Biography of Andrei Ermolenko

At the age of three, he moved to the city of Chernihiv along with his parents. Education First Coach Andrei Viktor Lazarenko recalled that Yarmolenko was very thin and slow. But he compensated both of these deficiencies by the fact that he had best handled the ball. Yarmolenko was engaged in football in the Chernihiv “Youth”. At the age of thirteen, a left -handed technical guy got to the Academy of Dynamo Kiev.

But having stayed in the capital's precortionate for only a year, Yarmolenko was expelled. The guy was considered unpromising. After the expulsion from the Dynamo Sportinternate Yarmolenko did not play for long in the Kyiv Lokomotiv and FC Otradny, as well as the Chernihiv “Youth” and “Desna”. The family Andrei married his girlfriend Inna in the year. She has a diploma of a specialist in international relations and diplomacy.

The wife of Yarmolenko leads the American charitable foundation. In May, the spouses had a son Ivan. In September, Inna gave birth to Daniel, and in October G. Maxim. A career in the club in the year Andrei became the player “Desna”, which played in the first league of the Ukrainian championship. In the Chernihiv club, the football player played a number of bright matches.

So, after one of them, Yarmolenko was marked by a double. The President of the Desna in gratitude gave the football player a TV, an iron and chicken-grille. At the beginning of the year, the young and stronger Andrei received a second chance at Dynamo. The metropolitan club bought it from the Desna for thousands of dollars. Then the nickname "Boy from a kilometer" was fixed after him.

It appeared after an interview with the coach of Kiev Anatoly Demyanenko. The mentor told reporters that he had heard of a boy who lives a kilometer from Kyiv. The breeders read to him the glory of "Second Andrei Shevchenko." In the year, Yarmolenko began to perform in the second team Dynamo at the position of the attacking midfielder and striker. For two seasons, Andrei played 37 matches, in which he distinguished his goals nine times.

At 18, he made his debut as part of the main team of Kyivans. In May, Yarmolenko played eight minutes in the final match of the championship against the Poltava "Vorskla". But this time Andrei was enough to score a goal and bring victory to his team. Despite the bright debut in the next season, Yarmolenko rarely played, and even then in the matches of the Cup of Ukraine. The new mentor of the Kiev residents decided to use young talent in the position of the right striker.

The path of the first team of Kyiv in Yarmolenko was quite complicated. The football player rarely scored, often failed matches and fell out of the game. Journalists constantly criticized him. In that season, Yarmolenko went out almost four dozen times on the field and only upset the goalkeepers of the rivals seven times. But Gazzaev believed in the talent of the striker. He not only became a reinforced concrete player of the base, but also brought the team on the field with a captain's bandage.

In the Ukrainian championship, the striker scored eleven goals. Four more times Andrei distinguished himself in the Euro -Tourniers and once in the Cup. According to the results of the championship, he became the best young player in Ukraine. Last but not least, thanks to the efforts of the striker after a long break, Dynamo won the gold of the Ukrainian championship.

Moreover, the metropolitan team did it twice in a row - in the years. From the year, Yarmolenko invariably scored 19 goals per season, becoming the chief leader of Dynamo. For ten years spent as part of the Kyiv club, Andrei became a three -time champion of Ukraine, won the cup twice and three in the country's super -cup. Forward was repeatedly recognized as the best football player of the championship, and in the year - an athlete of the year.

That season, he upset the goalkeepers of rivals 15 times. By the age of 27, Yarmolenko, according to experts, has already grown out the level of Ukrainian championship and he needs to move to a stronger championship. In the year, information appeared that large European clubs became interested in the Ukrainian. A transfer was allegedly agreed with the last club.

But the transition broke. In the winter of the year, Chinese clubs became interested in Andrei. The football player was promised a salary of 12 million euros. But the leadership of the metropolitan club did not let the attacker go. As a result, Yarmolenko remained at Dynamo and even signed a new contract for up to a year. However, in the summer of the year, Andrei still left Ukraine.

Dortmund Borussia acquired a football player for 25 million euros. This transition has become one of the most expensive in the history of Ukrainian football. In September, the Ukrainian made his debut for the “bumblebee” in the match of the third round of the German championship. A few days later, Andrei scored his first goal for a new team. In the first round of the Champions League group stage, he struck the gates of the English Tottenham with a long blow.

Despite the fact that the German press called Andrei the best player in Borussia at the start of the championship, for the whole season the Ukrainian played only 18 games. In the summer of next year, Yarmolenko for 25 million pounds was sold at West Ham United. The contract with the British was designed for four years. Mentor Manuel Pellegrini entrusted Andrei at the base.

In debut games, the Ukrainian has proven himself well. In the match of the championship of England with Everton, he scored his debut goal for the London club.Moreover, in this match, the Ukrainian was able to arrange a double. However, frequent injuries were prevented by Andrei to gain a foothold in the “hammer”. In the infirmary of the British, the football player sometimes had to spend six months.

At the same time, after restoration, the Ukrainian demonstrated a fantastic game. In September, in the game against Hull City, Yarmolenko was noted by a double and gave two assists. In just four incomplete seasons, the Ukrainian as part of West Ham United spent only 51 matches in which he scored ten goals. In the spring of the year, the media got information that Yarmolenko would leave the English club.

According to rumors, the football player can return to Dynamo Kiev. The press is the amount of a possible transfer. The British are ready to release Andrei for millions of pounds. At the same time, according to the Transfermarkt website, the attacker is estimated at May at four million euros. The highest market value of a player of 25 million euros was recorded in December.

True, in Kiev Dynamo they are in no hurry to return their former leader, referring to financial problems. A career in the team of Yarmolenko played for the youth teams of the national team U and U in the year Andrei became a member of the continental championship among football players under the age of 21. For the first time, the forward played in the national team in September.

In the match with Andorra, Andrera was also noted by the first goal. Yarmolenko participated in the euro and in butt matches for access to the final part of the continental championship of the year, it was two goals of Yarmolenko that allowed Ukrainians to go through the Slovenian national team. This is the latest goal in the history of the national team of Ukraine. Yarmolenko also owns another record.

In September, in a friendly match with Uruguay, Andrei scored the fastest goal in the history of Ukrainian football. In order to hit the opponent’s gates, he needed only 15 seconds. In terms of the number of heads scored 38, it is inferior only to Andrei Shevchenko, in addition, Yarmolenko is the best assistant. On his account of 20 assists. Despite a small game practice in West Ham, the coach of the Ukrainian national team Andrei Shevchenko included Yarmolenko in the application for the European Championship, which was transferred for one year due to the pandemic of coronavirus.

In June, Andrei played at his third European Championship. Yarmolenko with the captain's bandage spent all five matches of the yellow-blue at the continental championship. In the minute of the first round of the group tournament against the Netherlands, the captain of the Ukrainians scored the first goal of the national team in the euro in the next game Yarmolenko scored another goal, and also gave the burning gear.

In the game with Northern Macedonia, Andrei, from the filing of Alexander Karavaev, opened an account in the match in the minute, and five minutes later he gave the asser to Roman Yaremchuk.

As a result, the yellow-blue won with an account in this match Yarmolenko also “noted” from the negative side, earned a yellow card in the minute of the match.