Matviy Ponomarenko

Matviy Ponomarenko

Personal information
Full name	Matviy Ruslanovych Ponomarenko
Date of birth	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth	Myronivka, Ukraine
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	99
Youth career
2012–2013	Sportive School #1 Myronivka
2013–2022	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Dynamo Kyiv	9	(1)
2022–2023	→ Zorya Luhansk (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2022–2023	Ukraine U17	6	(8)
2023	Ukraine U18	3	(2)
2023–	Ukraine U19	10	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2024

Matviy Ruslanovych Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: Матвій Русланович Пономаренко; born 11 January 2006) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Kyiv.

Career

Born in Myronivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ponomarenko began his sportive career in the local sportive school #1, where his first trainer was Mykhaylo Halych. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy from the age of seven.[1]

He played for FC Dynamo Kyiv and Zorya Luhansk (as loaned player) in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and later was promoted to the senior Dynamo's team. Ponomarenko made his debut for FC Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 3 November 2023.[2]

International career

In July 2024, Ponomarenko was called up by manager Dmytro Mykhaylenko to the final squad of the Ukraine national under-19 football team to play in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship tournament matches.[3]

References

1. Матвій Пономаренко (in Ukrainian). The official Dynamo Kyiv website. 4 November 2023.
2. VBET Ліга. 13-й тур Матч №97 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 4 November 2023.
3. "Євро-2024 (U-19): Дмитро Михайленко визначився зі складом юнацької збірної України для участі у фінальному турнірі" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Football Association. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

External links

• Matviy Ponomarenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Matviy Ponomarenko at Soccerway