Viktor Korniyenko

Viktor Valeriyovych Korniyenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Вале́рійович Корніє́нко; born 14 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.^[1]

Viktor Korniyenko

Personal information
Full name	Viktor Valeriyovych Korniyenko
Date of birth	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Poltava, Ukraine
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Youth career
2011–2012	Vorskla Poltava
2013–2014	Illichivets Mariupol
2014	Ternopil
2015–2016	Illichivets Mariupol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	(1)
2019–2020	→ Mariupol (loan)	19	(1)
2023–2025	→ Vorskla Poltava (loan)	27	(2)
International career‡
2016–2017	Ukraine U18	4	(0)
2017–2018	Ukraine U19	14	(2)
2018–2019	Ukraine U20	10	(0)
2019–2020	Ukraine U21	4	(0)
2021–	Ukraine	2	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Ukraine UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2018 Finland FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2019 Poland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 October 2021

Career

Born in the Poltava Oblast, Korniyenko began to play with Vorskla Poltava youth sportive school system and after continued in the different Ukrainian youth sportive schools.

He made his début for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a start squad player in a drawing match against FC Karpaty Lviv on 11 August 2019 and was substituted in a second-half.^[2]

International career

Korniyenko was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches (6 of them without substitutions).

He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw. He scored Ukraine's goal.^[3]

International goal

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.^[4]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 September 2021	Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–0	1–1	Friendly match

Personal life

As for 2019 he is married with a wife Arina. The couple has a daughter Sofiya.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 November 2022^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mariupol (loan)	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	19	1	3	0	1[a]	0	–		23	1
Shakhtar Donetsk	2020–21		11	0	1	0	4[b]	0	–		16	0
	2021–22		10	1	1	0	2[c]	0	0	0	13	1
	Total		21	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	29	1
Career total			40	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	52	2

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

International

Ukraine U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2019

Orders

Order of Merit, 3rd Class