Yevhen Hryhorovych Khacheridi ( uk, Євген Григорович Хачеріді, el, Ευγένιος Χατσερίδης, ''Evgenios Chatseridis''; born 28 July 1987) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

In 2010 he moved to the senior club of

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

. Here he won 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'') ...

in the 2008–09, 2014–15 and 2015–16. He also won the

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in the season 2013–14, 2014–15 and the

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in the season

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and

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PAOK FC

In summer 2018 he moved to PAOK, in

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. With the club of

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, he won the

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in the season 2018–19 and the

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in the season 2018–19.

Dynamo Brest

Khacheridi signed a contract with

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club Dynamo Brest in October 2019, effective from 1 January 2020 until the end of 2021. The 4 March 2020 he won

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Training with Desna Chernihiv

In summer 2021 he started be on training 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 ...

, the main city in

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. The president of Desna

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in an interview, confirmed this news and that the club was interested to sign the player. On 25 August 2021, Khacheredi left Desna training camp after spending about three weeks in the location of the

, with which he maintained training form, the parties did not come to a common denominator regarding the signing of the contract. Khacheridi left the training camp of

Oleksandr Ryabokon Oleksandr Ryabokon ( ua, Олександр Дмитрович Рябоконь; born 21 February 1964) is a former Ukrainian football defender, and recently, until 2022, the head-coach of FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He ...

's team on his own initiative. It is unknown whether the search for a new club will continue. These news were also confirmed to by the Desna, Sport Director

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International career

He made his international debut for

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against

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on a 1–0 victory for Ukraine, in

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on 10 October 2009, playing as centre back. He also played in the last group-stage game against

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, on a 6–0 Ukrainian victory.

ended up 2nd in the group, behind

, so they played against his ancestral country

. The first game in

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finished 0–0. However,

could not obtain a place on the

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final stage, because the second leg, played in Donbass Arena, ended in a 1–0

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victory, with a goal scored by

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. Khacheridi was rostered for neither game, playing the full 90 minutes in both of them. Khacheridi represented

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, having played all three games in

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as a starter, though Ukraine was eliminated. His partners were his teammate

Taras Mykhalyk Taras Volodymyrovych Mykhalyk ( uk, Тарас Володимирович Михалик; born 28 October 1983) is a Ukrainian amateur footballer who plays as a centre-back for Votrans Lutsk. He is a versatile player, having professionally playe ...

and Yaroslav Rakitskiy.

Personal life

Khacheridi's father belongs to the community of

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settled in Ukraine since the Middle Ages, while his mother is Ukrainian. Khacheridi has graduated from Melitopol Bohdan Khmelnytsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University, where he was studying to be a

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teacher.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

(3): 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16 *

(2): 2013–14, 2014–15 *

(3):

PAOK *

(1): 2018–19 *

(1): 2018–19 Dynamo Brest *

(1):

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khacheridi, Yevhen 1987 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers SC Olkom Melitopol players FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Super League Greece players Belarusian Premier League players Association football central defenders Pontic Greeks Ukrainian people of Greek descent People from Melitopol UEFA Euro 2012 players UEFA Euro 2016 players PAOK FC players Expatriate footballers in Greece Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Greece FC Dynamo Brest players Expatriate footballers in Belarus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia Oblast