Serhiy Nahornyak

Serhiy Mykolayovych Nahornyak (; born 5 September 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player.

Club career Nahornyak started his career at local amateur but well established football club Intehral playing at regional level. He made his debut at professional level in April 1993 in the Ukrainian First League for FC Vorskla Poltava playing against FC Avtomobilist Sumy. In the Ukrainian Premier League Nahornyak debuted for FC Nyva Vinnytsia on 8 August 1993 against FC Torpedo Zaporizhia.

In 1995 another Podolianyn Vyacheslav Hrozny invited him to FC Spartak Moscow, but Nahornyak struggled to stay in the first squad and later after dismissal of Hrozny from Spartak joined FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, with which reached the 1997 Ukrainian Cup Final yielding the main trophy on penalties to FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

He played a game in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League for FC Spartak Moscow in a 2:2 tie against FC Nantes Atlantique. Later Nahornyak also represented FC Dnipro and FC Shakhtar Donetsk in UEFA Europa League recording 5 games in total for this continental cup.

Honours As a Player Russian Premier League champion: 1996. Russian Cup finalist: 1996. Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1999. Ukrainian Premier League bronze: 1996, 1998. Ukrainian Cup finalist: 1997, 2006.

Individual Chinese FA Cup: Top Goalscorer: 2003

As a Coach Individual SportArena Coach of the Round: 2025–26 (Round 9 ), Ukrainian Premier League Coach of the Round: 2025–26 (Round 9 ),