Pavlo Shkapenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidovych and the family name is Shkapenko.

Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko (Ukrainian: Павло Леонідович Шкапенко; 16 December 1972 – 17 April 2023) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Pavlo Shkapenko

Personal information
Full name	Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko
Date of birth	(1972-12-16)16 December 1972
Place of birth	Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	17 April 2023(2023-04-17) (aged 50)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Transformator Zaporizhzhia
	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	19	(4)
1992–1998	Dynamo Kyiv	121	(33)
1995–1998	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	45	(13)
1998	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	5	(2)
1998	CSKA Kyiv	14	(2)
1998	→ CSKA-2 Kyiv	1	(1)
1999	Uralan Elista	1	(0)
1999–2001	Torpedo Moscow	35	(5)
2000	→ Torpedo-2 Moscow	2	(0)
2001	Shinnik Yaroslavl	16	(8)
2002	Tom Tomsk	23	(6)
2003–2004	Kuban Krasnodar	14	(0)
Total		296	(74)
International career
1993–1997	Ukraine	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Shkapenko made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1990 for FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.

Death

Shkapenko died on 17 April 2023, at the age of 50.

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
• Ukrainian Cup winner: 1993, 1996.
• 17 games, 2 goals in European club competitions, including 1 game for FC Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup 2000–01.

External links

• Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko – International Appearances
• Pavlo Shkapenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Pavlo Shkapenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)