Yevhen Selezniov

Yevhen Seleznyov
Seleznyov with Kuban in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov
Date of birth (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 (7)
2002–2004 → Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 41 (9)
2002–2006 → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 53 (19)
2006–2008 → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 36 (19)
2009–2011 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 51 (30)
2011–2012 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 (16)
2012–2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 88 (38)
2016 Kuban Krasnodar 9 (3)
2016 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (1)
2017 Karabükspor 29 (7)
2018–2019 Akhisarspor 24 (9)
2019 → Málaga (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 Bursaspor 28 (10)
2020–2021 Kolos Kovalivka 10 (5)
2021–2023 Mynai 17 (1)
International career‡
2005 Ukraine U21 1 (0)
2008–2018 Ukraine 58 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2019
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Oleksandrovich and the family name is Seleznyov.

Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov (Ukrainian: Євген Олександрович Селезньов; born 20 July 1985) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer.

He previously played three spells at Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the UEFA Cup in 2009, and a domestic double three years later. He was the league's top scorer in their double-winning season, and maintained the honour the following season with Dnipro.

A full international since 2008, Seleznyov has earned over 50 caps for Ukraine, scoring 11 international goals. He was part of their squad when they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2012.

Career

Shakhtar Donetsk

Born in Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, Yevhen Seleznyov is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk and the Shakhtar Makiivka academies. After being promoted to professional level in 2002, he had difficult time to secure its place in the first team and played for the club's second and third teams in lower leagues as well as the club's reserve team. His chance to distinguish himself at premiers Seleznyov gained in the winter of 2007 when he went on a one-and-a-half year loan deal to Arsenal Kyiv. Seleznyov was one of the top goal-scorers in the 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League, having scored 17 goals in 24 games. Soon after returning to Donetsk he was called up to the Ukraine national team.

On completion of his loan, he returned to Donetsk and signed a 5-year deal.[1] He scored his first goal for Shakhtar on 3 August against Illichivets Mariupol in a 3–0 victory· He played three matches in the UEFA Champions League, including a 5–0 home win over FC Basel, in which he came on as a substitute and scored a goal.[2]

He made two appearances in the UEFA Cup as they won it in his first season at the club: on 19 February 2009, a minute after replacing Oleksandr Hladkyy, he headed in Jádson's free kick with his first touch of the game to score past Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes to open a 2–0 win.[3]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Seleznyov celebrating with Dnipro in April 2010

On 25 July 2009, Seleznyov signed with rivals Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in a deal worth €4.5 million. That same day, he scored his first goal for Dnipro on his debut against Metalist Kharkiv. In the next two seasons, Seleznyov established himself at Dnipro as a target man of good scoring ability, especially with his head. He was the top scorer of the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season with 17 goals in 24 games.

Return to Shakhtar Donetsk

On 22 June 2011, Dnipro re-sold him to his previous club Shakhtar Donetsk. The transfer fee was undisclosed but it is estimated to be around €5 million.[4][5] In September 2011 Seleznyov was involved in multi car pile up, while driving his Maserati in Donetsk. Luckily nobody got physically hurt.[6]

At the end of the 2011–12 season, Seleznyov was Shakhtar's top league goalscorer, and joint top league scorer outright with Maicon with 14, despite the latter scoring two penalties. Seleznyov scored against APOEL Nicosia in the Champions League, in a 2–0 win.[7]

Return to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

On 29 August 2012, Seleznyov went back to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.

On 7 May 2015, Seleznyov scored an 80th-minute equaliser in the Europa League semi-final first leg against Napoli, making it 1–1 and giving Dnipro the away goals advantage heading into the second leg.[8] In the second leg, at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, a week later, Seleznyov scored the only goal of the game as Dnipro won 1–0, to go through to their first European final on 27 May 2015, 2–1 winners on aggregate.[9] Dnipro lost the final 3–2, with Seleznyov entering the game in the 78th minute.

Kuban Krasnodar

On 25 February 2016, he signed a contract with the Russian team FC Kuban Krasnodar.[10] Seleznyov was released by Dnipro to Kuban for free under a condition that Seleznyov will forgive the club's debts which exceed over 1 mln Euros.[11] Before signing with Kuban, Seleznyov refused offers from some clubs of the English Premier League.[12]

On 11 May 2016 in an interview with the channel Football 1 Yevhen Seleznyov confirmed that he terminated the contract with Kuban.[13] Following that season Kuban relegated to the Russian First League.

Second return to Shakhtar Donetsk

On 14 May 2016, FC Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that the club had signed a 2-year contract with Seleznyov.[14] In December 2016 on mutual consent Seleznyov left the club.[15]

Kardemir Karabükspor

Less than a week later after leaving Shakhtar, it was announced that Seleznyov signed a contract with the Turkish Kardemir Karabükspor which only recently returned to the Turkish Super League.

Akhisarspor

On 10 May 2018, Seleznyov helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.[16]

International career

On 24 May 2008, he made his debut for the Ukraine national football team in a friendly against Netherlands. He scored his first international goal against Norway in Dnipropetrovsk on 19 November, the only goal of the game.

