Vitaliy Prokopchenko

Vitaliy Prokopchenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Прокопченко; born 14 January 1983) is a Ukrainian former professional football forward.

Vitaliy Prokopchenko

Personal information
Full name	Vitaliy Viktorovych Prokopchenko
Date of birth	(1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
1998–2000	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	55	(12)
2000	→ FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia (loan)	13	(0)
2000–2001	→ SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan)	28	(4)
2004–2005	FC HU ZIDMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia	14	(3)
2005–2006	FC Yalos Yalta	26	(7)
2006–2007	FC Tytan Armyansk	28	(18)
2007–2008	FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	35	(9)
2008	FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine	17	(12)
2009	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	13	(1)
2009	PFC Oleksandriya	8	(2)
2012–2013	FC Tytan Armyansk	32	(13)
2013–2014	FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	23	(3)
2014–2015	FC Tavria-Skif Rozdol	24	(25)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Prokopchenko is a product of the FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia football academy.^[1] He became noticeable during couple of seasons in the Ukrainian First League when he was among the top scorers playing for Feniks-Illichovsk^[1] and Tytan.

In 2003 he tried unsuccessfully to sign with FC Dinamo Minsk in Belarus.^[2] After relegation of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia in 2003, Prokopchenko was actively looking to return to professional football trying to sign with SC Olkom Melitopol that was coached by his former first coach Vyacheslav Tropinin.^[1][3]