Playing position -2002 Shakhtar Donetsk Role Football midfielder Weight 71 kg | Number — Name Serhiy Kravchenko Height 1.81 m Parents Serhiy Kravchenko | |
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Full name Serhiy Serhiyovych Kravchenko Date of birth (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 32) Place of birth Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Current team FC Volyn Lutsk (#4 / Midfielder) | ||
Serhiy Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Сергійович Кравченко; born 24 April 1983 in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was also a regular of the Ukraine national football team.
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Career
Kravchenko began his career in the Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and youth team in 2002.
Qarabağ
For the 2005–06 season, where he played for Qarabağ FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League. His club finished fifth at the end of the season.
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.
Dynamo Kyiv
On 28 July 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 28 January 2009, as reported by the Dynamo Kyiv official website.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
On 23 December 2009 Kravchenko was sold to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.
Volyn Lustk
On July 6th, 2014 after his contract ran up with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, free agent Serhiy Kravchenko made a transfer to Ukrainian Premier League club Volyn Lutsk.
International
Kravchenko has been a regular for the Ukraine national football team with head coach Oleksiy Mykhailychenko since team mate Oleh Husyev got injured. He was called with four other new-comers. He made the most of it when he scored the winning goal in a friendly against Poland.
International goals
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.Personal life
Kravchenko is married to Tatiana. His father is agent. His hobbies include playing tennis with his wife. He greatly admires French star Zinedine Zidane.
Honors
UEFA Europa League runner-up (1) 2014–15