Serhiy Nazarenko

Serhiy Nazarenko
Personal information
Full nameSerhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko
Date of birth16 February 1980
Place of birthKirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionAttacking Midfielder/Winger
Club information
Current team
FC Metalist Kharkiv
Youth career
Sports school Zirka
Sports boarding school (Dnipropetrovsk)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2011FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk266(77)
2011–2014FC Tavriya Simferopol73(17)
2014FC Chornomorets Odesa10(1)
2015–FC Metalist Kharkiv
National team‡
2003–2012Ukraine56(12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Yuriyovych and the family name is Nazarenko.

Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko (born 16 February 1980 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian football midfielder for FC Metalist Kharkiv.

Club career

Serhiy Nazarenko first began his career his hometown of Kirovohrad in the then-Ukrainian Premier League club Zirka Kirovohrad. He made his move to Dnipro in 1997 and although he debuted for the main team on 3 October 1999, Nazarenko appeared for lower levels of the club until the 2002–03 season.[1]

In 2006–07 season he received the best player award of the Ukrainian Premier League, according to a poll conducted by "Sport-Express" newspaper.

On 29 July, scoring two goals against FC Metalurh Donetsk, he became the top Dnipro's goalscorer in Ukrainian Premier League of all time with 32 goals, overtaking Oleh Venglinsky with 31.

He signed a 3-year contract with Tavriya Simferopol after his contract with Dnipro has expired.[2]In the summer of 2014 Serhiy signed for club Chornomorets Odesa. On January 28th, 2015 it was reported that Serhiy Nazarenko has had his contract mutually terminated by Chornomorets Odesa.

International career

Serhiy Nazarenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team on 11 October 2003 in a match against Macedonia which ended in a 0:0 draw.[1] On 11 February 2009 Serhiy Nazarenko scored a goal against Serbia in a friendly match. On 10 June 2009 his double was the essential to gain an important win over the team from Kazakhstan after trailing behind after the first 30 minutes into the game. At that his total amount of goals scored became 10 which put him right behind Rebrov and Shevchenko in the list of top scorers on the Ukrainian national football team.

International goals

Serhiy Nazarenko: International Goals
(as of 10 October 2009)
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 August 2005 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv  Serbia and Montenegro 2–0 2-1 Friendly
2. 28 May 2006 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv  Costa Rica 1–0 4-0
3. 15 August 2006 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv  Azerbaijan 2–0 6-0
4. 26 March 2008  Serbia 2–0 2-0
5. 1 June 2008 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Sweden 0–1 0-1
6. 10 September 2008 Ortaliq Stadium, Almaty  Kazakhstan 0–1 1-3 WC 2010 Qual
7. 1–3
8. 11 February 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia  Serbia 0–1 0-1 Friendly
9. 10 June 2009 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv  Kazakhstan 1–1 2-1 WC 2010 Qual
10. 2–1
11. 10 October 2009 Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk  England 1–0 1-0
12. 11 November 2011 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv  Germany 3–1 3-3 Friendly

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Profile on official website of FC Dnipro – (Russian)
  2. ↑ http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4dfdbef2.html

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