Yuriy Melashenko

Yuriy Melashenko
Personal information
Full name Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko
Date of birth (1970-04-21) 21 April 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
SDYuShOR Desna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 Desna Chernihiv 114 (0)
1994–1995 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2 (0)
1994–1995 Desna Chernihiv 5 (0)
1995–1999 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 107 (0)
1999–2002 Desna Chernihiv 104 (0)
2002–2003 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 15 (0)
2002–2003 Sokil Zolochiv 2 (0)
2002–2003 Kalush 0 (0)
2003 Navbahor Namangan 2 (0)
Managerial career
2010-2013 Yunist Chernihiv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2021

Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Михайлович Мелашенко) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football player who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2][3]

Career

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As a 17-year-old student, Melashenko became a Desna Chernihiv player, the main club of the city of Chernihiv, where was born. He played there for three season and in 1988, he took part of the Soviet Second League. In the 1991 season, he became the main goalkeeper.[4][5]

In 1994, he played 2 matches with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Vyshcha Liha in the season 1994–95. From 1995 until 1999, he played for Bukovyna Chernivtsi. For 4 seasons he played on the field in 113 matches, becoming the medalist of the Ukrainian First League.[6]

In 1999, he turned to Desna Chernihiv, where he played for 3 seasons.[7] In total for Desna Chernihiv he played 203 matches (194 - in the championships of the USSR and Ukraine and 9 - in the Ukrainian Cup).

In the season 2002–03, he played in the Ukrainian First League for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk and Sokil Zolochiv. In 2003 he moved to Navbahor Namangan an Uzbek football club based in Namangan, which he got 3rd place in the championship in Uzbekistan.

After Retirement

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After the completion of the football career, he started his career as coach. In 2015, having cheated the team of the Chernihiv Collegium No. 11 at the Leather Ball tournament, where the team took 2nd place.[8] From 2010 until 2013, he was a coach at the Yunist Chernihiv.

Personal life

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His son Serhiy Melashenko is a football player, goalkeeper that played for the club Desna Chernihiv.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Мелашенко Юрий Михайлович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Мелашенко Юрій Михайлович". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Yuriy Melashenko". www.www.allplayers.in.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ "В заявку "Десны" попал сын известного черниговского вратаря". www.0462.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "МЕЛАШЕНКО Юрій Михайлович". www.fcvorskla.com.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Дев'ять Призових Складів "Буковини"". www.sportbuk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Дев'ять Призових Складів "Буковини"". www.sportbuk.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. ^ "ЮНЫЕ ФУТБОЛИСТЫ ЗАВОЕВАЛИ СЕРЕБРО В ВСЕУКРАИНСКИХ СОРЕВНОВАНИЯХ". www.val.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  9. ^ ""ДЕСНА" ПОДПИСАЛА СЫНА ИЗВЕСТНОГО ЧЕРНИГОВСКОГО ГОЛКИПЕРА". www.val.ua. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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