Yevhen Konoplyanka
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Konoplyanka with Sevilla in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirovohrad, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Schalke 04 (on loan from Sevilla) |
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| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Olimpik Kirovohrad | ||
| 2004–2005 | DYuSSh-2 Kirovohrad | ||
| 2006 | Dnipro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2015 | Dnipro | 156 | (35) |
| 2015– | Sevilla | 32 | (4) |
| 2016– | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Ukraine U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Ukraine U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Ukraine U21 | 16 | (5) |
| 2010– | Ukraine | 59 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016 |
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Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka (Ukrainian: Євген Олегович Коноплянка; born 29 September 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club Schalke 04 (on loan from Spanish club Sevilla) and the Ukraine national team.
He began his professional career at Dnipro, where he made his debut in 2007 and featured in 211 matches across all competitions, scoring 45 goals and helping them to the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final. He then moved to the team who won that match, Sevilla, on a free transfer, and won the Europa League in his first season in Spain.
A full international since 2010, Konoplyanka has earned over 50 caps for Ukraine, and scored 13 international goals. He played for Ukraine in Euro 2012 and Euro 2016, and is a three-time Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.
At age seven, Konoplyanka signed up for a karate class, which he did simultaneously with football, eventually reaching black belt. He is a product of the youth system of FC Olimpik Kirovohrad, and coach Yuriy Kevlych. He also participated in the Ukrainian National Youth Competition, representing DYuSSh-2 Kirovohrad.
Konoplyanka was signed as a youth by Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at age 16. In the winter of 2006 he was promoted to the Dnipro reserves with a starting salary of 300 dollars.
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