Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey ( uk, Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian retired football striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the magazine Komanda recognized him as the best player in the league. During his career Vorobey netted over 100 goals in the

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, while in the 2000-01 season he became the league's top scorer. When playing for the national team he was

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under Andriy Shevchenko. While playing in

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he started as a centre forward, but he became

behind

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Career

Shakhtar Donetsk

Vorobey started his career in

in 1994. He was promoted to the senior team in 1997. In the 2000–01 season Vorobey was the leading scorer with 21 goals. He amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the

playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. His total career for the Shakhtar senior team lasted ten years. In 2000/01 he set the

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record for scoring goals in games in a row, 9 goals in 7 games.

Dnipro

Vorobey signed a three-year contract with

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was force ...

on 17 June 2007. He scored his first goal in European Competition for

in the

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, in a 1–1 draw with

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, however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.

Metalist

On 28 May 2010 it was officially announced that Vorobey had signed a two-year contract at Metalist.

International career

Vorobey has been on the

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since 2000. Notably, he was on Ukraine's

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squad, where Ukraine got to the quarterfinals losing to their champions Italy. His last goal for Ukraine was in the UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying match against

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, which Ukraine won 5–0. Vorobey scored the last goal of the match in the 64th minute.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 22 April 2013''

International

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

(3): 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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(3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04 *

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(1): 2005

Personal

Top Scorer (1): 2000–01 *

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(Komanda) (1):

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Top Scorer (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03

References

External links

*
Andriy Vorobey at Official Metalist website

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