Viktor Korniyenko

Viktor Korniyenko
Personal information
Full name Viktor Valeriyovych Korniyenko
Date of birth (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Poltava, Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Vorskla Poltava (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2012 Vorskla Poltava
2013–2014 Illichivets Mariupol
2014 Ternopil
2015–2016 Illichivets Mariupol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Shakhtar Donetsk 22 (1)
2019–2020Mariupol (loan) 19 (1)
2023–Vorskla Poltava (loan) 25 (2)
International career
2016–2017 Ukraine U18 4 (0)
2017–2018 Ukraine U19 14 (2)
2018–2019 Ukraine U20 10 (0)
2019–2020 Ukraine U21 4 (0)
2021– Ukraine 2 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Finland
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2021

Viktor Valeriyovych Korniyenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Вале́рійович Корніє́нко; born 14 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Vorskla Poltava, on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

Career

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Born in the Poltava Oblast, Korniyenko began to play with Vorskla Poltava youth sportive school system and after continued in the different Ukrainian youth sportive schools.

He made his début for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a start squad player in a drawing match against FC Karpaty Lviv on 11 August 2019 and was substituted in a second-half.[2]

International career

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Korniyenko was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches (6 of them without substitutions).

He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw. He scored Ukraine's goal.[3]

International goal

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Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[4]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 September 2021 Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–0 1–1 Friendly match

Personal life

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As for 2019 he is married with a wife Arina. The couple has a daughter Sofiya.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 4 November 2022[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mariupol (loan) 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 19 1 3 0 1[a] 0 23 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2020–21 11 0 1 0 4[b] 0 16 0
2021–22 10 1 1 0 2[c] 0 0 0 13 1
Total 21 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 29 1
Career total 40 2 5 0 7 0 0 0 52 2
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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International

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Ukraine U20

Orders

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Order of Merit, 3rd Class

References

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  1. ^ Viktor Korniyenko at Soccerway
  2. ^ Чемпіонат УПЛ. 3-й тур Матч №17 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Czech Republic v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 8 September 2021.
  4. ^ Semenyok, Yuriy (8 September 2021). "Сборная Украины на последней секунде упустила победу над Чехией: видео" (in Russian). sport.24tv.ua. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ Viktor Korniyenko at Soccerway
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