Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko (born 16 February 1980) is a

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amateur

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who plays for AM-Estate Dnipro. He is known for having played as a midfielder for now-defunct Ukrainian football club

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, its farm clubs Dnipro-2 and Dnipro-3, as well as

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-based Tavriya. Nazarenko played with the Ukraine national football team between 2003 and 2012 and was called up for the

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and

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Club career

Nazarenko began his career in his hometown of

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. He made his move to Dnipro in 1997 and although he debuted for the main team on 3 October 1999, he did not make his first-team appearance until the 2002–03 season.Profile on official website of FC Dnipro
– In the 2006–07 season, he was voted the best player in the Ukrainian Premier League, according to a poll conducted by the "Sport-Express" newspaper. On 29 July, he claimed the club record for most goals scored in a season with 32 goals after scoring twice against

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

, overtaking Oleh Venglinsky with 31. He signed a 3-year contract with Tavriya Simferopol after his contract with Dnipro expired. In the summer of 2014, Serhiy signed for club

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

. On 28 January 2015, it was reported that Serhiy Nazarenko has had his contract mutually terminated by

International career

Serhiy Nazarenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team on 11 October 2003 in a match against Macedonia which ended in a 0–0 draw. On 11 February 2009 Serhiy Nazarenko scored a goal against

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in a friendly match. On 10 June 2009 his double was essential to gain an important win over the team from

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after trailing behind after the first 30 minutes into the game. At that, his total goals scored was 10 which put him right behind Rebrov and Shevchenko in the list of top scorers on the Ukraine national football team.

International goals

Honours

Team

"Dnipro"

* Bronze medalist of the Premier League of the Championship of Ukraine (1): 2003–2004 * Finalist of the Cup of Ukraine (1): 2003–2004 * Semifinalist of the Cup of Ukraine (5): 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2010–2011

"Dnipro-2"

Gold medalist of the second league of the Championship of Ukraine (1): 1999–2000

Individual

* The best player of the championship of Ukraine (according to the newspaper "Team"): 2006, 2007 * For high sports results at the

in Germany, he was awarded the Order for Courage III degree * On April 4, 2015, in the 86th minute of the match against

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

, he scored the 100th goal of his career and then joined Huseynov's club

Achievements

On June 10, 2009, scoring two goals for

, Nazarenko scored 10 goals for the national team and became the third top scorer in the history of the national team, after

Shevchenko Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ua , Шевченко), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word ''shvets'' ( uk, швець), " cobbler/shoemaker", and ...

and Rebrov. He was the best scorer of "Dnipro" in European Cups (8 goals).

References

External links

Official team website
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