Anton Makarenko ( uk, Антон Макаренко; born 22 August 1988) is a Ukrainian

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who plays as a

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for

Landesliga Bayern The Landesliga Bayern sits at step 6 of the German football league system and is the third highest level in the Bavarian football league system, below the Bayernliga and organised in five regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in ...

club

TSV Neudrossenfeld The TSV Neudrossenfeld is a Football in Germany, German Association football, association football club from the town of Neudrossenfeld, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2014 when it qualified for the northern division of the Bayernli ...

. He is also assistant coach of the club.

Career

Makarenko began his career with SV Kauerhof and joined later the youth team from 1. FC Nürnberg. He remained there until 2006 when he signed his first professional contract with

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

. On 23 January 2009, he moved on loan to

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

on a six-month deal. The move was then made permanent. Makarenko joined

SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg'' in 1948 as successor to the pre-war ...

in June 2010, who had recently won promotion to the 3. Liga. He managed to stay up in the third division in the following two years with the club, scoring 13 goals in 68 appearances. He moved to league rivals

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

in May 2012, where he signed a two-year contract. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he moved to

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

. One season later, he joined

SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980. History ...

in the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

, where he spent the following seven years. After helping the team to the title in the 2021–22 season and promotion to the 3. Liga, Makarenko retired from professional football and joined

club

as a playing assistant-coach.

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* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Kharkiv Ukrainian footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers 1. FC Nürnberg players SV Babelsberg 03 players FC Augsburg players SSV Reutlingen 05 players Chemnitzer FC players FC Energie Cottbus players SpVgg Bayreuth players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Landesliga players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Association football midfielders Association football coaches {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub