Vitaliy Mykolenko

Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Сергійович Миколенко; born 29 May 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Serhiyovych and the family name is Mykolenko.

Vitaliy Mykolenko
Myolenko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko
Date of birth (1999-05-29) 29 May 1999
Place of birth Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2016 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Dynamo Kyiv 88 (5)
National team‡
2016 Ukraine U17 6 (0)
2016–2017 Ukraine U18 3 (0)
2017–2018 Ukraine U19 16 (2)
2018 Ukraine U21 4 (0)
2018– Ukraine 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 September 2021

Club career

Born in Cherkasy, Mykolenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[1]

He played for FC Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and in August 2017 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Mykolenko made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv on 20 August 2017, playing in a winning match against FC Stal Kamianske.[2] On 25 October 2018, Mykolenko made his debut in the UEFA Europa League, starting in Dynamo's 2–1 victory over Stade Rennais at Roazhon Park.[3][4]

International career

Mykolenko represented Ukraine at all levels of youth football. He made his debut for the Ukraine national team at age 19, on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.[5] Still eligible for youth football, Mykolenko just missed out on winning the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup – he was named to the eventual winner Ukraine squad for the tournament, but had to be withdrawn from the competition a few days later due to injury.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 December 2021[3][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 5020000070
2018–19 230108[lower-alpha 1]100321
2019–20 233408[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]0364
2020–21 2223011[lower-alpha 4]000362
2021–22 150005[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 3]0210
Total 885100322201327
Career total 885100322201327
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  4. Seven appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of 7 October 2020[9][10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 201810
201970
202010
Total90

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

References
  1. ВІТАЛІЙ МИКОЛЕНКО (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  2. Чемпіонат УПЛ. 6 тур. Матч № 36 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  3. "Ukraine - V. Mykolenko - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO on the Europa League debut". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. "Turkey v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.
  6. "ЧС-2019 (U-20): ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЄМО ЗБІРНУ УКРАЇНИ — УНІКАЛЬНУ КОМАНДУ ОЛЕКСАНДРА ПЕТРАКОВА" (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine Official Website. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO to miss U-20 World Cup". FC Dynamo Kyiv official website. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. "Vitali Mykolenko". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. "Vitaliy Mykolenko - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. "Vitaliy Mykolenko - National Football Teams". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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