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Yehor Matsenko

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Yehor Matsenko
Personal information
Full name Yehor Hennadiyovych Matsenko
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Lysianka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Śląsk Wrocław
Number 33
Youth career
2015–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
2018–2019 Ursus Warsaw [pl]
2019–2020 Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Legia Warsaw II 30 (1)
2022–2023 Śląsk Wrocław II 24 (0)
2023– Śląsk Wrocław 27 (3)
International career
2024 Ukraine U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Yehor Matsenko (Ukrainian: Єгор Геннадійович Маценко; born 23 January 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Śląsk Wrocław.

Club career

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Born in Lysianka, Cherkasy Oblast, Matsenko began his career in the Dynamo Kyiv academy, before transferring to Poland at the age of 16, where he joined the Ursus Warsaw [pl], and later, the Legia Warsaw academies.[1]

In February 2022 he was signed by another Ekstraklasa club, Śląsk Wrocław. After spending a year and a half with the reserves, Matsenko made his debut for the senior team in a 3–1 home league win over Lech Poznań on 20 March 2023.[2]

International career

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On 6 March 2024, Matsenko was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team preliminary squad in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] On 25 March, he made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 loss to Japan.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Уродженець Лисянки виступить на олімпіаді в Парижі (in Ukrainian). viche.ck.ua. 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Poland - Y. Matsenko". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Олімпіада-2024. Руслан Ротань визначився зі складом збірної України на товариський матч із Японією". Official UAF Website. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ "U-23: Jehor Macenko i Iwan Żelizko zagrali w reprezentacji Ukrainy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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