Dmytro Matviyenko

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 31)^[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

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

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

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.

External links

• Dmytro Matviyenko at UAF and (in Ukrainian)
• Dmytro Matviyenko at Soccerway