Seleznyov with Kuban in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yevhen Oleksandrovich Seleznyov | ||
Date of birth | 20 July 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Kardemir Karabükspor | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2009 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (7) |
2002–2004 | → Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 41 | (9) |
2002–2006 | → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 53 | (19) |
2006–2008 | → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) | 36 | (19) |
2009–2011 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 51 | (30) |
2011–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (16) |
2012–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88 | (38) |
2016 | Kuban Krasnodar | 9 | (3) |
2016 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | (1) |
2017– | Kardemir Karabükspor | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
2008– | Ukraine | 52 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 December 2016 |
Yevhen Oleksandrovich Seleznyov (Ukrainian: Євген Олександрович Селезньов; born 20 July 1985) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for the Süper Lig club Kardemir Karabükspor.
He previously played three spells at Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the UEFA Cup in 2009, and a domestic double three years later. He was the league's top scorer in their double-winning season, and maintained the honour the following season with Dnipro.
A full international since 2008, Seleznyov has earned over 40 caps for Ukraine, scoring nine international goals. He was part of their squad when they co-hosted UEFA Euro 2012.
Born in Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, Yevhen Seleznyov is a product of the Shakhtar academy. In the winter of 2007, he went on a one-and-a-half year loan deal to Arsenal Kyiv. Seleznyov was one of the top goal-scorers in the 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League, having scored 17 goals in 24 games.
On completion of his loan, he returned to Donetsk and signed a 5-year deal. He scored his first goal for Shakhtar on 3 August against Illichivets Mariupol in a 3–0 victory· He played three matches in the UEFA Champions League, including a 5–0 home win over FC Basel, in which he came on as a substitute and scored a goal.