Daniil Vashchenko

Daniil Vashchenko
Personal information
Full name	Daniil Oleksandrovych Vashchenko
Date of birth	2 October 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Oleksandriya
Number	20
Youth career
2017–2022	Piddubny Olympic College
2022–2023	Oleksandriya
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–	Oleksandriya
International career‡
2023–2024	Ukraine U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2024

Daniil Vashchenko (Ukrainian: Данііл Олександрович Ващенко; born 2 October 2005) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oleksandriya in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Born in Artemivsk, Donetsk Oblast, but grew up in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Vashchenko began his career in the Piddubny Olympic College in Kyiv,^[1] then he continued in the Oleksandriya, joining it in August 2022, where he played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves.

He made his debut as a second half-time a substitute for Oleksandriya in the Ukrainian Premier League in a home match against Shakhtar Donetsk on 7 May 2023,^[2] and become the youngest player of this club to play in the Ukrainian top professional football league.^[1]

In March 2024, Vashchenko was called up by manager Dmytro Mykhaylenko to the final squad of the Ukraine national under-19 football team to play in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elit round matches.^[3]