| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuriy Arkadiyovych Hudymenko | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RSSSOR[a] Frunze | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983 | TsOR Frunze | 4 | (0) |
| 1983–1989 | FC Alga Frunze | 171 | (86) |
| 1990 | FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 18 | (0) |
| 1991 | FC Rotor Volgograd | 39 | (15) |
| 1992 | SC Tavriya Simferopol | 18 | (12) |
| 1993 | FC Dinamo Moscow | 9 | (1) |
| 1994 | FC Lada Togliatti | 5 | (0) |
| 1995 | FC Torpedo Volzhsky | 28 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Ukraine | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yuriy Arkadiyovych Hudymenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Аркадійович Гудименко; born 10 March 1966) is a former professional footballer. Born in Kyrgyzstan, he represented Ukraine internationally.
Career
Hudymenko is a product of the main Bishkek sports school and later was accepted to the main republican club of Kyrgyzia, FC Alga Bishkek.
In 1990 he made his debut in the Soviet Top League playing for FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, but failed to score any goals in domestic competitions, but did score a goal against Heart of Midlothian F.C. in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup. Next year Hudymenko joined recently relegated FC Rotor Volgograd that was competing in the Soviet First League and gained promotion for the next year, but the Soviet Union fell apart and its football competitions were discontinued.
Upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1992 he joined the Ukrainian Premier League playing for the Crimean Tavriya Simferopol becoming the Ukrainian Premier League top goalscorer with 12 goals as the Crimean club took the inaugural league title. Hudymenko stayed with Tavriya until the end of the year and played four games for the team in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League where the team was eliminated in the first round by FC Sion.
In 1993 he joined FC Dynamo Moscow competing in the Russian Premier League and the following year in FC Lada Togliatti.
International
He also earned two caps for Ukraine; the first coming against the US in a scoreless friendly in Piscataway and the second against Hungary in a 2–1 friendly defeat on 26 August 1992 in Nyíregyháza in a match in which he scored a goal.[1]
Career statistics
International goals
| № | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 August 1992 | Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza, Hungary |  Hungary
|
1–0
|
1–2
|
Friendly match |
Honours
- Tavriya Simferopol
- Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1992.
- Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 1992.
Notes
- ^ Republican Specialized Sports School of Olympic Reserve
External links
- Yuriy Hudymenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Yuriy Hudymenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
References
- ^ "Венгрия - Украина 2:1". uafootball.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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