Mykola Yurchenko
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Mykola Mykolayovych Yurchenko ' onMouseout='HidePop("32866")' href="/topics/Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk
) is the Soviet and Ukrainian
professional footballer known for his performance in the Ukrainian club Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. Mykola has an older brother Ihor Yurchenko
whose name is also tightly intertwined with the fate of the western Ukrainian club.
. He made his professional debut in the tournament for the reserve teams of the Soviet Top League
playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. By the end of the 1980s he moved back to the Western Ukraine
playing in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv
, and Drohobych
. After a short stint at Kryvbas Yurchenko returned to Prykarpattia. In 1991 he finally made his debut in the Soviet Top League
playing for Dynamo Kyiv. With the fall of the Soviet Union he moved to Brno
playing in the Czech Premiers. Eventually he returned once again to Prykarpattia where he finished his career in 1995 after the club made to the Ukrainian Premier League
.
he substituted Dmytro Mykhaylenko on the 60th minute. Ukraine has lost the game at home 0:1.
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
) is the Soviet and Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
professional footballer known for his performance in the Ukrainian club Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. Mykola has an older brother Ihor Yurchenko
Ihor Yurchenko
Ihor Mykolayovych Yurchenko is the Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer known for his performance in the Ukrainian club Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. Ihor has a younger brother Mykola Yurchenko whose name is also tightly intertwined with the fate of the western Ukrainian club.-Playing...
whose name is also tightly intertwined with the fate of the western Ukrainian club.
Playing career
His primary football development obtained in the Spartak youth academy in Ivano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
. He made his professional debut in the tournament for the reserve teams of the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. By the end of the 1980s he moved back to the Western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
playing in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, and Drohobych
Drohobych
Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine...
. After a short stint at Kryvbas Yurchenko returned to Prykarpattia. In 1991 he finally made his debut in the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
playing for Dynamo Kyiv. With the fall of the Soviet Union he moved to Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
playing in the Czech Premiers. Eventually he returned once again to Prykarpattia where he finished his career in 1995 after the club made to the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
.
National team
Yurchenko played only a single game for the national team on 15 March 1994. In the game against IsraelIsrael national football team
The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
he substituted Dmytro Mykhaylenko on the 60th minute. Ukraine has lost the game at home 0:1.