Vitaliy Mykolenko
![]() Mykolenko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Cherkasy, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Dynamo Kyiv | 88 | (5) |
2022– | Everton | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Ukraine U17 | 6 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Ukraine U18 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 16 | (2) |
2018 | Ukraine U21 | 4 | (0) |
2018– | Ukraine | 21 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:13, 13 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 4 September 2021 (UTC) |
Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Сергійович Миколенко;[1] born 29 May 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Everton and the Ukraine national team.
Club career[]
Dynamo Kyiv[]
Born in Cherkasy, Mykolenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[2]
He played for Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and in August 2017 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Mykolenko made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv on 20 August 2017, playing in a winning match against Stal Kamianske.[3] On 25 October 2018, Mykolenko made his debut in the UEFA Europa League, starting in Dynamo's 2–1 victory over Rennes at the Roazhon Park.[4][5]
In the 2018-2019 season, Mykolenko was named the best young player in the Ukrainian Premier League.[6]
Everton[]
On 1 January 2022, Mykolenko joined English side Everton on a four-and-half year deal until June 2026 for an undisclosed fee.[7] The club assigned him the number 19 shirt.[8] On 3 March 2022, as a gesture of goodwill, Mykolenko was named Everton captain for an FA Cup Fifth round match against Boreham Wood due to the on-going conflict between his country and Russia.[9]
In March 2022, Mykolenko called out the captain of the Russia national football team, Artem Dzyuba, in an Instagram post and questioned why Dzyuba and his Russian teammates were “silent” while “peaceful civilians were being killed in Ukraine” in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10]
International career[]
Mykolenko represented Ukraine at all levels of youth football. He made his debut for the Ukraine national team at age 19, on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.[11] Still eligible for youth football, Mykolenko just missed out on winning the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup – he was named to the eventual winner Ukraine squad for the tournament, but had to be withdrawn from the competition a few days later due to injury.[12][13]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 11[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[g] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 88 | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 7 | |||
Everton | 2021–22 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Career total | 91 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 7 |
- ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
- ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Ukraine | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Honours[]
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2020–21
- Ukrainian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020
Individual
- Golden talent of Ukraine (Under-19): 2018
- Golden talent of Ukraine (Under-21): 2019, 2020
- Ukrainian Premier League Best young player: 2018–19
References[]
- ^ "Миколенко Віталій Сергійович" [Mykolenko Vitaliy Serhiyovych] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ ВІТАЛІЙ МИКОЛЕНКО (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 24 August 2017.
- ^ Чемпіонат УПЛ. 6 тур. Матч № 36 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Site. 24 August 2017.
- ^ a b Vitaliy Mykolenko at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO on the Europa League debut". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Миколенко - лучший молодой игрок, Цыганков - лучший футболист прошлого сезона УПЛ". campeones.ua.
- ^ "Everton Sign Mykolenko". Everton F.C. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Mykolenko's Everton Shirt Number Revealed". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Everton [@Everton] (3 March 2022). "Vitalii Mykolenko will captain Everton this evening.