Vitaliy Prokopchenko | |
Fullname: | Vitaliy Viktorovych Prokopchenko |
Birth Date: | 1983 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 1998–2000 |
Youthclubs1: | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia |
Years1: | 1999–2003 |
Caps1: | 55 |
Goals1: | 12 |
Years2: | 2000 |
Clubs2: | → FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia (loan) |
Caps2: | 13 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs3: | → SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan) |
Caps3: | 28 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 2004–2005 |
Caps4: | 14 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2005–2006 |
Clubs5: | FC Yalos Yalta |
Caps5: | 26 |
Goals5: | 7 |
Years6: | 2006–2007 |
Caps6: | 28 |
Goals6: | 18 |
Years7: | 2007–2008 |
Clubs7: | FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne |
Caps7: | 35 |
Goals7: | 9 |
Years8: | 2008 |
Caps8: | 17 |
Goals8: | 12 |
Years9: | 2009 |
Caps9: | 13 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Years10: | 2009 |
Caps10: | 8 |
Goals10: | 2 |
Years11: | 2012–2013 |
Caps11: | 32 |
Goals11: | 13 |
Years12: | 2013–2014 |
Caps12: | 23 |
Goals12: | 3 |
Years13: | 2014–2015 |
Caps13: | 24 |
Goals13: | 25 |
Vitaliy Prokopchenko (Віталій Вікторович Прокопченко; born 14 January 1983) is a Ukrainian former professional football forward.
Prokopchenko is a product of the FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia football academy.[1] He became noticeable during couple of seasons in the Ukrainian First League when he was among the top scorers playing for Feniks-Illichovsk[1] and Tytan.
In 2003 he tried unsuccessfully to sign with FC Dinamo Minsk in Belarus.[2] After relegation of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia in 2003, Prokopchenko was actively looking to return to professional football trying to sign with SC Olkom Melitopol that was coached by his former first coach Vyacheslav Tropinin.[1] [3]