Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko (born 16 February 1980) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Serhiy Nazarenko
Nazarenko playing for Ukraine against Germany in 2011
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko
Date of birth (1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
Zirka sports school
Dnipropetrovsk sports school
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2011 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 266 (54)
1998–2002Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 101 (12)
2000–2002Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk 17 (3)
2011–2014 Tavriya Simferopol 77 (17)
2014 Chornomorets Odesa 10 (1)
2015 Metalist Kharkiv 14 (1)
2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 (0)
2018–2019 Dnipro (amateurs) 14 (5)
International career
2003–2012 Ukraine 56 (12)
Managerial career
2017 Dnipro U-21 (assistant)
2017–2019 Dnipro (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is known for having played as a midfielder for now-defunct Ukrainian football club Dnipro, its farm clubs Dnipro-2 and Dnipro-3, as well as Crimea-based Tavriya.

Nazarenko played with the Ukraine national football team between 2003 and 2012 and was called up for the 2006 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

Club career

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Nazarenko began his career in his hometown of Kirovohrad at Zirka Kirovohrad. He made his move to Dnipro in 1997 and although he debuted for the main team on 3 October 1999, he did not make his first-team appearance until the 2002–03 season.[1]

In the 2006–07 season, he was voted the best player in the Ukrainian Premier League, according to a poll conducted by the "Sport-Express" newspaper.

On 29 July, he claimed the club record for most goals scored in a season with 32 goals after scoring twice against FC Metalurh Donetsk, overtaking Oleh Venglinsky with 31.

He signed a 3-year contract with Tavriya Simferopol after his contract with Dnipro expired.[2] In the summer of 2014, Serhiy signed for club Chornomorets Odesa. On 28 January 2015, it was reported that Serhiy Nazarenko has had his contract mutually terminated by Chornomorets Odesa.

International career

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Serhiy Nazarenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team on 11 October 2003 in a match against Macedonia which ended in a 0–0 draw.[1] On 11 February 2009 Serhiy Nazarenko scored a goal against Serbia in a friendly match. On 10 June 2009 his double was essential to gain an important win over the team from Kazakhstan after trailing behind after the first 30 minutes into the game. At that, his total goals scored was 10 which put him right behind Rebrov and Shevchenko in the list of top scorers on the Ukraine national football team.

International goals

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Serhiy Nazarenko: International goals
(as of 10 October 2009)
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 August 2005 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv   Serbia and Montenegro 2–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 28 May 2006 NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv   Costa Rica 1–0 4–0
3. 15 August 2006 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv   Azerbaijan 2–0 6–0
4. 26 March 2008   Serbia 2–0 2–0
5. 1 June 2008 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm   Sweden 0–1 0–1
6. 10 September 2008 Ortaliq Stadium, Almaty   Kazakhstan 0–1 1–3 2010 World Cup qualification
7. 1–3
8. 11 February 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia   Serbia 0–1 0–1 Friendly
9. 10 June 2009 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv   Kazakhstan 1–1 2–1 2010 World Cup qualification
10. 2–1
11. 10 October 2009 Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk   England 1–0 1–0
12. 11 November 2011 NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv   Germany 3–1 3–3 Friendly

Honours

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Team

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"Dnipro"

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  • Bronze medalist of the Premier League of the Championship of Ukraine (1): 2003–2004
  • Finalist of the Cup of Ukraine (1): 2003–2004
  • Semifinalist of the Cup of Ukraine (5): 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2010–2011

"Dnipro-2"

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Gold medalist of the second league of the Championship of Ukraine (1): 1999–2000

Individual

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  • The best player of the championship of Ukraine (according to the newspaper "Team"): 2006, 2007
  • For high sports results at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he was awarded the Order for Courage III degree
  • On 4 April 2015, in the 86th minute of the match against Metalurh Donetsk, he scored the 100th goal of his career and then joined Huseynov's club

Achievements

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On 10 June 2009, scoring two goals for Kazakhstan, Nazarenko scored 10 goals for the national team and became the third top scorer in the history of the national team, after Shevchenko and Rebrov.

He was the best scorer of "Dnipro" in European Cups (8 goals).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Profile on official website of FC Dnipro Archived 18 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine(in Russian)
  2. ^ "Официально. Сергей Назаренко – на три года в Таврии!". 19 June 2011.
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