Andriy Ihorovych Hitchenko ( uk, Андрій Ігорович Гітченко; born 2 October 1984) is a

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who plays as a defender for Polissya Zhytomyr in the

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Clubs

Desna Chernihiv

In 2018 he moved to

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

. There, he helped his club qualify for the quarterfinals of the

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. On 12 July 2020 he scored against

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

, helping the club qualify for the

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for the first time in club history. On 24 September, Hitchenko was included in the team against

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for the Europa League third qualifying round after extending his contract by a year. On 26 February 2021 he scored his first

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

goal in a 3–0 victory over

Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukra ...

Polissya Zhytomyr

After his contract with Desna expired, he moved to Polissya Zhytomyr in

on 1 July 2021. On 7 August, he scored his first goal for his new club against Kremin.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Oleksandriya *

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;Individual * Best player round 26

: 2019–20

Gallery

File:Andriy Hitchenko.jpg, File:Гітченко Андрій Ігорович.jpg,

References

External links

Profile on Official website of Polissya ZhytomyrProfile on Official website of FC Desna ChernihivClub profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitchenko, Andriy 1984 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Ukrainian men's footballers FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC CSKA Kyiv players FC Oleksandriya players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Men's association football defenders