Sergi Daniv

{{short description|Ukrainian soccer midfielder and coach|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Family name hatnote|Zenoviiovych|Daniv|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | image =  | name = Sergi Daniv | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|02|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kalush, Ukraine|Kalush]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Ukraine]]) | height = 5 ft 7 in | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]] | collegeyears1 = 1995–1998 | college1 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer|Wake Forest Demon Deacons]] | years1 = 1991 | years2 = 1992–1993 | years3 = 1999–2000 | years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = [[FC Skala Stryi (1911)|Karpaty Kamianka-Buzka]] | clubs2 = [[FC Skala Stryi (1911)|Skala Stryi]] | clubs3 = [[Dallas Burn]] | clubs4 = [[Chicago Fire Soccer Club|Chicago Fire]] | caps1 = 1 | caps2 = 31 | caps3 = 31 | caps4 = 22 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 3 | manageryears1 = 2009–2010 | manageryears2 = 2010–2012 | manageryears3 = 2012– | managerclubs1 = [[UIC Flames men's soccer|UIC Flames]] ''(assistant)'' | managerclubs2 = [[Chicago United FC]] | managerclubs3 = [[Raiders FC]] }}

'''Sergi Zenoviiovych Daniv'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|Сергій Зеновійович Данів|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Serhii Zenoviiovych Daniv}}}}}} (born October 2, 1975) is a [[soccer]] [[midfielder]] and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]. Daniv has spent most of his career in the United States.

Born in [[Kalush, Ukraine|Kalush]], [[Ukraine]], Daniv spent his senior year of high school in [[Philadelphia]] where he completed his college admissions test. He attended [[Wake Forest University]], where he was an All-American for the university's soccer team in 1995, 1996 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|title=Feeling right at home|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-03-30-0103300222-story.html|author=Foltman, Bob|date=March 30, 2001|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> He was a U-14, U-15, and U-16 USSR National Soccer Team player before heading to Winston-Salem, N.C. to play for the Demon Deacons. In addition to his three All-America honors, Daniv was an All-ACC First Team pick in both 1996 and 1998 and an All-ACC Second Team selection as a freshman in 1995. He also garnered All-South Region accolades during those three seasons. He appeared in 45 matches for the Burn and the Fire from 1999 until 2004, making 37 starts along the way. Daniv helped the Burn advance to the 1999 [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] Western Conference Finals, a year in which he was a candidate for league Rookie of the Year honors, and had a 2001 campaign for the Fire in which he posted seven points in 14 matches.

Daniv joined [[John Trask (soccer)|John Trask]]'s coaching staff at the [[UIC Flames men's soccer]] team in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergi Daniv Joins Men's Soccer Coaching Staff |url=https://uicflames.com/news/2009/7/30/Sergi_Daniv_Joins_Men_s_Soccer_Coaching_Staff |website=UICFlames.com |publisher=[[UIC Flames]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{LinkedIn page|in/sergi-daniv-43481561}} * {{MLS player|sergi-daniv}} * {{FFU player|39283}} * {{FootballFacts.ru|}}

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