- Andriy Vorobei
Football player infobox
playername = Andriy Vorobei
fullname = Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobei
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|11|29
cityofbirth =Donetsk
countryofbirth =Ukraine ,Soviet Union
height = height|meter=1.78
currentclub = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-1997
1997-2007
2007-
clubs = Shakhtar Donetsk D2"
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
caps(goals) = 7500(17)
2190(80)
2600(7)
nationalyears = 2000-
nationalteam = Ukraine
nationalcaps(goals) = 6500(9)
pcupdate =July 14 2008
ntupdate =12 September 2007 Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobei (born
November 29 ,1978 inDonetsk ,Donetsk oblast ,Soviet Union ) is a skillful professional football forward. He currently plays as the captain ofFC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and for theUkrainian national football team .Career
Shakhtar Donetsk
Andriy Vorobei started his career in
Shakhtar Donetsk in 1994.He was promoted to the senior team in 1997. In the 2000-01 season Vorobei was the leading scorer with 21 goals.
He amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the
Ukrainian Premier League playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. His total career for the Shakhtar senior team lasted ten years.Dnipro
Vorobei signed a 3 year contract with
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on June 17, 2007.He scored his first goal in European Competition for
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup 2007/2008 season, in a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen, however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.International career
Andriy Vorobei has been on the
Ukraine national football team since 2000. Notably, he was on Ukraine'sFIFA World Cup 2006 squad, where Ukraine got to the quarterfinals.Vorobei is also well known for being the third top scorer of the
Ukraine national football team . Along with now-retiredAndriy Husin , Vorobei has scored 9 goals in the international arena. The people ahead of him areAndriy Shevchenko with 37 goals for the team, andSerhiy Rebrov , with 15 goals for the team.His most recent goal for Ukraine was in
UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying match against Faroe Islands, which Ukraine won 5-0. Vorobei scored the last goal of the match in the 64th minute. [ [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83997/index.html Ukraine rout lifts spirits in Kiev] - EUFA Euro 2008, Accessed 28 August 2008]References
External links
* [http://shakhtar.com/cgi-bin/fc-sh/player.pl?id=57 Profile at Official Shakhtar website]
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