Andrey Yeshchenko

Andrey Olegovich Yeshchenko (Russian: Андрей Олегович Ещенко; born 9 February 1984) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as a right-back. He is the manager of FC Kuban Krasnodar.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Yeshchenko.

Andrey Yeshchenko

Yeshchenko with Spartak in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Andrey Olegovich Yeshchenko
Date of birth	(1984-02-09) 9 February 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Irkutsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Right-back
Team information
Current team	FC Kuban Krasnodar (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	FC Zvezda Irkutsk	42	(3)
2005–2006	FC Khimki	34	(2)
2006–2011	FC Dynamo Kyiv	11	(1)
2006	→ FC Dynamo Moscow (loan)	9	(0)
2007	→ FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv	9	(0)
2007–2008	→ FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan)	20	(0)
2009–2011	→ FC Arsenal Kyiv (loan)	67	(1)
2011	FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod	12	(0)
2012	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	24	(1)
2013–2016	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	34	(0)
2014–2015	→ FC Kuban Krasnodar (loan)	21	(0)
2016	→ FC Dynamo Moscow (loan)	9	(0)
2016–2021	FC Spartak Moscow	89	(1)
2021	→ FC Spartak-2 Moscow	2	(0)
2022–2023	FC Znamya Noginsk	6	(0)
International career
2005–2006	Russia U21	11	(0)
2011	Russia-2	3	(1)
2012–2014	Russia	14	(0)
Managerial career
2022	FC Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2022–2023	FC Spartak Moscow (academy technical director)
2023–2024	FC Kuban Krasnodar (scouting coach)
2024–2025	FC Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
2025–	FC Kuban Krasnodar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Yehschencko with Lokomotiv in 2012

Yeshchenko became famous appearing in a short spell for FC Dynamo Kyiv in 2006. Although considered a first team player throughout his entire stay in Kyiv, Yeshchenko complained of difficulties adhering to the strict physical regime at Dynamo. In turn, Dynamo management loaned the back to its fellow Muscovite club. He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Dynamo Moscow on 4 August 2006 in a game against FC Torpedo Moscow.

In October 2012 he was voted FC Lokomotiv Moscow player of the month.^[1]

On 1 July 2014, Yeshchenko signed for Kuban Krasnodar on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy.^[2]

On 16 June 2016, he signed with FC Spartak Moscow.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 13 December 2021

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zvezda Irkutsk	2003	PFL	15	1	3	0	–		–		18	1
	2004		27	2	2	0	–		–		29	2
	Total		42	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	47	3
Khimki	2005	FNL	34	2	7	0	–		–		41	2
Dynamo Kyiv	2005–06	UPL	10	1	2	0	–		–		12	1
	2006–07		1	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	2	0
	Total		11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	1
Dynamo Moscow (loan)	2006	RPL	9	0	1	0	–		–		10	0
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	2006–07	UFL	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
Dnipro (loan)	2007–08	UPL	14	0	0	0	0	0	–		14	0
	2008–09		6	0	0	0	2	0	–		8	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
Arsenal Kyiv (loan)	2008–09	UPL	11	0	–		–		–		11	0
	2009–10		26	1	1	0	–		–		27	1
	2010–11		30	0	4	0	–		–		34	0
	Total		67	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	72	1
Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2011–12	RPL	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
Lokomotiv Moscow	2011–12		7	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2012–13		17	1	1	0	–		–		18	1
	Total		24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
Anzhi Makhachkala	2012–13	RPL	2	0	0	0	4	0	–		6	0
	2013–14		16	0	0	0	7	0	–		23	0
	2015–16		16	0	1	1	–		–		17	1
	Total		34	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	46	1
Kuban Krasnodar (loan)	2014–15	RPL	21	0	2	0	–		–		23	0
Dynamo Moscow (loan)	2015–16		9	0	1	0	–		–		10	0
	Total (2 spells)		18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Spartak Moscow	2016–17	RPL	25	1	0	0	2	0	–		27	1
	2017–18		23	0	3	0	7	0	1[b]	0	34	0
	2018–19		12	0	0	0	3	0	–		15	0
	2019–20		14	0	1	0	3	0	–		18	0
	2020–21		15	0	0	0	–		–		15	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		89	1	4	0	15	0	1	0	109	1
Spartak-2 Moscow	2020–21	FNL	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2021–22		1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			383	9	29	1	28	0	2	0	442	10

1. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
2. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International career

Yeshchencko with Russia in 2014

He made his national team debut on 11 September 2012 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.^[4]

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Cup: 2005–06
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2006

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2016–17
• Russian Super Cup: 2017