Years Team Weight 73 kg Height 1.77 m | Number 8 Role Football forward Playing position Name Volodymyr Homenyuk | |
Date of birth (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 30) Current teams | ||
Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Homenyuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Гоменюк; born 19 July 1985 in Bokiyma, Rivne oblast, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian football forward who played for Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. He has been nicknamed the Wayne Rooney of Crimea.
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Club
Before joining Tavriya in the winter of 2005, he played for Ikva Mlyniv. Homenyuk joined Tavriya when he was only 19 years old, and became an integral part of the team and soon became the captain.
Homenyuk joined FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 6 January 2009, signing a contract until 31 December 2013. His transfer involved Dnipro giving up Maksym Startsev to Tavriya Simferopol as well as money.
International career
Homenyuk was called up for the Ukraine national football team on 1 June 2008, in a friendly match against Sweden which Ukraine won 1–0.