Andriy Demchenko

Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian and Russian football coach and a former midfielder.

For the Russian footballer, see Andrei Demchenko (footballer, born 1993).

Andriy Demchenko
Personal information
Full name Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko
Date of birth (1976-08-20) 20 August 1976
Place of birth Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder/Striker
Club information
Current team
 Dila Gori (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
1992–1994 → CSKA-d Moscow 53 (19)
1995–1998 Ajax 4 (0)
1997 → CSKA Moscow 9 (2)
1998–2006 Metalurh Zaporizhya 186 (46)
2007–2008 Illichivets Mariupol 18 (4)
2008–2009 Obolon Kyiv 23 (2)
2009 Dacia Chişinău 1 (0)
2010 Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 (0)
2010 Helios Kharkiv 11 (0)
Total 306 (73)
National team
1994 Russia U19 1 (1)
1995 Russia U20 2 (0)
1995–1997 Russia U21 14 (7)
Teams managed
2012–2015 Metalurh Zaporizhya (youth)
2017–2018 Obod
2018 Veres Rivne (caretaker)
2018 Lviv
2019–2020 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2021– Dila Gori
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhia where his first coach (trainer) was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn. When Demchenko turned 13, his new trainer was Anatoliy Vasyleha who coached him before Demchenko moved to Moscow. During his teenage years Demchenko was spotted by Gennadiy Kostylev, a Soviet Union national football team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.

At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national football team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. In Ajax Amsterdam, Demchenko mostly was sitting on a bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhia where he joined FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.

Honours

Club
Ajax
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