Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Михайлович Мелашенко) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football player who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SDYuShOR Desna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1993 | Desna Chernihiv | 114 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Desna Chernihiv | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 107 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Desna Chernihiv | 104 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 15 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Sokil Zolochiv | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Kalush | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Navbahor Namangan | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010-2013 | Yunist Chernihiv | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2021 | |||
Career edit
As a 17-year-old student, Melashenko became a Desna Chernihiv player, the main club of the city of Chernihiv, where was born. He played there for three season and in 1988, he took part of the Soviet Second League. In the 1991 season, he became the main goalkeeper.[4][5]
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. For 4 seasons he played on the field in 113 matches, becoming the medalist of the Ukrainian First League.[6]
In 1999, he turned to Desna Chernihiv, where he played for 3 seasons. [7]In total for Desna Chernihiv he played 203 matches (194 - in the championships of the USSR and Ukraine and 9 - in the Ukrainian Cup).
In the season 2002–03, he played in the Ukrainian First League for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk and Sokil Zolochiv. In 2003 he moved to Navbahor Namangan an Uzbek football club based in Namangan, which he got 3rd place in the championship in Uzbekistan.
After Retirement edit
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.[8] From 2010 until 2013, he was a coach at the Yunist Chernihiv.
Personal life edit
His son Serhiy Melashenko is a football player, goalkeeper that played for the club Desna Chernihiv.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Мелашенко Юрий Михайлович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Мелашенко Юрій Михайлович". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Yuriy Melashenko". www.www.allplayers.in.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "В заявку «Десны» попал сын известного черниговского вратаря". www.0462.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "МЕЛАШЕНКО Юрій Михайлович". www.fcvorskla.com.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Дев'ять Призових Складів «Буковини»". www.sportbuk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Дев'ять Призових Складів «Буковини»". www.sportbuk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "ЮНЫЕ ФУТБОЛИСТЫ ЗАВОЕВАЛИ СЕРЕБРО В ВСЕУКРАИНСКИХ СОРЕВНОВАНИЯХ". www.val.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "«ДЕСНА» ПОДПИСАЛА СЫНА ИЗВЕСТНОГО ЧЕРНИГОВСКОГО ГОЛКИПЕРА". www.val.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
External links edit
- Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv
- Yuriy Melashenko allplayers.in.ua
- Yuriy Melashenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Yuriy Melashenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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