Maksym Melnychenko
Ukrainian footballer
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Maksym Ruslanovych Melnychenko (Ukrainian: Максим Русланович Мельниченко; born 12 February 2005) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polissya Zhytomyr in the Ukrainian Premier League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maksym Ruslanovych Melnychenko | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Odesa, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Polissya Zhytomyr | ||
| Number | 60 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2021 | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
| 2021–2024 | Dnipro-1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Dnipro-1 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | Karpaty Lviv | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Polissya Zhytomyr (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Polissya Zhytomyr | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ukraine U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Ukraine U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | Ukraine U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ukraine U21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2025 | |||
Club career
Born in Odesa, Melnychenko began his career in the Chornomorets Odesa academy, then he continued in the Dnipro-1, joining it in July 2021, where he played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves.
He made his debut as a second half-time substituted player for Dnipro-1 in the Ukrainian Premier League in an away match against LNZ Cherkasy on 12 March 2024.[1]
On 7 September 2024, Melnychenko joined Polissya Zhytomyr on loan until 31 December 2024, with an option to buy.[2]
International career
Melnychenko was called up to the Ukraine national under-19 football team to play in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification in Malta.[3]
In March 2024, Melnychenko was called up by manager Dmytro Mykhaylenko to the final squad of the Ukraine national under-19 football team to play in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elit round matches.[4]