Valery Shiryaev
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Valeri Shiryayev
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|8|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 187
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
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| EHC Biel
| HC Davos
| EV Zug
| SC Bern
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| ntl_team = USSR
| ntl_team_2 = Ukraine
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| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 2009
2013–2016
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Valery Viktorovych Shiryaev ({{langx|uk|Вале́рій Ві́кторович Ширя́єв}}; born 28 August 1963) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Sokil Kyiv and was named top defenceman in the Soviet League in 1990 and 1991. He won a gold medal in the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships for the Soviet Union. Later, he played for Ukraine in several World Championships and at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was named best defenceman at the 1995 C1 Pool World Championships.
He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
External links
- [http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio]
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Genève-Servette HC players
Category:HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Ukraine
Category:Ice hockey players from Kharkiv
Category:Soviet ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ukrainian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ukrainian ice hockey coaches
Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
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