User:Dimitry Shamootin

Professional soccer player

Dimitry Constantine Shamootin, head soccer coach of the Boys U-14 FC Tampa Rangers, Premier Division.

Was born and raised in Odessa, Ukraine. For 10 years Dimitry attended the youth academy of the Ukrainian Premier Football League club FC Chornomorets Odesa whose colors he represented until 1990. The same year, he moved to San Francisco, CA where he successfully became a member of the San Francisco United Soccer Club (SFUSC), which won the CA state cup, and the team became a runner up in the National Cup Final under the patronage of general manager/owner Tom Simpson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Seals_(soccer)#Early_Years

SFUSC later changed their name to San Francisco All Blacks and subsequently became SF Bay Seals after the decision to join professional US A-League was made. Some of the notable former teammates at SF Bay Seals who defended the colors of the US National Team were C.J. Brown who represented the country in the 2000 and 2004 World Cups. Troy Dayak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Dayak who had a very successful MLS career with the San Jose Earthquakes.

In 1992 Dimitry Shamootin was recruited and accepted full scholarship offer to become a member of the Lipscomb University menï¿½s soccer team in Nashville, TN where he played Striker/Midfielder from 1992-1997, and was  the captain of the team for 3 years. In 1994 he was recruited and joined the Nashville Metros soccer club which competed in the USISL indoor & USL outdoor semi-pro leagues. In 1998, after graduating from college, he was a member of the Nashville Metros outdoor professional team which competed in the A-League, and was a farm team for the Kansas City Wizards. The team advanced to the late rounds of the Lamar Hunt Cup beating Preki and the Kansas City Wizards but eventually losing in the semi final game to another MLS club.

In 1999 due to financial difficulties the club was dissolved. At that point, Dimitry decided to no longer pursue his professional career as a player, and took on coaching high school and armature soccer teams in the greater Nashville area. As a 1st year coach, he led the Jewish Community Center youth team to the 1st place in the state. Dimitry and his wife Haifa moved to Tampa Bay Area in 2003 where he worked as an assistant coach to Andy Hamami at the HC United Soccer Club U-13 girls.

He also have played and coached various Suncoast League amateur teams in the Tampa Bay Area.

In August 0f 2012 he was name a head coach of the U-15 Tampa Bay Juventus Rangers squad after working for 6 months as an assistant coach to the former NPSL Tampa Bay Rowdies great, Mike Connell. Currently, Dimitry Shamootin is a head coach of the Tampa Bay Rangers U-14 boys Premiere club.