Serhiy Nazarenko

Serhiy Nazarenko

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko
Date of birth	(1980-02-16) 16 February 1980
Place of birth	Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Team information
Current team	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Number	9
Youth career
	Sports school Zirka
	Sports boarding school (Dnipropetrovsk)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2011	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	266	(77)
2011–2014	FC Tavriya Simferopol	73	(17)
2014	FC Chornomorets Odesa	10	(1)
2015	FC Metalist Kharkiv	14	(1)
2016–	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	(0)
International career‡
2003–2012	Ukraine	56	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Yuriyovych and the family name is Nazarenko.

Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko (born 16 February 1980 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian football midfielder.

Club career

Serhiy Nazarenko first began his career his hometown of Kirovohrad in the then-Ukrainian Premier League club Zirka Kirovohrad. He made his move to Dnipro in 1997 and although he debuted for the main team on 3 October 1999, Nazarenko appeared for lower levels of the club until the 2002–03 season.

In 2006–07 season he received the best player award of the Ukrainian Premier League, according to a poll conducted by "Sport-Express" newspaper.

On 29 July, scoring two goals against FC Metalurh Donetsk, he became the top Dnipro's goalscorer in Ukrainian Premier League of all time with 32 goals, overtaking Oleh Venglinsky with 31.

He signed a 3-year contract with Tavriya Simferopol after his contract with Dnipro has expired. In the summer of 2014 Serhiy signed for club Chornomorets Odesa. On January 28th, 2015 it was reported that Serhiy Nazarenko has had his contract mutually terminated by Chornomorets Odesa.

International career

Serhiy Nazarenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team on 11 October 2003 in a match against Macedonia which ended in a 0–0 draw. On 11 February 2009 Serhiy Nazarenko scored a goal against Serbia in a friendly match. On 10 June 2009 his double was the essential to gain an important win over the team from Kazakhstan after trailing behind after the first 30 minutes into the game. At that his total goals scored was 10 which put him right behind Rebrov and Shevchenko in the list of top scorers on the Ukrainian national football team.

International goals

Serhiy Nazarenko: International goals
(as of 10 October 2009)

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 August 2005	Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	28 May 2006	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv	Costa Rica	1–0	4–0
3.	15 August 2006	Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv	Azerbaijan	2–0	6–0
4.	26 March 2008		Serbia	2–0	2–0
5.	1 June 2008	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm	Sweden	0–1	0–1
6.	10 September 2008	Ortaliq Stadium, Almaty	Kazakhstan	0–1	1-3	WC 2010 Qual
7.				1–3
8.	11 February 2009	GSP Stadium, Nicosia	Serbia	0–1	0-1	Friendly
9.	10 June 2009	Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv	Kazakhstan	1–1	2-1	WC 2010 Qual
10.				2–1
11.	10 October 2009	Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk	England	1–0	1-0
12.	11 November 2011	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv	Germany	3–1	3-3	Friendly

See also

• 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#Ukraine

External links

• Official team website