Yehor Matsenko

Ukrainian footballer
Yehor Matsenko
Personal information
Full name Yehor Hennadiyovych Matsenko
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Lysianka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Śląsk Wrocław
Number 33
Youth career
2015–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
2018–2019 Ursus Warsaw [pl]
2019–2020 Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Legia Warsaw II 30 (1)
2022–2023 Śląsk Wrocław II 24 (0)
2023– Śląsk Wrocław 23 (1)
International career‡
2024– Ukraine U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Yehor Matsenko (Ukrainian: Єгор Геннадійович Маценко; born 23 January 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Śląsk Wrocław.

Club career

Born in Lysianka, Cherkasy Oblast, Matsenko began his career in the Dynamo Kyiv academy, before transferring to Poland at the age of 16, where he joined the Ursus Warsaw [pl], and later, the Legia Warsaw academies.[1]

In February 2022 he was signed by another Ekstraklasa club, Śląsk Wrocław. After spending a year and a half with the reserves, Matsenko made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 home league win over Lech Poznań on 20 March 2023.[2]

International career

On 6 March 2024, Matsenko was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team preliminary squad in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] On 25 March, he made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 loss to Japan.[4]

References

  1. ^ Уродженець Лисянки виступить на олімпіаді в Парижі (in Ukrainian). viche.ck.ua. 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Poland - Y. Matsenko". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Олімпіада-2024. Руслан Ротань визначився зі складом збірної України на товариський матч із Японією". Official UAF Website. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "U-23: Jehor Macenko i Iwan Żelizko zagrali w reprezentacji Ukrainy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

External links

  • Yehor Matsenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
  • Yehor Matsenko at Soccerway

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