Taras Stepanenko

Taras Stepanenko
Personal information

Full name	Taras Mykolayovych Stepanenko
Date of birth	8 August 1989 (1989-08-08) (age 22)
Place of birth	Velyka Novosilka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2003	FC Torpedo-Kosmos Zaporizhia
2003	FC Arsenal Kharkiv
2003–2004	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
2004–2006	Kosmos Zaporizhia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006	FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhya	16	(1)
2007–2010	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	79	(1)
2010–	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	15	(0)
National team^‡
2008	Ukraine-19	4	(0)
2007–	Ukraine-21	22	(1)
2010-	Ukraine	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2011

Taras Stepanenko (Ukrainian: Тарас Миколайович Степаненко; born 8 August 1989 in Velyka Novosilka,^[1] Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian footballer, who is currently playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

Career

On 11 May 2010 the midfielder signed for FC Shakhtar Donetsk a five-year deal and left FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.^[2]

He is captain of Ukraine national under-21 football team. On 17 November 2010, he made his debut for the senior side in the 2:2 draw with Switzerland in a friendly match.

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

Persondata
Name	Stepanenko, Taras
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 August 1989
Place of birth	Velyka Novosilka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death