1. Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv and captains the Ukraine national team.
24 Facts About Andriy Yarmolenko
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Andriy Yarmolenko was noticed by Mykola Lypoviy who invited him to football school and became his first coach.
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Andriy Yarmolenko is a graduate of the Chernihiv Youth Sports School "Yunist".
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Andriy Yarmolenko joined the Dynamo Kyiv Youth Academy aged 13.
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In 2007, Andriy Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, where he joined its second team, Dynamo-2, which plays in lower leagues, for a couple of seasons.
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Andriy Yarmolenko scored 7 goals in 21 games in his first season and 11 in 19 in his second.
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Andriy Yarmolenko is regularly used as a left or centre forward.
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On 28 August 2017, Andriy Yarmolenko signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund.
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On 11 July 2018, Andriy Yarmolenko signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
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In May 2022, West Ham announced that Andriy Yarmolenko would be allowed to leave at the end of his current contract in June 2022.
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On 13 July 2022, Andriy Yarmolenko signed for the United Arab Emirates club Al-Ain on a one-year contract.
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On 27 June 2023, Andriy Yarmolenko returned to Dynamo Kyiv, signing a two-year contract.
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Andriy Yarmolenko participated in the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
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Andriy Yarmolenko later participated in qualification and finals of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
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On 2 September 2011, in an international friendly against Uruguay in Kharkiv, Andriy Yarmolenko set a national team record by scoring 14 seconds into the match, the fastest time in which a Ukraine national team player has scored a goal.
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Andriy Yarmolenko was included in Ukraine's squad for Euro 2016, where he played in all three matches as Ukraine failed to score and finished bottom of the group.
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Andriy Yarmolenko scored against Netherlands at Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam and against North Macedonia at Arena Nationala in Bucharest for UEFA Euro 2020 and he has been elected Star of the Match.
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On 1 September 2021, Andriy Yarmolenko played his 100th game for Ukraine, in a 2022 World Cup qualification game against Kazakhstan.
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On 5 June 2022, Andriy Yarmolenko scored an own goal in Ukraine's defeat to Wales in a qualification game for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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On 20 September 2024, Andriy Yarmolenko received his UEFA "A" coaching license by successfully completing the coaching courses in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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In November 2021, a competition for the Andriy Yarmolenko Cup took place in the city of Chernihiv at the Yunist Stadium.
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Andriy Yarmolenko flew to the Ukraine border to rescue his wife and child after they fled the country following the invasion, according to former Ukrainian international Andriy Shevchenko.
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In March 2022, Andriy Yarmolenko, after scoring the winner for West Ham over Spanish club Sevilla in the Europa League, gave his West Ham shirt to a fan holding a Ukraine flag.
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In May 2022, Andriy Yarmolenko presented an ambulance to his hometown Chernihiv, sending it from London.