Vitaliy Mykolenko
Віталій Миколенко
Mykolenko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2019
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko
Date of birth (1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Everton
Number 19
Youth career
2012–2017 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Dynamo Kyiv 88 (5)
2022– Everton 65 (3)
International career‡
2016 Ukraine U17 6 (0)
2016–2017 Ukraine U18 3 (0)
2017–2018 Ukraine U19 16 (2)
2018 Ukraine U21 4 (0)
2018– Ukraine 37 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Finland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:58, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Vitaliy Serhiyovych Mykolenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Сергійович Миколенко;[2] born 29 May 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Everton and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Born in Cherkasy, Mykolenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[3]

He played for Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and in August 2017 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Mykolenko made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv on 20 August 2017, playing in a winning match against Stal Kamianske.[4] On 25 October 2018, Mykolenko made his debut in the UEFA Europa League, starting in Dynamo's 2–1 victory over Rennes at the Roazhon Park.[5][6]

Mykolenko was named the best young player in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season.[7]

Everton

On 1 January 2022, Mykolenko joined English side Everton on a four-and-half year deal until June 2026 for an undisclosed fee.[8] The club assigned him the number 19 shirt.[9] On 3 March 2022, as a gesture of goodwill, Mykolenko was named Everton captain for an FA Cup Fifth round match against Boreham Wood due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine between his country and Russia.[10]

In March, Mykolenko called out the captain of the Russia national team, Artem Dzyuba, in an Instagram post and questioned why Dzyuba and his Russian teammates were "silent" while "peaceful civilians were being killed in Ukraine" in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] On 8 May, Mykolenko scored his first goal for Everton, a stunning volley from 25 yards in a 2–1 away victory against Leicester City in a Premier League fixture.[12]

International career

Mykolenko represented Ukraine at all levels of youth football. He made his debut for the Ukraine national team at age 19, on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.[13] Still eligible for youth football, Mykolenko just missed out on winning the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup – he was named to the eventual winner Ukraine squad for the tournament, but had to be withdrawn from the competition a few days later due to injury.[14][15]

Mykolenko was a member of Ukraine's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 and started four of the team's five matches as they reached the quarter-finals.[16]

On 11 June 2022, Mykolenko scored his first senior international goal in Ukraine's 3–0 win over Armenia in the UEFA Nations League.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 February 2024[5][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 5 0 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 7 0
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 23 0 1 0 — 8[c] 1 0 0 32 1
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 23 3 4 0 — 8[d] 1 1[e] 0 36 4
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 22 2 3 0 — 11[f] 0 0 0 36 2
2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 15 0 0 0 — 5[g] 0 1[e] 0 21 0
Total 88 5 10 0 — 32 2 2 0 132 7
Everton 2021–22 Premier League 13 1 3 0 — — — 16 1
2022–23 Premier League 34 0 2 0 0 0 — — 36 0
2023–24 Premier League 18 2 3 0 3 0 — — — 24 2
Total 65 3 8 0 3 0 — — 76 4
Career total 153 9 18 0 3 0 35 2 2 0 211 11
  1. ^ Includes Ukrainian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  6. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 20 November 2023[19][20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2018 1 0
2019 7 0
2020 3 0
2021 10 0
2022 7 1
2023 9 0
Total 37 1
As of match played 11 June 2022. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mykolenko goal.[19][20]
List of international goals scored by Vitaliy Mykolenko
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 June 2022 Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź, Poland 25  Armenia 3–0 3–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Vitaliy Mykolenko: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Миколенко Віталій Сергійович" [Mykolenko Vitaliy Serhiyovych] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ ВІТАЛІЙ МИКОЛЕНКО (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  4. ^ Чемпіонат УПЛ. 6 тур. Матч № 36 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Site. 24 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Vitaliy Mykolenko at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO on the Europa League debut". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Миколенко - лучший молодой игрок, Цыганков - лучший футболист прошлого сезона УПЛ". campeones.ua.
  8. ^ "Everton Sign Mykolenko". Everton F.C. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Mykolenko's Everton Shirt Number Revealed". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ^ Everton [@Everton] (3 March 2022). "Vitaliy Mykolenko will captain Everton this evening. 🇺🇦 #EmiratesFACup https://t.co/bfoC498F70" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Ukraine's Vitaliy Mykolenko calls out 'b****' Artem Dzyuba and slams Russia's 'silent' footballers". Eurosport. 2 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Everton beat Leicester to move out of bottom three". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Turkey v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.
  14. ^ "ЧС-2019 (U-20): ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЄМО ЗБІРНУ УКРАЇНИ — УНІКАЛЬНУ КОМАНДУ ОЛЕКСАНДРА ПЕТРАКОВА" (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine Official Website. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Vitaliy MYKOLENKO to miss U-20 World Cup". FC Dynamo Kyiv official website. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  16. ^ "IN PROFILE: VITALII MYKOLENKO". Everton F.C. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  17. ^ "MYKOLENKO NETS MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL GOAL IN UKRAINE WIN". Everton F.C. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Vitali Mykolenko". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Vitaliy Mykolenko - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Vitaliy Mykolenko - National Football Teams". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Pickford And Gordon Scoop Everton Awards". 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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