Yevhen Pokhlebayev

Yevhen Vasylyovych Pokhlebaev (Ukrainian: Євген Васильович Похлебаєв; born 25 November 1971) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Yevhen Pokhlebayev

Personal information
Full name	Yevhen Vasylyovych Pokhlebayev
Date of birth	(1971-11-25) 25 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Poltava, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1994	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	100	(9)
1995–1997	Dynamo Kyiv	57	(11)
1996–1997	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	5	(4)
1997	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv	1	(1)
Total		163	(25)
International career
	USSR U18
1991	USSR youth	6	(1)
1992–1996	Ukraine	14	(0)
1992	Ukraine (unofficial)[1]	1	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Soviet Union FIFA World Youth Championship 1991 Portugal UEFA European Under-18 Championship Winner 1990 Hungary
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Pokhlebaev capped six games for USSR youth team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and scored one goal against the youth team of Trinidad and Tobago.

He had to retire in 1997 after complications from acute herpesviral encephalitis caused him to have severe amnesia.^[2]

Honours

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

• Soviet Top League: 1988
• USSR Federation Cup: 1989

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Top League: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Ukrainian Cup: 1995–96

Soviet Union U18

• UEFA European championship: 1990