Andriy Yarmolenko

Andriy Yarmolenko

Personal information
Full name	Andriy Mykolaiovich Yarmolenko
Date of birth	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 22)
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward / Left winger
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	9
Youth career
2004–2006	Desna Chernihiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	Desna Chernihiv	8	(4)
2007–2008	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	37	(8)
2008–	Dynamo Kyiv	84	(30)
National team‡
2007–2008	Ukraine-19	15	(5)
2008–2011	Ukraine-21	16	(3)
2009–	Ukraine	20	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 December 2010

Andriy Mykolaiovich Yarmolenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a Ukrainian football forward for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukraine national football team. He is left-footed.

Career

Early life and career

Yarmolenko was born in Saint Petersburg. When he was three years old, his family permanently moved to the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.^[1] He is a pupil of the Kiev youth system, playing the youth club Lokomotiv-ONIKS.^[2]

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.^[1]

Dynamo Kyiv

Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv in December 2006 where he was placed in Dynamo-2. 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."^[2][3]

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.^[4] 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. He has been strongly linked with Italian giants AC Milan after reportedly being recommended by former AC Milan star and national team mate Andriy Shevchenko.

Career statistics

As of 08 January 2012

International goals

Andriy Yarmolenko: International Goals
(as of 29 February 2012)

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2009	Kiev, Ukraine	Andorra	5-0	Won	WC 2010 Qual Group 6
2.	14 October 2009	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	0-6	Won	WC 2010 Qual Group 6
3.	17 November 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	2-2	Draw	Friendly
4.	2 September 2011	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Uruguay	2-3	Lost	Friendly
5.	7 October 2011	Kiev, Ukraine	Bulgaria	3-0	Won	Friendly
6.	11 November 2011	Kiev, Ukraine	Germany	3-3	Draw	Friendly
7.	29 February 2012	Petah Tikva, Israel	Israel	3-2	Won	Friendly

References

External links

• Andriy Yarmolenko at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile on Official Dynamo Website

v t e Ukraine squad – 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Kanibolotskiy 2 Butko 3 Selin 4 Rakitskiy 5 Putivtsev 6 Vitsenets 7 Konoplyanka 8 Stepanenko 9 Morozyuk 10 Zozulya 11 Yarmolenko 12 Boyko 13 Partsvaniya 14 Holodyuk 15 Kryvtsov 16 Bilyi 17 Chesnakov 18 Kurylov 19 Harmash 20 Matviyiv 21 Fedorchuk 22 Kravets 23 Nepohodov Coach: Yakovenko

v t e Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Koval 2 Selin 3 Khacheridi 4 Tymoshchuk 5 Kucher 6 Harmash 7 Shevchenko (c) 8 Aliyev 9 Husyev 10 Voronin 11 Yarmolenko 12 Pyatov 13 Shevchuk 14 Rotan 15 Milevskiy 16 Seleznyov 17 Mykhalyk 18 Nazarenko 19 Konoplyanka 20 Rakitskiy 21 Butko 22 Devych 23 Horyainov Coach: Blokhin