Dmytro Chygrynskiy

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Dmytro Anatoliyovych Chyhrynskyi (born on November 7, 1986 in Iziaslav, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays at centre-back for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and at the international level for the Ukrainian National Football Team. He has recently emerged as a leading player in both team's defensive plans.

[edit] Early life

Chyhrynskyi was born in Iziaslav, Ukraine. He was a player in the Karpaty Lviv youth system before moving to Donetsk at the age of 14, completing his development at the Shakhtar academy^[1].

[edit] Club career

Chyhrynskyi earned his first cap in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2004, at the age of 17. In 2005, he was loaned out to Ukrainian club Metalurh Zaporizhzhya, where he experienced continuous top flight football. After a successful stint at Metalurh, Dmytro was brought back to Donetsk, where he has stayed since. He quickly emerged as a consistent defender and a leading figure, and first experienced Champions League football when coming on as a substitute against Barcelona during the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League. The young player cemented a starting position at the team in the 2006/2007 season, by the end of which, at the age of 20, he captained Shakhtar in the Ukrainian Cup final against Dynamo Kyiv in the absence of regular captain Francelino Matuzalem.

During the 2007/2008 season, Chyhrynskyi was selected as the vice-captain of the team. During the season, he was voted man of the match in the 2-0 win over rivals Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup final. Also in the same season he won the Ukrainian Premier League with Shakhtar.

[edit] National team

After a successful 2005/2006 season, Chyhrynskiy was called up to the Ukrainian 2006 World Cup squad by coach Oleg Blokhin, following the injury to Serhiy Fedorov. Shortly before the World Cup, Chyhrynskiy was a member of the Ukraine U21 team which finished as runners-up in the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006. Showing impressive form during the championship, he was selected as a member of the team of the tournament by UEFA ^[2]. Although set to be a starter in Ukraine's World Cup campaign, Chyhrynskiy picked an injury during the closing stages of U21 competition which forced him out of the entire forthcoming tournament^[3].

Following his recovery from Injury, Chyhrynskiy established himself as a started for the Ukrainian football team in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

[edit] References

1. ^ uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - Players - chygrynskiy
2. ^ uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship - News & Features - News specific
3. ^ Ôóòáîëüíûé êëóá «Øàõòåð» | Îôèöèàëüíûé ñàéò

[edit] External links

• Shaktar Donetsk profile

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