Andriy Yarmolenko
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Andriy Mykolaiovich Yarmolenko ' onMouseout='HidePop("30149")' href="/topics/Russia">Russia
) is a Ukrainian
football forward
for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League
and the Ukraine national football team
.
. When he was three years old, his family permanently moved to the Ukrainian
city of Chernihiv
. He is a pupil of the Kiev
youth system, playing the youth club Lokomotiv-ONIKS.
Yarmolenko joined the Dynamo Kyiv Youth Academy at 13. However, he returned back to Chernihiv
after a year, unable to endure the physical demands of training.
. The talented youngster was praised as the "new Sheva
" by journalists, who noted his qualities of good physique, shot, and especially his speed. Then-vice-president of Dynamo, Yozhef Sabo
, also praised the youngster, saying that "[Yarmolenko] has all the makings to become a top-lever player."
On 11 May 2008 Yarmolenko debuted for Dynamo's main team in an away match against Vorskla Poltava and scored the winning goal in Kyiv's 1-2 victory. He scored 7 goals in 21 games in his first season and 11 in 19 in his second. He is now regularly used as a left or centre forward. Shaktar Donetsk bid 8 Million pounds for him in 2009 and Napoli 10 Million pounds in 2010.
Russia
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) is a Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
football forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
and the Ukraine national football team
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...
.
Early life and career
Yarmolenko was born in Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. When he was three years old, his family permanently moved to the Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
city of Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast , as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast...
. He is a pupil of the Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
youth system, playing the youth club Lokomotiv-ONIKS.
Yarmolenko joined the Dynamo Kyiv Youth Academy at 13. However, he returned back to Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast , as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast...
after a year, unable to endure the physical demands of training.
Dynamo Kyiv
Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv in December 2006 where he was placed in Dynamo-2FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kiev , Ukraine. The club was inaugurated in 1946. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian First League, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, being a reserve team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise...
. The talented youngster was praised as the "new Sheva
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...
" by journalists, who noted his qualities of good physique, shot, and especially his speed. Then-vice-president of Dynamo, Yozhef Sabo
Yozhef Sabo
Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo is a former Soviet football player of Hungarian ethnicity-Club:Szabó made his name as a player at Dynamo Kyiv, appearing at the club from 1959 to 1969...
, also praised the youngster, saying that "[Yarmolenko] has all the makings to become a top-lever player."
On 11 May 2008 Yarmolenko debuted for Dynamo's main team in an away match against Vorskla Poltava and scored the winning goal in Kyiv's 1-2 victory. He scored 7 goals in 21 games in his first season and 11 in 19 in his second. He is now regularly used as a left or centre forward. Shaktar Donetsk bid 8 Million pounds for him in 2009 and Napoli 10 Million pounds in 2010.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer.... |
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Desna Chernihiv FC Desna Chernihiv SFC Desna Chernihiv are a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. Desna was formed in 1960 under the name of Avanhard Chernihiv. Between 1961-75 the club was called Desna... |
2006-07 Ukrainian First League 2006-07 -Teams:In 2006-07 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:* FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk withdrew from the League, which in turn saved FC Spartak Sumy from relegation.... |
8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kiev , Ukraine. The club was inaugurated in 1946. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian First League, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, being a reserve team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise... |
2006-07 Ukrainian First League 2006-07 -Teams:In 2006-07 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final table:* FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk withdrew from the League, which in turn saved FC Spartak Sumy from relegation.... |
15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
2007-08 Ukrainian First League 2007-08 -Teams:In 2007-08 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:-Final standings:*Notes-Promoted teams:These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:-Group A:... |
22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | |
Total | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | |
Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08 The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of matches were played on 26... |
10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
2009–10 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
2010–11 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League The 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 20th since its establishment and third since its reorganization. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 5th league title... |
26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 15 | |
2011–12 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League -Stadiums:The following stadiums were used during the season.-Managers and captains:- Managerial changes :-League table:Note: On 12 August 2010, the Football Federation of Ukraine punished Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv for fixing a match in 2008; both teams were handed a fine and deducted nine... |
19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | |
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|67|42 | |7 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 40 | |||
Total | 128 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 54 | |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 September 2009 | Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
5-0 | Won | WC 2010 Qual Group 6 | |
2. | 14 October 2009 | Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella is the capital of the Co-principality of Andorra, and is located high in the east Pyrenees between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parish that surrounds the capital.... , Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of... |
0-6 | Won | WC 2010 Qual Group 6 | |
3. | 17 November 2010 | Geneva Geneva Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
2-2 | Draw | Friendly | |
4. | 2 September 2011 | Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was... , Ukraine |
2-3 | Lost | Friendly | |
5. | 7 October 2011 | Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... , Ukraine |
3-0 | Won | Freindly | |
6. | 11 November 2011 | Kiev, Ukraine | 3-3 | Draw | Friendly |