Andriy Yarmolenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian football winger or forward who currently plays for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukraine national team.
Yarmolenko has been a full international for Ukraine since 2009, scoring 29 goals in more than 60 matches and playing at UEFA Euro 2012 and Euro 2016.

Yarmolenko's parents, native Ukrainians, were originally from Kulykivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. After marrying, his mother was offered a job in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, and moved there, later joined by her husband. Shortly after the birth of Andriy, the family moved back to their native land, to the city of Chernihiv.

Early career

Yarmolenko is a pupil of the Chernihiv youth system. He joined the Dynamo Kyiv Youth Academy at age 13. However, he returned to Chernihiv after a year, unable to endure the physical demands of training. At the start of his professional career, he played at local clubs Polissia and Desna Chernihiv before joining Dynamo again.

Dynamo Kyiv

In December 2006, Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, where he joined its second team, Dynamo-2, which plays in lower leagues, for a couple of seasons. The talented youngster was praised as the "new Sheva" by journalists, who noted his qualities of good physique, shot and especially his speed. The then vice-president of Dynamo, Yozhef Sabo, also praised the youngster, saying, "Yarmolenko has all the makings to become a top-level player."

On 11 May 2008, Yarmolenko debuted for Dynamo's first team in an away match against Vorskla Poltava and scored the winning goal in Kyiv's 1–2 victory. 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.

Rivalry with Taras Stepanenko

In a match in October 2015, Yarmolenko committed a dangerous challenge which almost broke Shakhtar Donetsk player Taras Stepanenko's leg. The two reconciled after the game and exchanged jerseys, but afterwards Yarmolenko threw Stepanenko's shirt on the ground while he thanked the Dynamo fans. In the

Shakhtar–Dynamo derby in April 2016, after the former won 3–0, Stepanenko stepped in front of the Dynamo fans kissing his Shakhtar badge. In a brawl that escalated, Yarmolenko kicked and beat Stepanenko to the ground.

Yarmolenko playing against Sweden at UEFA Euro 2012

On 11 August 2007 Yaromolenko represented Ukraine under-19 team in an away exhibition game against Japan, winning 1–0. He also participated in the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.

After the qualification on 10 October 2008, Yarmolenko was invited to the under-21 squad which played against the Netherlands. He later participated in qualification and finals of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

On 5 September 2009, in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Andorra, Yarmolenko made his first senior appearance for Ukraine and scored in a 5–0 win. On 2 September 2011, in an international friendly against Uruguay in Kharkiv, Yarmolenko set a national team record by scoring 14 seconds into the match, the fastest time in which a Ukraine national team player has scored a goal.

Yarmolenko scored a hat-trick on 15 November 2014, netting all of Ukraine's goals in a 3–0 victory away to Luxembourg in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. In November 2015, Yarmolenko scored in both legs of Ukraine's 3–1 play-off victory over Slovenia to qualify the nation for Euro 2016 final stages. Yarmolenko was subsequently included in Ukraine's squad for Euro 2016, where he played in all three matches as Ukraine failed to score and finished bottom of the group.

Club

As of 6 December 2016

International

As of 15 November 2016

International goals

Scores and results lists Ukraine's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	5 September 2009	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine	Andorra	1–0	5–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[1]
2.	14 October 2009	Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andora	Andorra	6–0	6–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[2]
3.	17 November 2010	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–1	2-2	Friendly	[3]
4.	2 September 2011	Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Uruguay	1–0	2–3	Friendly	[4]
5.	7 October 2011	Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Bulgaria	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[5]
6.	11 November 2011	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	Germany	1–0	3–3	Friendly	[6]
7.	29 February 2012	HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, Israel	Israel	3–1	3–2	Friendly	[7]
8.	28 May 2012	Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria	Estonia	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[8]
9.	6 February 2013	Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain	Norway	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[9]
10.	22 March 2013	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Poland	1–0	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
11.	26 March 2013	Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa, Ukraine	Moldova	1–0	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[11]
12.	11 October 2013	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	Poland	1–0	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
13.	15 October 2013	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	5–0	8–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[13]
14.	15 November 2013	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	France	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[14]
15.	5 March 2014	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	United States	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[15]
16.	15 November 2014	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	[16]
17.				2–0
18.				3–0
19.	31 March 2015	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Latvia	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[17]
20.	5 September 2015	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Belarus	2–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	[18]
21.	14 November 2015	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Slovenia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs	[19]
22.	17 November 2015	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs	[20]
23.	28 March 2016	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	Wales	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[21]
24.	29 May 2016	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy	Romania	4–1	4–3	Friendly	[22]
25.	3 June 2016	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo, Italy	Albania	2–1	3–1	Friendly	[23]
26.	5 September 2016	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine	Iceland	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[24]
27.	6 October 2016	Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
28.	9 October 2016	Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium, Kraków, Poland	Kosovo	2–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[26]
29.	15 November 2016	Metalist Oblast Sports Complex, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Serbia	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[27]

Club

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League (3): 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Ukrainian Cup (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
• Ukrainian Super Cup (4): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016

Individual

• Ukrainian Cup Top scorer: 2008–09
• Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year (2) : 2011, 2014
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
• UEFA Europa League Top assists: 2014–15