rats 22 Krakovsky Coach: Lobanovsky

Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1988 Runners-up

1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Belanov 12 Vyshnevskyi 13 Sulakvelidze 14 Sukristov 15 Mykhaylychenko 16 Chanov 17 Dmitriyev 18 Gotsmanov 19 Baltacha 20 Pasulko Coach: Lobanovsky

Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach: Lobanovsky

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