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Serhiy Kravchenko
	Serhiy Kravchenko
Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Kravchenko
Date of birth	April 24, 1983 (age 26)
Place of birth	Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Number	14
Youth career
-2002	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 23 December 2009.; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 8 December 2008.; * Appearances (Goals)

Serhiy Kravchenko (born April 24, 1983 in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is also a regular of the Ukraine national football team.

[edit] Career

Kravchenko began his career in the Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and youth team in 2002. He then left for Azerbaijan for the 2005-06 season, where he played for FK Karabakh in the Azerbaijan Premier League. His club finished fifth at the end of the season.

[edit] Vorskla Poltava

Kravchenko moved to Vorskla Poltava in March 2006. There, when new coach Mykola Pavlov arrived in 2007, Kravchenko began to shine exceptionally.

In the 2007-08 season, the team finished 8th in the Ukrainian Premier League, which was its best result since the 1999-2000 season.

In the first half of the 2008-09 season, Vorksla made it the semifinals of the Ukrainian Cup which was their highest result in that competition ever. The team was also 4th in the league table. Kravchenko contributed scored 4 goals in 17 matches as well as several assists during this part of the season.

[edit] Dynamo Kyiv

On July 28, 2008, he officially signed with Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv, but there is still questions when he will join them in the summer or in the winter when he becomes a free agent. Kravchenko will be entirely owned by the club on January 28, 2009, as reported by the Dynamo Kyiv official website^[1].

[edit] Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

On December 23, 2009 Kravchenko was sold to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.^[2]

[edit] International

Serhiy Kravchenko has been a regular for the Ukraine national football team with head coach Oleksiy Mykhailychenko since fellow team mate Oleh Husyev got injured. He was called with four other new-comers.^[3] He made the most of it when he scored the winning goal in a friendly against Poland.

[edit] Personal life

Serhiy Kravchenko is married to Tatiana. His father is agent. His hobbies include playing tennis with his wife. He greatly admires French star Zinedine Zidane.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Сергей Кравченко подписал контракт с "Динамо" July 28, 2008
^ (Russian) "Кравченко и Мандзюк - игроки "Днепра" (Kravchenko and Mandziuk - Dnipro players)". ua-football.com. 23 December 2009. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b3256c2.html. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^ Mykhailychenko named the squad - Sportunion.blox.ua (Russian) 16-05-08
^ Serhiy Kravchenko: "In Poltava they said that I wasn't Ukrainian". - Interview of Kravchenko and his wife at their new Kyiv home, Guru.ua (Russian)

[edit] External links

[0] Сергей Кравченко подписал контракт с "Динамо" July 28, 2008

[1] (Russian) "Кравченко и Мандзюк - игроки "Днепра" (Kravchenko and Mandziuk - Dnipro players)". ua-football.com. 23 December 2009. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b3256c2.html. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[2] Mykhailychenko named the squad - Sportunion.blox.ua (Russian) 16-05-08

[3] Serhiy Kravchenko: "In Poltava they said that I wasn't Ukrainian". - Interview of Kravchenko and his wife at their new Kyiv home, Guru.ua (Russian)

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