Oleksandr Melashchenko

Oleksandr Melaschenko
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Petrovych Melaschenko
Date of birth (1978-12-13) 13 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Poltava, Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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)
1997–2000Vorskla-2 Poltava (loan) 50 (17)
2001–2003 Dynamo Kyiv 56 (19)
2001–2003Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) 28 (16)
2004–2006 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 58 (13)
2004Dnipro-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

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

Career[edit]

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]

International goals[edit]

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  Cyprus 1–0 3–4 Cyprus International Football Tournament
2. 15 August 2001 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 1–0 Friendly match
3. 20 November 2002 Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia 1–1 1–1 Friendly match

References[edit]

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias & Mamrud, Roberto (28 August 2009). "Ukraine – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. ^ Комсомольська битва — новини SoOD, листопад 2010.
  3. ^ "Match log for Oleksandr Melashchenko". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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