Andriy Demchenko

Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who manages Georgian club Dinamo Batumi. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

For the Russian footballer, see Andrei Demchenko (footballer, born 1993).

Andriy Demchenko
Personal information
Full name Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko
Date of birth (1976-08-20) 20 August 1976
Place of birth Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
1992–1994 → CSKA-d Moscow 53 (19)
1995–1996 Ajax 4 (0)
1997 → CSKA Moscow (loan) 9 (2)
1998–2006 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 186 (46)
1998–2006 → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 11 (1)
2000 → SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1 (2)
2007–2008 Illichivets Mariupol 18 (4)
2008–2009 Obolon Kyiv 23 (2)
2009 Dacia Chişinău 1 (0)
2010 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1 (0)
2010 Helios Kharkiv 11 (0)
International career
1994 Russia U19 1 (1)
1995 Russia U20 2 (0)
1995–1997 Russia U21 14 (7)
Managerial career
2012–2015 Metalurh Zaporizhya (youth)
2017–2018 Obod
2018 Veres Rivne (caretaker)
2018 Lviv
2019–2020 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2021–2023 Dila Gori
2023– Dinamo Batumi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhzhia where his first coach (trainer) was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn. When Demchenko turned 13, his new trainer was Anatoliy Vasyleha who coached him before Demchenko moved to Moscow. During his teenage years Demchenko was spotted by Gennadiy Kostylev, a Soviet Union national team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.

At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. At Ajax, Demchenko mostly sat on the bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhzhia where he joined Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.

Honours

Player

Ajax

References
  1. Andriy Demchenko at WorldFootball.net
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