Dmitry Dmitrievich Selyuk began his professional career as a football agent in 1991, when he helped the player of the St. Petersburg “Zenith” Yuri Zheludkov go to the Israeli “Maccabi”. Dmitry’s assistant in this difficult transaction for him was Selyuk’s old acquaintance, Moshe Prince, who at that time lived in Israel. Surprisingly, Selyuk agreed with the leadership of the new club on a salary of about 100 thousand dollars, while in St. Petersburg Zheludkov received no more than two thousand. This transfer immediately raised Seluk's authority in the eyes of many football players.
Activities
Dmitry himself is currently working with African countries; he also has good relations with Belgium. The fact is that Selyuk lived in Belgium, where he moved in the wake of transfer success at the beginning of the 21st century. After that he moved to the capital of Catalonia.
Start
It is in Barcelona that the football agent Dmitry Selyuk conducts all major transactions with all his players. He has an excellent relationship with the current leadership of Barcelona, and he also maintains relations with the leaders of Real Madrid. As mentioned earlier, Selyuk works mainly with football players born on the African continent, who are then employed in European championships. The list of his clients now contains a little more than 50 players.
According to rumors, Dmitry Selyuk was involved in the failed transfer of Andrei Arshavin to Barcelona and the unsuccessful transfer of Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic to Shakhtar Donetsk. On the recommendation of Selyuk, the famous coach Yuri Semin began his work in Dynamo Kyiv when the first managed to persuade the current president of Kiev. Also Dmitry Selyuk was involved in organizing friendly tournaments between Zenit, CSKA and Dynamo Kyiv.
Selyuk does not have official permission from FIFA to make transfers. According to him, he does not take any money from football players and does not conclude formal agreements on employment. For a long career, many famous athletes have collaborated with Selyuk, such as Yaya Toure, Sani Keita, Lasina Traore and Francisco Zuela. By the way, Yaya Toure currently plays for the most famous English club Manchester City and is one of the highest paid players in the world. Dmitry Selyuk often advocates the abolition of the limit on legionnaires in the championships of the post-Soviet space, for which he is criticized by senior leaders.
Metallurg (Donetsk)
Selyuk worked as vice president of one of the most famous Ukrainian clubs - Donetsk Metallurg. Under his leadership, the club took bronze medals of the national championship three times and successfully performed in the European cup arena. Selyuk during his work in the Donetsk club invited many famous players and coaches for the Ukrainian national championship.
Despite the fact that in 2007 the general director of Metallurg was heading for the rejuvenation and Ukrainization of the team, at least 24 foreigners who were attracted by Selyuk during the transfer windows entered the field for the entire current season. In early 2008, he decides to leave the club and unilaterally terminates the contract with the “Donetsk”. Following Dmitry, the team left several key players, which were the key to the success of “Metallurg”. After leaving, one of the owners of the club admitted that Selyuk's activity was aimed at clogging the team with all kinds of rubbish.
Tavria
In mid-autumn, Dmitry Selyuk again tries himself as vice president, but only as part of the Simferopol Tavria. In his opening speech, he said that Tavria will develop a youth base, reconstruct the stadium and engage in a competent transfer policy.
Even before signing the contract and publishing his photo on the team’s website, Dmitry Selyuk employed two clients in the club, and before closing he attracted another Nigerian. Due to the limit, the team urgently left two key players with a Ukrainian passport. Throughout the season, the composition of the “Black Sea” left about 15 Ukrainian players, including absolutely the entire composition of the youth team.
At the end of the season, Dmitry Selyuk said that the responsibility for the poor and unsuccessful development of the club lies entirely with the club's president, Sergey Kunitsyn. Due to the conflict, Selyuk repeatedly presented claims to him. When the conflict reached a critical point, Kunitsyn discovered the truth: Selyuk for the entire season of the Tavria operation had nothing to do with the club, because there was no official conclusion of the contract. He also noted that Selyuk created a tense atmosphere in the team, which is why some of the players felt uncomfortable. In response to these allegations, the football agent said that the president wasted his finances, which greatly affected the development of the club. At the end of December 2011, the conflict was resolved.
Personal life
Dmitry Selyuk is married and raising his son with his wife Victoria. A football agent suffers from a fear of flying.