Dmytro Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Дмитро Олександрович Матвієнко); Dmitriy Matviyenko (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Матвие́нко; born 25 May 1992) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Russian football defender.

Dmytro Matviyenko
Personal information
Full name Dmytro Oleksandrovych Matviyenko
Date of birth (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Saky, AR Crimea, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
2005–2008 Olimpik Donetsk
2008–2009 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Olimpik Donetsk 11 (0)
2010–2014 Tavriya Simferopol 11 (0)
2014 Tiraspol 6 (0)
2015 Dynamo Saky (amateurs)
2015–2018 Yevpatoriya 80 (16)
2018–2023 Sevastopol 83 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021

Career

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Matviyanko was born in Saky where at the age of 6 he started attending the local sportive youth school.[2] Matviyenko made his debut for Tavriya Simferopol against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia on 9 March 2013 in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Personal life

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His younger brother Mykola Matviyenko is also a professional footballer and plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine national football team. In 2014, after the annexation of Saky to Russia he received Russian citizenship with the Russian name Dmitriy Matviyenko.

References

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  1. ^ "Матвієнко Дмитро Олександрович | Українська Премʼєр-Ліга | Офіційний сайт УПЛ - upl.ua". upl.ua. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Дмитрий Матвиенко: "Хотелось бы большей поддержки со стороны наших болельщиков" (in Russian). SC Tavriya Non-Official Site. 1 June 2013.
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