Viktor Korniyenko

Viktor Korniyenko
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Valeriyovych Korniyenko
Date of birth	14 February 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	Poltava, Ukraine
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	44
Youth career
2011–2012	Vorskla Poltava
2013–2014	Illichivets Mariupol
2014	Ternopil
2015–2016	Illichivets Mariupol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–	Shakhtar Donetsk
2019–2020	→ Mariupol (loan)
National team‡
2016–2017	Ukraine U18
2017–2018	Ukraine U19
2018–2019	Ukraine U20
2019–2020	Ukraine U21
2021–	Ukraine
Honours
Men's football
Representing Ukraine
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2021

Viktor Korniyenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Валерійович Корнієнко; born 14 February 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Career[]

Born in the Poltava Oblast, Korniyenko began to play with Vorskla Poltava youth sportive school system and after continued in the different Ukrainian youth sportive schools.

He made his début for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a start squad player in a drawing match against FC Karpaty Lviv on 11 August 2019 and was substituted in a second-half.^[1]

International career[]

Korniyenko was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches (6 of them without substitutions).

He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw. He scored Ukraine's goal.^[2]