Mikhail Viarheyenka

Mikhail Nikifaravich Viarheyenka (Belarusian: Міхаіл Нікіфаравіч Вяргеенка; 12 January 1950 – 16 July 2024) was a Soviet and Belarusian football manager and player who managed the Belarus national team between 1992 and 1994 and from 1998 to 1999. A goalkeeper, Viarheyenka played for Dinamo Minsk between 1971 and 1983.^[1]

Key Information

Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Nikiforovich Vergeyenko
Date of birth	(1950-01-12)12 January 1950
Place of birth	Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Date of death	16 July 2024(2024-07-16) (aged 74)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1966–1967	Spartak Gomel
1968–1969	Dinamo Minsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970	Gomselmash Gomel	0	(0)
1971–1983	Dinamo Minsk	280	(1)
International career
	USSR U21
Managerial career
1984–1986	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
1986–1988	Dinamo Minsk (sports director)
1989–1991	Dinamo Minsk (assistant)
1991–1994	Dinamo Minsk
1992–1994	Belarus
1997–1999	Belarus
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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After his second spell with the national team he retired from coaching and worked at Football Federation of Belarus for many years until 2011.

Viarheyenka died on 16 July 2024, at the age of 74.^[2] His son Aliaksei Viarheyenka is also a former footballer and currently works as a coach.