Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko ( ua, Юрій Михайлович Мелашенко) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football player who played as a

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Career

As a 17-year-old student, Melashenko became a

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 repu ...

player, the main club of the city of Chernihiv, where was born. He played there for three season and in

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, he took part of the Soviet Second League. In the 1991 season, he became the main goalkeeper. In 1994, he played 2 matches with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Vyshcha Liha in the season 1994–95. From 1995 until 1999, he played for

Bukovyna Chernivtsi Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Chernivtsi. History The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club f ...

. For 4 seasons he played on the field in 113 matches, becoming the medalist of the

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. In 1999, he turned to

, where he played for 3 seasons. In total for

he played 203 matches (194 - in the championships of the USSR and Ukraine and 9 - in the

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). In the season 2002–03, he played in the

for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk and Sokil Zolochiv. In 2003 he moved to Navbahor Namangan an Uzbek

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club based in Namangan, which he got 3rd place in the championship in

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After Retirement

After the completion of the football career, he started his career as coach. In 2015, having cheated the team of the Chernihiv Collegium No. 11 at the Leather Ball tournament, where the team took 2nd place. From 2010 until 2013, he was a coach at the

Yunist Chernihiv Yunist Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Юність» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian amateur football team based on Yunist sports school in Chernihiv. The sports school is known for its talent players like Andriy Yarmolenko, Pavlo Polehenko, Serhiy K ...

Personal life

His son Serhiy Melashenko is a football player, goalkeeper that played for the club

References

External links

Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv

Yuriy Melashenko
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