Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko (; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian

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coach and former player who most recently worked as head coach of Georgian club

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. He played as an

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Club career

Playing football Demchenko started out in his native

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where his first coach (trainer) 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 team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During

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, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English language, English: ''Central Sports Club of the Army''), commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow or ''CSK ...

where Kostylev also became the club's manager. At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl,

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and others. Following the European championship

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offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. At Ajax, Demchenko mostly sat on the bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to

where he joined

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Honours

Player

Ajax * Intercontinental Cup:

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* Dutch League Title 1995-96 * Dutch League Title 1997-98 * Dutch Cup 1997-98

References

External links

Demchenko at Ajax Amsterdam
*Derkach, S.
Andrei Demchenko: I have nothing to regret (Андрей Демченко: "Я ни о чем не жалею")
Passport (Zaporozhye). 15 September 2011. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Demchenko, Andriy Living people 1976 births Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Men's association football midfielders FC Obolon Kyiv players PFC CSKA Moscow players AFC Ajax players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Mariupol players FC Helios Kharkiv players FC Dacia Chișinău players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukrainian football managers NK Veres Rivne managers FC Lviv managers FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv managers FC Dila Gori managers Russian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Expatriate football managers in Georgia (country) 20th-century Russian sportsmen