Andriy Vorobei

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Andriy Vorobei
Personal information
Full name Andriy Vorobei
Date of birth November 29, 1978 (1978-11-29) (age 29)
Place of birth    Donetsk, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Number 11
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1997
1997-2007
2007-
Shakhtar Donetsk D2
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
75 (17)
219 (80)
13 (6)   
National team2
2000- Ukraine 65 (9)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 24, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 September 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobei (born November 29, 1978 in Donetsk, Donetsk oblast, Soviet Union) is a professional football forward. He currently plays as the captain of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as well as the Ukrainian national football team. In the 2000-01 season Vorobei was the leading scorer with 21 goals. He is a skillful forward.

[edit] Career

Andriy Vorobei was a member of Shakhtar Donetsk since 1995 and had amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League. He signed a 3 year contract with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on June 17, 2007.

He scored his first goal in European Competition for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup 2007/2008 season, in a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen, however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.

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Preceded by
Maksim Shatskikh
Ukrainian Premier League top scorer
2000-01
Succeeded by
Serhiy Shyschenko