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Andriy Vorobey is a Ukrainian association football player born on November 29, 1978, in Donetsk. He plays the forward position and represents Ukraine in international competition. His professional career began in 1997, and he speaks Ukrainian.
Vorobey has played for several clubs, including FC Helios Kharkiv, FC Arsenal Kyiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and FC Dnipro. He participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup as a member of the Ukrainian national team.
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Key facts
- 2013
- → Helios Kharkiv (loan)
- Full name
- Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey
- Date of birth
- ( 1978-11-29 ) 29 November 1978 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine )
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Striker
- 1988 1995
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Years
- Team
- 1995 2007
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- 1995 1999
- → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (loan)
- 2007 2009
- Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- 2009 2010
- → Arsenal Kyiv (loan)
- 2010 2013
- Metalist Kharkiv
- 2000 2008
- Ukraine
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Ukraine
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andriy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Donetsk
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Participant in
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Ukraine men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Ukraine
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Andriy Vorobey1.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Andriy Vorobey
- date of birth
- 1978-11-29
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- name in native language
- Андрій Воробей
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Encyclopedic overview
Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the magazine Komanda recognized him as the best player in the league. During his career Vorobey netted over 100 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League, while in the 2000–01 season he became the league's top scorer.
When playing for the national team he was second striker under Andriy Shevchenko. While playing in Shakhtar Donetsk he started as a centre forward, but he became second striker behind Brandão.
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