Andriy Polunin
Ukrainian footballer (1971–2025)
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Andriy Viktorovych Polunin (Ukrainian: Андрій Вікторович Полунін; 5 March 1971 – 15 November 2025) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Full name
Andriy Viktorovych Polunin
Date of birth
5 March 1971
Place of birth
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Date of death
15 November 2025 (aged 54)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andriy Viktorovych Polunin | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 2025 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Lutsk, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1988 | Dnipropetrovsk OShISP (UOR) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 152 | (23) |
| 1997 | CSKA Kyiv | 14 | (0) |
| 1997 | Karpaty Lviv | 14 | (1) |
| 1998 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | FC St. Pauli | 29 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 28 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Ukraine | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (scout) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| 2008 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (president) | ||
| 2008–2012 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| 2012 | Arsenal Kyiv (director) | ||
| 2013–2018 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Polunin made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for Shakhtar Pavlohrad.[2]
He spent the majority of his playing career at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He won nine caps for Ukraine, scoring one goal, in a 3–1 defeat to Italy in a Euro 96 qualifier in Bari in November 1995.
From 2007, Polunin worked as a sports director with Naftovyk-Ukrnafta.
