Andriy Demchenko


Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko is a Ukrainian and Russian football coach and a former midfielder.

Club career

Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhia where his first coach was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn. When Demchenko turned 13, his new trainer was Anatoliy Vasyleha who coached him before Demchenko moved to Moscow. During his teenage years Demchenko was spotted by Gennadiy Kostylev, a Soviet Union national football team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.
At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national football team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17 year old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. In Ajax Amsterdam, Demchenko mostly was sitting on a bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhia where joined FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.

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