Serhiy Serhiyovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Кравченко; born 24 April 1983) is a Ukrainian retired professional football midfielder and current coach.
 Kravchenko with Ukraine in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Serhiyovych Kravchenko | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Donetsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Oleksandriya (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 56 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 39 | (7) |
| 2005 | Qarabağ | 12 | (3) |
| 2006–2008 | Vorskla Poltava | 80 | (14) |
| 2009 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | (2) |
| 2010–2017 | Dnipro | 117 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | → Volyn Lutsk (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Dnipro-1 | 74 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Chornomorets Odesa | 36 | (2) |
| Total | 450 | (50) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Ukraine | 10 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023– | Oleksandriya (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Ukraine Olympic (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023 | |||
Career
editKravchenko began his career in the Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and youth team in 2002.
Qarabağ
editFor the 2005–06 season, where he played for Qarabağ FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League. His club finished fifth at the end of the season.
Vorskla Poltava
editKravchenko moved to Vorskla Poltava in March 2006. There, when new coach Mykola Pavlov arrived in 2007, Kravchenko began to shine exceptionally.
In the 2007–08 season, the team finished 8th in the Ukrainian Premier League, which was its best result since the 1999–2000 season.
In the first half of the 2008–09 season, Vorksla made it the semifinals of the Ukrainian Cup which was their highest result in that competition ever. The team was also 4th in the league table. Kravchenko contributed scored 4 goals in 17 matches as well as several assists during this part of the season.
Dynamo Kyiv
editOn 28 July 2008, he officially signed with Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv, but there is still questions when he will join them in the summer or in the winter when he becomes a free agent. Kravchenko will be entirely owned by the club on 28 January 2009, as reported by the Dynamo Kyiv official website.[1]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
editOn 23 December 2009 Kravchenko was sold to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.[2]
Volyn Lustk
editOn 6 July 2014 after his contract ran up with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, free agent Serhiy Kravchenko made a transfer to Ukrainian Premier League club Volyn Lutsk.
International
editKravchenko has been a regular for the Ukraine national football team with head coach Oleksiy Mykhailychenko since teammate Oleh Husiev got injured. He was called with four other newcomers.[3] He made the most of it when he scored the winning goal in a friendly against Poland.
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 August 2008 | Ukraina Stadium, Lviv |  Poland |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Personal life
editKravchenko is married to Tetiana. His father is Ukrainian football player and football coach Serhiy Kravchenko. His older brother is Ukrainian racecar driver – Andriy Kravchenko. He greatly admires French star Zinedine Zidane.[4]
Honors
editUEFA Europa League runner-up (1) 2014–15
References
edit- ^ Сергей Кравченко подписал контракт с "Динамо" 28 July 2008
- ^ "Кравченко и Мандзюк – игроки "Днепра" (Kravchenko and Mandziuk – Dnipro players)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ Mykhailychenko named the squad – Sportunion.blox.ua (in Russian) 16–05–08
- ^ Serhiy Kravchenko: "In Poltava they said that I wasn't Ukrainian". – Interview of Kravchenko and his wife at their new Kyiv home, Guru.ua (in Russian)
External links
edit- Kravchenko's Profile on the Dynamo Kyiv website
- Serhiy Kravchenko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Serhiy Kravchenko at Soccerway
- Serhiy Kravchenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Serhiy Kravchenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
