Oleksandr Melaschenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Петрович Мелащенко; born 13 December 1978) is a Ukrainian footballer. He played as a striker.

Career

In 2013, he played for FC Nove Zhyttya in the Poltava Oblast league. His previous clubs include Vorskla Poltava, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and ended his professional career with Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. In 2001, playing for Dynamo Kyiv, he was voted as the third best Ukrainian Footballer of the Year, after Andriy Shevchenko, and Hennady Zubov.

Melaschenko has made 16 appearances for the Ukraine national football team,[1] and participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds.

He took part in the "golden match" of the Poltava region championship in 2010 (Komsomolsk, November 20, 2010), in which he scored a goal, but Nove Zhyttia was defeated by Velyka Bahachka with a score of 4:3."[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[3]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 February 2001 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 3–4 Cyprus International Football Tournament
2. 15 August 2001 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 1–0 Friendly match
3. 20 November 2002 Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia 1–1 1–1 Friendly match

References

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias & Mamrud, Roberto (28 August 2009). "Ukraine – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. ^ Комсомольська битва — новини SoOD, листопад 2010.
  3. ^ "Match log for Oleksandr Melashchenko". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 June 2023.


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