Andriy Vorobei
Vorobey in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Donetsk, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1995 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2007 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 219 | (80) |
| 1995–1999 | → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (loan) | 92 | (23) |
| 2007–2009 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 47 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) | 23 | (9) |
| 2010–2013 | Metalist Kharkiv | 26 | (4) |
| 2013 | → Helios Kharkiv (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 413 | (128) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2008 | Ukraine | 68 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2013. |
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Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian football striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the magazine Komanda recognized him as the best player in the league. During his career Vorobey netted over 100 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League, while in the 2000-01 season he became the league's top scorer.
When playing for the national team he was second striker under Andriy Shevchenko. While playing in Shakhtar Donetsk he started as a centre forward, but he became second striker behind Brandão.
Vorobey started his career in Shakhtar Donetsk in 1994. He was promoted to the senior team in 1997. In the 2000–01 season Vorobey was the leading scorer with 21 goals. He amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. His total career for the Shakhtar senior team lasted ten years.
In 2000/01 he set the Ukraine Premier League record for scoring goals in games in a row, 9 goals in 7 games.
Vorobey signed a three-year contract with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 June 2007. He scored his first goal in European Competition for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, in a 1–1 draw with Aberdeen, however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.
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