Andriy Polunin

Andriy Viktorovych Polunin (Ukrainian: Андрій Вікторович Полунін; Russian: Андрей Викторович Полунин; born 5 March 1971) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1]

Andriy Polunin

Personal information
Full name	Andriy Viktorovych Polunin
Date of birth	(1971-03-05) 5 March 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1988	Dnipropetrovsk OShISP (UOR)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989	Shakhtar Pavlohrad	1	(0)
1990–1996	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	152	(23)
1997	CSKA Kyiv	14	(0)
1997	Karpaty Lviv	14	(1)
1998	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	9	(2)
1998–1999	1. FC Nürnberg	16	(2)
1999–2000	FC St. Pauli	29	(4)
2000–2002	Rot-Weiss Essen	28	(1)
2002–2003	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6	(0)
2002–2003	→ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	3	(0)
2003–2004	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1	(0)
International career
1992–1995	Ukraine	9	(1)
Managerial career
2007	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (scout)
2007–2008	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director)
2008	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (president)
2008–2012	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director)
2012	Arsenal Kyiv (director)
2013–2018	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Since 2007 he worked as a sports director with FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for Shakhtar Pavlohrad.^[2]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Polunin goal.

List of international goals scored by Andriy Polunin

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 1995	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–3	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1993
• Ukrainian Premier League bronze: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998
• Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year: 1996