Oleksandr Melashchenko

Oleksandr Melaschenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Мелащенко; born 13 December 1978) is a Ukrainian footballer. He played as a striker.

Oleksandr Melaschenko
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Petrovych Melaschenko
Date of birth (1978-12-13) 13 December 1978
Place of birth Poltava, Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ukraine U21 (assistant coach)
Youth career
Vorskla Poltava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Vorskla Poltava 53 (10)
1997–2000 → Vorskla-2 Poltava (loan) 50 (17)
2001–2003 Dynamo Kyiv 56 (19)
2001–2003 → Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) 28 (16)
2004–2006 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 58 (13)
2004 → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2009 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 50 (4)
2010 Metalurh Zaporizhia 0 (0)
2010–2013 Nove Zhyttya Andriivka 22 (17)
2015 Dynamo Reshetylivka 1 (0)
International career‡
2000–2003 Ukraine 16 (3)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Nove Zhyttya Andriivka
2016– Ukraine U21 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 July 2009

Career

In 2013, he played for FC Nove Zhyttya in the Poltava Oblast league. His previous clubs include Vorskla Poltava, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and ended his professional career with Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. In 2001, playing for Dynamo Kyiv, he was voted as the third best Ukrainian Footballer of the Year, after Andriy Shevchenko, and Hennady Zubov.

Melaschenko has made 16 appearances for the Ukraine national football team,[1] and participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds.

References
  1. Arnhold, Matthias & Mamrud, Roberto (28 August 2009). "Ukraine – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 August 2009.


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