Seleznyov was a member of Ukraine's squad as they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2012, but did not enter the field of play in their group stage exit.

On 6 September 2013, Seleznyov was one of nine Ukrainian players to score in their 9–0 thrashing of San Marino at the Arena Lviv in qualification for the following year's World Cup.[17] He scored his first international two-goal haul on 15 October in the reverse fixture, as Ukraine won 8–0 in Serravalle;[18] the result qualified Ukraine for the play-offs, which they lost to France.

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2019[19]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal Kyiv 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha 12 2 0 0 – – 12 2
2007–08 Vyshcha Liha 24 17 0 0 – – 24 17
Total 36 19 0 0 – – 36 19
Shakhtar Donetsk 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 26 7 2 2 2 2 1 0 31 11
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 27 13 3 3 – – 30 16
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 24 17 3 1 2 1 – 29 19
Total 51 30 6 4 2 1 – 59 35
Shakhtar Donetsk 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 23 14 2 0 3 1 1 0 29 15
2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 3 2 0 0 – – 3 2
Total 26 16 2 0 3 1 1 0 32 17
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 22 7 4 0 6 3 – 32 10
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 29 13 1 1 7 2 – 37 16
2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 21 8 5 3 13 2 – 39 13
2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 16 10 2 1 5 2 – 23 13
Total 88 38 12 5 31 9 – 131 52
Kuban Krasnodar 2015–16 Russian Premier League 9 3 1 0 – – 10 3
Shakhtar Donetsk 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 7 2
Karabükspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 16 6 0 0 – – 16 6
2017–18 Süper Lig 13 1 2 1 – – 15 2
Total 29 7 2 1 – – 31 8
Akhisar Belediyespor 2017–18 Süper Lig 17 6 5 4 – – 22 10
2018–19 Süper Lig 7 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 11 4
Total 24 9 5 4 3 0 1 1 33 14
Málaga 2018–19 Segunda División 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
Career total 304 130 31 16 43 14 4 1 377 161

International

As of 14 June 2019[20]
Ukraine
Year Apps Goals
2008 5 1
2009 8 3
2010 7 1
2011 7 0
2012 6 0
2013 9 4
2014 0 0
2015 6 2
2016 4 0
2017 3 0
2018 3 0
2019 0 0
Total 58 11
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[20]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 November 2008 Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine  Norway 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 2 February 2009 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Slovakia 2–1 3–2 Cyprus International Football Tournaments
3. 5 September 2009 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Andorra 5–0 5–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 14 October 2009 Comunal, Andorra la Vella, Andora  Andorra 5–0 6–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 4 September 2010 Stadion Widzewa, Łódź, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–1 Friendly
6. 14 August 2013 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine  Israel 2–0 2–0 Friendly
7. 6 September 2013 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  San Marino 2–0 9–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 15 October 2013 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 1–0 8–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. 3–0
10. 9 October 2015 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia  Macedonia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
11. 14 November 2015 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Slovenia 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs

Honours

Team

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Akhisar Belediyespor

Personal

References

  1. ^ Selezniov signs on at Shakhtar[permanent dead link] – UkrainianSoccer.net, 9 June 2008
  2. ^ Saffer, Paul (27 November 2008). "Jadson treble seals Shakhtar consolation". UEFA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. ^ Ashenden, Mark (19 February 2009). "Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ^ Евгений Селезнев переходит в Шахтер (in Russian). FC Dnipro. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Шахтер" вернет лучшего бомбардира чемпионата Украины из "Днепра" за 5 миллионов евро (in Russian). sports.ru. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. ^ Shakhtar forward got into a road accident (Форвард «Шахтаря» потрапив у ДТП). UNIAN. 8 September 2011
  7. ^ "Line-ups: APOEL 0:2 Shakhtar". shakhtar.com. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Napoli 1–1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk". BBC Sport. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Dnipro's Yevhen Seleznyov sinks Napoli to seal Europa League final place". Guardian. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  10. ^ СЕЛЕЗНЕВ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ «КУБАНИ» (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 25 February 2016.
  11. ^ Seleznyov transferred to Kuban for free (Селезньов перейшов у “Кубань” безплатно). UA-Football. 25 February 2016
  12. ^ In a winter Seleznyov refused to move to England (Селезньов взимку відмовився від переїзду в Англію). Mirror Weekly. 21 April 2016
  13. ^ "Официально: Селезнев разорвал контракт с Кубанью". football.ua. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  14. ^ Евгений Селезнев – игрок Шахтера (in Russian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 14 May 2016.
  15. ^ Seleznyov left Shakhtar, – Shabliy (Селезньов покинув "Шахтар", – Шаблій). Football 24. 21 December 2016
  16. ^ "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!". 10 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Ukraine flex muscles to overwhelm San Marino". UEFA. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Eight-goal Ukraine still miss out". UEFA. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  19. ^ "Y. SELEZNYOV". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Yevhen Seleznyov". European Football. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

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