Vasyl Kryvoruchko (Ukrainian: Василь Олександрович Криворучко; born 12 January 1980) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder, a well-known Kremenchuk sports journalist[1] and current head of public relations for Kolos Kovalivka.

Vasyl Kryvoruchko
Personal information
Full name Vasyl Oleksandrovych Kryvoruchko
Date of birth (1980-01-12) 12 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Svitlovodsk, Ukraine
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Zirka-2 Kirovohrad 6 (0)
1999–2002 Kremez 8 (0)
2003–2004 Kremin Kremenchuk 20 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Vasyl Kryvoruchko was born on 12 January 1980 in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine.[2] Between 1988 and 2000 he attended Gymnasium #4 and School #10. Kryvoruchko began playing football when he was six years old.[3]

Playing career

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Kryvoruchko played for Zirka-2 Kirovohrad in 1997–1998.[4] He later played for Kremez.[5] During the 2003–2004 he played for Kremin Kremenchuk where he scored ten goals in twenty-five appearances.[6][7] He continues to play at local level.[3]

After retirement

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Kryvoruchko became a sports journalist and wrote for various newspapers including Kremenchuk Sportyvnyi,[8] Kremenchuk Telegraf,[9]

He worked for Kremin Kremenchuk as head of press service,[10] HC Kremenchuk and BK Kremenchuk. He also managed amateur club FC Lukas.[2] From 2015 Kryvoruchko became a Kremin commentator while also covering hockey matches.[3] He also worked as a sports commentator in Kremenchuk Hromadske.[11] He also worked as a director for Kremin TV from 2015 to 2019. In July of 2019 he joined Kolos Kovalivka as head of their press service.[2]

Personal life

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Kryvoruchko has a son Oleh Kryvoruchko (born 10 November 2004)[12][13] who is a professional footballer for Kolos Kovalivka.

Honours

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Kremin

References

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  1. ^ Serdiuk, Vasyl (22 September 2016). "Спортивні вболівальниці вже готуються до "Солодкого Кременчук"" [Sports fans are already preparing for "Sweet Kremenchuk"]. kremen.today (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Анна Мельниченко — лучшая спортсменка Полтавщины-2013!" [Anna Melnychenko is the best athlete of Poltava Region-2013!]. sport.pl.ua (in Russian). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Valerko, Artur (15 January 2014). "Голоси нижчих ліг" [Voices of lower leagues]. football.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ Lander, Yurii (1999). Футбол в Украине 1997-1998 статистический ежигодник выпуск 7 [Football in Ukraine 1997-1998 statistical yearbook issue 7] (in Russian). pp. 208–209.
  5. ^ Lander, Yurii (2007). Футбол в Украине 2006-2007 статистический ежигодник выпуск 16 [Football in Ukraine 2006-2007 statistical yearbook issue 16] (in Russian). p. 350.
  6. ^ Pyrukhin n.d., p. 71.
  7. ^ Lomov & Stadnychenko 2009, p. 516.
  8. ^ Maizus, Stanislav (15 January 2014). "Анна Мельниченко — лучшая спортсменка Полтавщины-2013!" [Anna Melnychenko is the best athlete of Poltava Region-2013!]. sport.pl.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Полтавські журналісти – найкращі футболісти" [Poltava journalists are the best football players]. Zoria Poltavshchyny (in Ukrainian). 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ^ "ПФЛ провела семінар для керівників прес-служб клубів першої та другої ліг" [PFL held a seminar for heads of press services of clubs of the first and second leagues]. pfl.ua (in Russian). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ Shyfo, Stepan (5 April 2015). "Сергей Свистун начинает и... проигрывает" [Serhii Svystun starts and... loses]. sport.pl.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Чемпіонат Полтави: "Легіон" переміг ДЮФШ "Ворскла-2004"" [Championship of Poltava: "Lehion" defeated DYFSH "Vorskla-2004"]. topnews.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  13. ^ Vlasenko, Vladyslav (19 June 2019). "Пенальті, ляп, порушений регламент: "Алмаз" переграв ДЮФШ "Ворскла-2004" (відео)" [Penalty, blunder, violation of regulation: "Almaz" defeated "Vorskla-2004" DYFSH (video)]. sport.pl.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.

Sources

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  • Pyrukhin, Yurii (n.d.), МФК "Кремень" Кременчуг 2003-2005 [MFC "Kremin" Kremenchuk 2003-2005] (in Russian), Kremenchuk
  • Lomov, Anatolii; Stadnychenko, Oleksandr (2009), 100 Років Полтавському Футболу [100 Years of Poltava Football] (in Ukrainian), Poltava: Poltava, ISBN 978-966-97035-0-7
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