Uladzimir Vasilyevich Yurchanka (

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: Уладзімір Васілевіч Юрчанка; russian: Владимир Васильевич Юрченко; born 26 January 1989) is a

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ian former

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Career

Yurchenko made his debut for the U-21 national team on 9 September 2008, in a match against Latvia U21. He was part of the Belarus U21 side that participated in the

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and made appearances in all three matches. On 12 August 2009, Yurchenko netted his first goal for the Belarus U21 team, opening the scoring against the Austria U21 in the 2–1 home win in a

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qualifier. On 12 October 2010, Yurchenko netted twice to help his team to a 3–0 win against Italy U21, which secured qualification for the

. On 2 November 2010, Yurchenko earned his first call-up to the senior team of his country, but was subsequently injured and withdrawn from the squad for the

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against

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. On 1 June 2011, Yurchenko was selected to take part in the

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, but was injured in a pre-tournament friendly and missed the competition. He was replaced by Aliaksandr Perepechka. Following his recovery from injury, he made the Belarusian squad for the

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and participated in all three group stage matches. He was also selected as part of the preliminary squad (including 43 players) for the

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, but did not make the final cut of 22 (18 nominees + 4 reserves) footballers for the games.

Honours

Club

;Shakhtyor Soligorsk *

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winner: 2013–14

Individual

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

top goalscorer: 2008

References

External links

Player page on the official FC Saturn Moscow Oblast website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yurchenko, Vladimir 1989 births Living people People from Mogilev Belarusian footballers Association football forwards Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Dnepr Mogilev players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Dynamo Brest players FC Orsha players FC Gorki players Sportspeople from Mogilev Region