The Ukraine has been in the news recently for obvious reasons. This information below covers the geographical arrangements of the country's more successful internationals and the clubs they have migrated to, to earn a living. Their national team has just beaten Scotland 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier.
THE UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL SQUAD AT JUNE 2nd 2022:
No. POS NAME DOB CAPS/GOALS CLUB
12 GK Andriy Pyatov (captain) 28 June 1984 (age 37) 101/0 Shakhtar Donetsk
1 GK Heorhiy Bushchan 31 May 1994 (age 28) 14/0 Dynamo Kyiv
GK Andriy Lunin 11 February 1999 (age 23) 6/0 Spain Real Madrid
23 GK Dmytro Riznyk 30 January 1999 (age 23) 1/0 Vorskla Poltava
22 DF Mykola Matviyenko 2 May 1996 (age 26) 48 Shakhtar Donetsk
21 DF Oleksandr Karavayev 2 June 1992 (age 30) 41 Dynamo Kyiv
2 DF Eduard Sobol 20 April 1995 (age 27) 27 Belgium Club Brugge
16 DF Vitaliy Mykolenko 29 May 1999 (age 23) 22 England
Everton
13 DF Illya Zabarnyi 1 September 2002 (age 19) 19 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
19 DF Taras Kacharaba 7 January 1995 (age 27) 1 Czech
Rep Slavia Prague
3 DF Valeriy Bondar 27 February 1999 (age 23) 1/0 Shakhtar Donetsk
DF Denys Popov 17
February 1999 (age 23) 1/0 Dynamo Kyiv
4 DF Oleksandr Syrota 11 June 2000 (age 21) 1/0 Dynamo Kyiv
7 MF Andriy Yarmolenko 23 October 1989 107/45 England
West Ham
6 MF Taras Stepanenko 8 August 1989 (age 32) 70/4 Shakhtar Donetsk
17 MF Oleksandr Zinchenko 15 Dec 1996 (age 25) 49/8 Eng Manchester City
5 MF Serhiy Sydorchuk 2 May 1991 (age 31) 48/3 Dynamo Kyiv
8 MF Ruslan Malinovskyi 4 May 1993 (age 29) 46/6 Italy
Atalanta
15 MF Viktor Tsyhankov 15 Nov 1997 (age 24) 36
/6 Dynamo Kyiv
10 MF Mykola Shaparenko 4 October 1998 (age 23) 24/1 Dynamo Kyiv
20 MF Oleksandr Zubkov 3 August 1996 (age 25) 19/1 Hungary Ferencváros
14 MF Mykhaylo Mudryk 5 January 2001 (age 21) 1/0 Shakhtar Donetsk
18 MF Oleksandr Pikhalyonok 7 May 1997 (age 25) 0/0 Dnipro-1
9 FW Roman Yaremchuk 27 Nov 1995 (age 26) 37/13 Portugal
Benfica
11 FW Artem Dovbyk 21 June 1997 (age 24) 7/3 Dnipro-1
FW Danylo Sikan 16 April 2001 (age 21) 4/1 Germ Hansa Rostock
The country has a population of just over 44 million, and the name Ukraine "borderland"; a map will show you why! and might also explain why Russia is giving it a hard time. Needless to say, these young footballers (some a little older) are in great demand and have spread their wings into the far reaches of Europe; note not into any other continents!
Ukraine is among the poorest countries in Europe and suffers from widespread corruption according to various international monitors. However, due to its extensive fertile land, pre-war Ukraine was one of the largest grain exporters in the world. It is a member of the UN, the Councilo of REurope and four other supportive "councils", whilst possibly also coming under Russia's wings! with 17% of the population Russian.
Many Ukrainians also played for the Soviet National team, most notably Ballon d'Or winners Ihor Belanov and Oleh Blokin. This award was only presented to one Ukrainian after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Andriy Shevchenko. The national team made its debut in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions, Italy. Ukraine come 27th in FIFAs rankings, England 5th. Next fixture on the 5th v Wales in a WCup qualifier and then the ROI on the 8th in the Nations League.
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