Andriy Yarmolenko became the eighth Ukrainian to play in the elite division of the Championship of England
Debut Andriy Yarmolenko was marked by some interesting facts in the official match of West Ham.
It should be noted at once that Yarmolenko became the ninth Ukrainian who managed to play in the system of professional English football.
Pioneers of the USSR
The first was Serhiy Baltacha, who in 1988 moved to Ipsvich. However, the legendary defender was not destined to play in the elite. His team played in the lower division.
But Oleksiy Cherednyk, who moved from Dnipro to Southampton in 1990, had such a chance. However, our station wagon played in the old First Division…
Yevtushko's Flash and the Power of the Alkaline
The first Ukrainian to play in the modern Premier League was defender Oleksandr Yevtushok, who in 1997 briefly moved from Dnipro to Coventry.
The next Ukrainian representative in the submarine was much luckier. In 1999, the iron captain of the capital club Oleh Luzhnyi transferred to Dynamo Kyiv from Arsenal. In addition to the Londoners, the defender managed to play in the Premier League as part of Wolverhampton.
The legendary Dynamo tandem and Voronin
After him, in 2000, Serhiy Rebrov moved to the submarine from the same Dynamo Valery Lobanovsky. In England, the striker managed to play in two London clubs - "Tottenham" and "West Ham".
In six years, Rebrov's partner in the attack on Dynamo Kyiv at the end of the last century, Andriy Shevchenko, also joined the submarine. The current coach of the national team of Ukraine has moved from AC Milan to Chelsea.
In 2007, Andriy Voronin landed at Liverpool, who spent two seasons with the legendary club (with a break on loan at Hertha).
New Ukrainian wave
A new wave of Ukrainian presence in the English Premier League was marked by the debut in 2017 of "Manchester City" by Alexander Zinchenko.
And then it was Andriy Yarmolenko's turn. We will engrave the date of our footballer's debut in the Premier League as part of West Ham - August 12, 2018.
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