During his career he played almost exclusively for FC Dynamo Kyiv. He earned 12 caps for the USSR national football team and was included in the squads for the 1982 (he did not play in any games there) and 1986 World Cups. He scored his only goal for USSR on 26 July 1983 in a friendly against East Germany. He scored a goal as Dynamo Kyiv won the 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.