Dmytro Dmytrovich Semochko (russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Семочко; uk, Дмитро Дмитрович Семочко; born 25 January 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the

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'') ...

with

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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 forced in ...

and

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

and in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

with Uralan Elista,

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and

Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

Career

Semochko began his football career in Ukraine, playing as a striker for FC Lviv and

. In 2000, he moved abroad joining Russian Premier League side Uralan Elista, where he was expected to be a top performer. However, the club finished bottom of the league, suffering a 9–0 defeat to

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

during the process. Semochko stayed with Uralan as the club secured an immediate return to the Russian Premier League. He scored the first Russian Premier League goal at the Lokomotiv Stadium, an own goal in FC Elista's 1–0 loss to FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 5 July 2002.

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External links

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Player page on the official FC Shinnik Yaroslavl website
* * * 1979 births Living people Footballers from Lviv Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Lviv (1992) players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Karpaty-2 Lviv players FC Elista players FC Dnipro players FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Rostov players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Khimki players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Volyn Lutsk players {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1970s-stub