Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Homenyuk ( uk, Володимир Михайлович Гоменюк; born 19 July 1985 in Bokiyma,

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, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian

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forward. He has been nicknamed the

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.An unlucky number for Ukraine's strikers
– UkrainianSoccer.net, Retrieved 8 April 2008

Career

Club

Before joining Tavriya in the winter of 2005, he played for Ikva Mlyniv. Homenyuk joined Tavriya when he was only 19 years old, and became an integral part of the team and soon became the captain.The Captain of Tavriya debuted for the national team
– Official Tavriya website Homenyuk joined

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

on 6 January 2009, signing a contract until 31 December 2013.Crimean Rooney moved to Dnipropetrovsk
– ua-football.com His transfer involved Dnipro giving up Maksym Startsev to Tavriya Simferopol as well as money. In 2015, he played for Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 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'') ...

International career

Homenyuk was called up for the

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on 1 June 2008, in a friendly match against

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which Ukraine won 1–0.

References

External links

Player Profile on Official Website of TavriyaPlayer Profile on Website Football Agency "S.V.S."
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