Mykola Volodymyrovych Shaparenko (; born 4 October 1998) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

and the Ukraine national team. Shaparenko is one of the youngest players to have scored in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Shaparenko made his senior debut for Illichivets Mariupol as a substitute player in a 6–2 loss against

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

in the

on 5 April 2015. In June 2015, Shaparenko signed a contract with

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. After playing for Dynamo's youth and reserve teams for two seasons, he made his senior team debut on 18 November 2017 at

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, as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–0 victory over

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International career

On 31 May 2018, Shaparenko debuted for the

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, coming on as a substitute in a goalless friendly draw against

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''As of match played 21 June 2024. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shaparenko goal.

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

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, 2024–25 *

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: 2019–20,

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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* * 1998 births Living people Footballers from Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Mariupol players FC Dynamo Kyiv players UEFA Euro 2024 players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub