Matviy Ponomarenko

Ukrainian footballer

Matviy Ponomarenko
Personal information
Full name	Matviy Ruslanovych Ponomarenko
Date of birth	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth	Myronivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	99
Youth career
2012–2013	Sportive School #1 Myronivka
2013–2022	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Dynamo Kyiv	2	(0)
2022–2023	→Zorya Luhansk (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2022–2023	Ukraine U17	6	(8)
2023	Ukraine U18	3	(2)
2023–	Ukraine U19	8	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024

Matviy Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: Матвій Русланович Пономаренко; born 11 January 2006) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv.

Career

Born in Myronivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ponomarenko began his sportive career in the local sportive school #1, where his first trainer was Mykhaylo Halych. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy from the age of seven.^[1]

He played for FC Dynamo Kyiv and Zorya Luhansk (as loaned player) in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and later was promoted to the senior Dynamo's team. Ponomarenko made his debut for FC Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 3 November 2023.^[2]

References

^ Матвій Пономаренко (in Ukrainian). The official Dynamo Kyiv website. 4 November 2023.
^ VBET Ліга. 13-й тур Матч №97 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 4 November 2023.