Andriy Demchenko Explained

Andriy Demchenko
Fullname:Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko
Birth Date:1976 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height:1.82 m
Currentclub:Dinamo Batumi (Manager)
Position:Attacking midfielder, forward
Years1:1992–1994
Clubs1:CSKA Moscow
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1992–1994
Clubs2:CSKA-d Moscow
Caps2:53
Goals2:19
Years4:1995–1998
Clubs4:Ajax
Caps4:4
Goals4:0
Years6:1997
Clubs6:CSKA Moscow (loan)
Caps6:9
Goals6:2
Years8:1998–2006
Clubs8:Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Caps8:186
Goals8:46
Years9:1998–2006
Clubs9:Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia
Caps9:11
Goals9:1
Years10:2000
Clubs10:SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Caps10:1
Goals10:2
Years11:2007–2008
Clubs11:Illichivets Mariupol
Caps11:18
Goals11:4
Years12:2008–2009
Clubs12:Obolon Kyiv
Caps12:23
Goals12:2
Years13:2009
Clubs13:Dacia Chişinău
Caps13:1
Goals13:0
Years14:2010
Clubs14:Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Caps14:1
Goals14:0
Years15:2010
Clubs15:Helios Kharkiv
Caps15:11
Goals15:0
Nationalyears1:1994
Nationalteam1:Russia U19
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:1995
Nationalteam2:Russia U20
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:1995–1997
Nationalteam3:Russia U21
Nationalcaps3:14
Nationalgoals3:7
Manageryears1:2012–2015
Managerclubs1:Metalurh Zaporizhya (youth)
Manageryears2:2017–2018
Managerclubs2:Obod
Manageryears3:2018
Managerclubs3:Veres Rivne (caretaker)
Manageryears4:2018
Managerclubs4:Lviv
Manageryears5:2019–2020
Managerclubs5:Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Manageryears6:2021–2023
Managerclubs6:Dila Gori
Manageryears7:2023–
Managerclubs7:Dinamo Batumi

Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko (Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who manages Georgian club Dinamo Batumi. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

Club career

Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhzhia where his first coach (trainer) was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn. When Demchenko turned 13, his new trainer was Anatoliy Vasyleha who coached him before Demchenko moved to Moscow. During his teenage years Demchenko was spotted by Gennadiy Kostylev, a Soviet Union national team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.

At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. At Ajax, Demchenko mostly sat on the bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhzhia where he joined Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.

Honours

Player

Ajax

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