Yevhen Serhiyovych Selin (Ukrainian: Євген Сергійович Селін; born 9 May 1988) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

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 a ...

Club career

Selin was born in Voroshylovhrad Oblast,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Metalist Kharkiv

He signed for Metalist Kharkin in 2007, where he played for the reserves before making his way into the senior side during the 2008–09 season.

Vorskla Poltava

On 10 June 2010, he left Metalist and joined

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rivals Vorskla Poltava on loan without a signing option.

Asteras Tripolis

On 20 December 2016,

Asteras Tripolis Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, G ...

officially announced the signing of Selin from

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

until the summer of 2018. He had a successful loan spell with

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in the 2015–16 season.

MTK Budapest

In summer 2018 he moved to

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, where he played 24 games and scored 1 goal.

Desna Chernihiv

On 15 July 2021 he signed a contract for one year with

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

in the

. On 25 July, he debuted for his new club against

. On 21 September he played against

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 ...

in the

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. On 7 November 2021, he scored as an 80th-minute substitute against

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Chornomorets Odesa

On 21 June 2022 he signed a 2-year contract with

International career

Selin was called up to the Ukraine under-21 national team in 2008. On 7 October 2011 he made his senior debut for

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and netted a goal in a 3–0 home win against

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in an friendly.

Outside of professional football

In March 2022, during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northeastern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On ...

, together with other former Desna players he helped raise money for the civilian population of the city of

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selin goal''.

Honours

;Dynamo Kyiv *

: (1) 2014–15 *

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: (2) 2013-14, 2014–15 * United Tournament (1):

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;Anorthosis Famagusta *

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: runner-up 2019–20

Gallery

File:Yevhen Selin2013.jpg, Yevhen Selin in 2013 with

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File:Yevhen Selin2014.jpg, Yevhen Selin in 2014 with

File:Євген Селін.JPG, Yevhen Selin in 2010 with

References

External links

Profile on Official FC Desna Chernihiv website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selin, Yevhen 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast Ukrainian footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's international footballers Men's association football defenders UEFA Euro 2012 players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Stal Alchevsk players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Super League Greece players Platanias F.C. players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players MTK Budapest FC players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Hungary Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus