Dmytro Matviyenko
Ukrainian footballer
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Dmytro Matviyenko (Ukrainian: Дмитро Олександрович Матвієнко); Dmitriy Matviyenko (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Матвие́нко; born 25 May 1992) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Russian football defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dmytro Oleksandrovych Matviyenko | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Saky, AR Crimea, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Olimpik Donetsk | ||
| 2008–2009 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Olimpik Donetsk | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Tavriya Simferopol | 11 | (0) |
| 2014 | Tiraspol | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Dynamo Saky (amateurs) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Yevpatoriya | 80 | (16) |
| 2018–2023 | Sevastopol | 83 | (19) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 October 2021 | |||
Career
Matviyanko was born in Saky where at the age of 6 he started attending the local sportive youth school.[2] Matviyenko made his debut for Tavriya Simferopol against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia on 9 March 2013 in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Personal life
His younger brother Mykola Matviyenko is also a professional footballer and plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine national football team. In 2014, after the annexation of Saky to Russia he received Russian citizenship with the Russian name Dmitriy Matviyenko.
