Vitaliy Mykolenko

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Vitaliy Mykolenko
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Mykolenko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko
Date of birth (1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 22)
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[]

As of match played 13 March 2022[4][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
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
  1. ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  6. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[]

As of match played 4 September 2021[15][16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2018 1 0
2019 7 0
2020 3 0
2021 10 0
Total 21 0

Honours[]

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Миколенко Віталій Сергійович" [Mykolenko Vitaliy Serhiyovych] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ ВІТАЛІЙ МИКОЛЕНКО (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ Чемпіонат УПЛ. 6 тур. Матч № 36 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b Vitaliy Mykolenko at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO on the Europa League debut". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Миколенко - лучший молодой игрок, Цыганков - лучший футболист прошлого сезона УПЛ". campeones.ua.
  7. ^ "Everton Sign Mykolenko". Everton F.C. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Mykolenko's Everton Shirt Number Revealed". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ^ Everton [@Everton] (3 March 2022). "Vitalii Mykolenko will captain Everton this evening.