Hennadiy Perepadenko (born 16 June 1964) is a Ukrainian former professional

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who played for Ukrainian clubs

Metalurh Zaporizhya The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...

and

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * ...

, for Israeli club Tzafririm Holon and for Spanish club

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. At international level, he made three appearances for the USSR national team.

Career

A native of

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

, Perepadenko played professional football until the age of 31. His most notable successes were with Soviet Top League side Spartak Moscow, where he helped the club reach the semi-finals of the

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. Perepadenko began playing football with local side

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club (sports), phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of mas ...

before playing for SKA Odesa while serving in the Soviet military. After he completed military service, Perepadenko joined Soviet Top League side Chornomorets Odesa. Spartak Moscow manager

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signed Perepadenko in 1990, and the winger helped the club finish second in the last Soviet Top League championship and win the first Russian championship. Perepadenko was named to the list of the top 33 Soviet footballers in 1991. Late in his career, Perepadenko moved to Spain where he joined

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side

. He initially struggled to fit in, and was fined by manager Marco Antonio Boroñat for showing up late to training. Perepadenko made 81 competitive appearances and scored nine goals for Badajoz, including a hat-trick against

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during the

1993–94 Segunda División The 1993–94 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. RCD Español, Real Betis and SD Compostela were promoted to Primera División. CD Castellón, Real Murcia, Real Burgos and Cádiz CF were re ...

season. His younger brother Serhiy Perepadenko also played football professionally. After he retired from playing, Perepadenko moved to

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where he started a business with his brother. In 2003, he joined former footballer Igor Belanov in investing in troubled Swiss side

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* * 1964 births Living people Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Israeli Premier League players Segunda División players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Spartak Moscow players Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. players CD Badajoz players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub