Iya Andrushchak
Ukrainian footballer
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Iya Rafaelivna Andrushchak (Ukrainian: Ія Рафаелівна Андрущак, born 13 March 1987) is a Ukrainian former international footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2026, she has been the head coach of the Ukraine women's national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Iya Rafaelivna Andrushchak | ||
| Birth name | Iya Rafailovna Andrushchak (Russian: Ия Рафаиловна Андрущак) | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Russia) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ukraine national team | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh-1 Khmelnytskyi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Lehenda Chernihiv | 35 | (15) |
| 2007–2011 | Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv | 51 | (14) |
| 2012–2013 | FK Kubanochka | 13 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | Zvezda 2005 Perm | 61 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Zhytlobud-1 | 24 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Zhytlobud-2/Vorskla | 41 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 2003–???? | Ukraine U-19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010–2021 | Ukraine | 58 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023–2024 | Vorskla Poltava (youth team) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | ||
| 2025–2026 | Vorskla Poltava (women team) | ||
| 2026– | Ukraine (women team) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brief biography
Andrushchak was born in Leningrad when her mother was a student. After graduation, the family moved back to Khmelnytskyi. In 2000, when she was 14, Andrushchak joined a football section of the local sports school, where she began her football career.[1] Her first coach at the Khmelnytskyi DYuSSh (sports school) was Olena Mykhailo.[2] Before joining the football section, Andrushchak was an athlete of track and field at the Khmelnytskyi DYuSSh.[2] As a teenager, she dreamed of becoming the President of Ukraine.[1] One of her early football moments that inspired her was the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, when Dynamo Kyiv reached the semifinals.[1]
Already at 15, Andrushchak signed her contract with one of the leaders of the Ukrainian women's football, Lehenda Chernihiv.[1] At Lehenda, her first salary was 200 hryvnia.[1] At the professional level, Andrushchak made her debut at age of 16 during the 2003 Ukrainian Cup competition when Lehenda on the road beat Oleksandriya Kyiv 12–0.[3] During the match, she scored 2 goals.
She made her debut at the club's continental competition during the 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup, when on 8 August 2006 Lehenda was hosting Cypriot AEK and beating them 4–0.[2]
From 2012 to 2016, Andrushchak played in the Russian Federation. On 13 February 2012, along with Odesa-native Darya Vorontsova, she was introduced as a player of FC Kubanochka from Krasnodar.[2] In 2017, she returned to Zhytlobud-1, where she had played from 2007 to 2011.
Since 2003, Andrushchak has represented Ukraine internationally, at first playing for the under-19 team. She made her debut during the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the second round of qualification, when on 15 April 2003 at a neutral field, Ukraine beat Slovakia 1–0.[2] Both teams failed to qualify for the finals, nonetheless. From 2010 to 2021, Andrushchak played for the senior team. She recorded 58 appearances for the Ukraine national team and scored 2 goals.
On 8 November 2023, Andrushchak was appointed a senior coach of the Vorskla under-19 team.[4] She became the first female coach to manage a men's team in professional competitions when next season, Vorskla changed its under-19 team into Vorskla-2, competing in the PFL League 2 (tier 3).[5]
Honours
- Lehenda Chernihiv
- Ukrainian Women League
- Winner (1): 2005
- Runner-up (2): 2004, 2006
- Ukrainian Women Cup
- Winner (2): 2004, 2005
- Finalist (2): 2003, 2006
- Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
- Ukrainian Women League
- Winner (2): 2008, 2018
- Runner-up (4): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017
- Ukrainian Women Cup
- Winner (5): 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2018
- Finalist (1): 2009
- Zvezda Perm
Winner
Runner-up
- Zhytlobud-2 / Vorskla
- Ukrainian Women League
- Winner (2): 2020, 2023
- Runner-up (1): 2019
- Ukrainian Women Cup
- Winner (3): 2020, 2021, 2022
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