Yevhen Kucherenko

Yevhen Kucherenko
Kucherenko with LNZ Cherkasy in 2024
Personal information
Full name Yevhen Ihorovych Kucherenko
Date of birth (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Panetolikos
Number 99
Youth career
2005–2013 Voskhod Kyiv
2013–2016 Arsenal Kyiv
2016–2017 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2019 União Leiria 1 (0)
2020–2022 Kolos Kovalivka 1 (0)
2021Podillya Khmelnytskyi (loan) 14 (0)
2022Aksu (loan) 16 (0)
2023–2024 Dila Gori 36 (0)
2024–2025 LNZ Cherkasy 28 (0)
2025–2026 Dundee United 12 (0)
2026– Panetolikos 7 (0)
International career
2019 Ukraine U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 August 2020

Yevhen Ihorovych Kucherenko (Ukrainian: Євген Ігорович Кучеренко; born 27 August 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Greek Super League club Panetolikos.[1]

Career

Kucherenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and began his youth career at the Voshod and the FC Arsenal Kyiv academies.

In 2019 he was transferred to União Leiria in Portugal. In February 2020, however, he signed with FC Kolos Kovalivka in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]

Kucherenko signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Dundee United in June 2025.[3] He played regularly for their first team until a poor performance in a 3–0 defeat against Falkirk, and was sold to Greek club Panetolikos in January 2026.[4]

References

  1. ^ Yevhen Kucherenko at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Євгеній Кучеренко – гравець "Колоса"". Official FC Kolos website. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Dundee United: New goalkeeper Kucherenko can be 'long-term asset'". BBC Sport. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Goalkeeper Kucherenko leaves Dundee United for Greece". BBC Sport. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.