| Oleksandr Melaschenko | |
| Fullname: | Oleksandr Petrovych Melaschenko |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Poltava, Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Ukraine U21 (assistant coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Vorskla Poltava |
| Years1: | 1997–2001 |
| Years2: | 1997–2000 |
| Years3: | 2001–2003 |
| Years4: | 2001–2003 |
| Years5: | 2004–2006 |
| Years6: | 2004 |
| Years7: | 2007–2009 |
| Years8: | 2010 |
| Years9: | 2010–2013 |
| Years10: | 2015 |
| Clubs1: | Vorskla Poltava |
| Clubs2: | → Vorskla-2 Poltava (loan) |
| Clubs3: | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Clubs4: | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) |
| Clubs5: | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Clubs6: | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| Clubs8: | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
| Clubs9: | Nove Zhyttya Andriivka |
| Clubs10: | Dynamo Reshetylivka |
| Caps1: | 53 |
| Caps2: | 50 |
| Caps3: | 56 |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Caps5: | 58 |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Caps7: | 50 |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Caps9: | 22 |
| Caps10: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 19 |
| Goals4: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 17 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2000–2003 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ukraine |
| Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Manageryears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs1: | Nove Zhyttya Andriivka |
| Manageryears2: | 2016– |
| Pcupdate: | 21 July 2009 |
| Ntupdate: | 21 July 2009 |
Oleksandr Melaschenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Мелащенко; born 13 December 1978) is a Ukrainian footballer. He played as a striker.
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.
He took part in the "golden match" of the Poltava region championship in 2010 (Komsomolsk, November 20, 2010), in which he scored a goal, but Nove Zhyttia was defeated by Velyka Bahachka with a score of 4:3."[2]
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[3]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 February 2001 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 3–4 | Cyprus International Football Tournament | ||
| 2. | 15 August 2001 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | Friendly match | ||
| 3. | 20 November 2002 | Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly match |