Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Демченко; born 20 August 1976) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who manages Georgian club Dinamo Batumi. He played as an attacking midfielderorforward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andriy Anatoliyovych Demchenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-08-20) 20 August 1976 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Batumi (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | → CSKA-d Moscow | 53 | (19) |
| 1995–1998 | Ajax | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 1998–2006 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 186 | (46) |
| 1998–2006 | → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 11 | (1) |
| 2000 | → SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Illichivets Mariupol | 18 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Obolon Kyiv | 23 | (2) |
| 2009 | Dacia Chişinău | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Helios Kharkiv | 11 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Russia U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 1995 | Russia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Russia U21 | 14 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Metalurh Zaporizhya (youth) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Obod | ||
| 2018 | Veres Rivne (caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Lviv | ||
| 2019–2020 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | ||
| 2021–2023 | Dila Gori | ||
| 2023– | Dinamo Batumi | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhzhia where his first coach (trainer) was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn. When Demchenko turned 13, his new trainer was Anatoliy Vasyleha who coached him before Demchenko moved to Moscow. During his teenage years Demchenko was spotted by Gennadiy Kostylev, a Soviet Union national team coach, and Demchenko participated in some international tournaments among junior teams. During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.
At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. At Ajax, Demchenko mostly sat on the bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhzhia where he joined Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.
Ajax
