The first match in the championship of Ukraine was played on 3 May 1992 in the 13th round of the Ukrainian First League against Sumy "Motorist" (2–1 loss).

He made his debut in the major leagues on 15 September 1996 in a match against Dnipro (4–0 loss).

In 14 games of the 1996–97 championship, in which Desna Chernihiv took first place in Group "A" of the Ukrainian Second League, missed 1 goal.

In the summer of 2009, during 6 rounds of the Ukrainian championship, he acted as head coach due to the fact that Desna Chernihiv did not sign a contract with Oleksandr Ryabokon.

[4] Yuriy Ovcharov together with head coach Oleksandr Ryabokon transferred to Lviv.