Vitaliy Prokopchenko
Ukrainian footballer
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Vitaliy Prokopchenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Прокопченко; born 14 January 1983) is a Ukrainian former professional football forward.
Full name
Vitaliy Viktorovych Prokopchenko
Date of birth
14 January 1983
Place of birth
Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitaliy Viktorovych Prokopchenko | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 55 | (12) |
| 2000 | → FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | FC HU ZIDMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia | 14 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | FC Yalos Yalta | 26 | (7) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Tytan Armyansk | 28 | (18) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 35 | (9) |
| 2008 | FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine | 17 | (12) |
| 2009 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 13 | (1) |
| 2009 | PFC Oleksandriya | 8 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | FC Tytan Armyansk | 32 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 23 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | FC Tavria-Skif Rozdol | 24 | (25) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Prokopchenko is a product of the FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia football academy.[1] He became noticeable during couple of seasons in the Ukrainian First League when he was among the top scorers playing for Feniks-Illichovsk[1] and Tytan.
In 2003 he tried unsuccessfully to sign with FC Dinamo Minsk in Belarus.[2] After relegation of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia in 2003, Prokopchenko was actively looking to return to professional football trying to sign with SC Olkom Melitopol that was coached by his former first coach Vyacheslav Tropinin.[1][3]
