Mykola Shaparenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Shaparenko.

Mykola Shaparenko

Shaparenko playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Mykola Volodymyrovych Shaparenko
Date of birth	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Rozdolne, Ukraine
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	10
Youth career
2010–2011	Youth Sportive School #4 Mariupol
2011–2014	Illichivets Mariupol
2015–2017	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Illichivets Mariupol	2	(1)
2017–	Dynamo Kyiv	124	(21)
International career^‡
2015–2016	Ukraine U18	4	(1)
2016–2017	Ukraine U19	6	(1)
2018	Ukraine U21	1	(1)
2018–	Ukraine	40	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Mykola Volodymyrovych Shaparenko (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Володи́мирович Шапаре́нко; born 4 October 1998) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team.[2] Shaparenko is one of the youngest players to have scored in the Ukrainian Premier League.[3]

Club career

Shaparenko made his senior debut for Illichivets Mariupol as a substitute player in a 6–2 loss against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League on 5 April 2015.[4]

In June 2015, Shaparenko signed a contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv. After playing for Dynamo's youth and reserve teams for two seasons, he made his senior team debut on 18 November 2017 at Zirka Stadium, as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–0 victory over FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi.^[better source needed]

International career

Shaparenko in 2021 with Ukraine

On 31 May 2018, Shaparenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team at Stade de Genève, coming on as a substitute in a goalless friendly draw against Morocco.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 August 2024[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Illichivets Mariupol	2014–15	Ukrainian Premier League	2	1	0	0	—		—		2	1
Dynamo Kyiv	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	14	1	2	0	5[a]	0	0	0	21	1
	2018–19		22	5	2	2	8[b]	1	1[c]	0	33	8
	2019–20		15	1	2	0	1[a]	0	0	0	18	1
	2020–21		24	4	3	0	11[d]	1	1[c]	0	39	5
	2021–22		13	3	1	0	6[e]	0	1[c]	0	21	3
	2022–23		5	0	—		7[f]	0	—		12	0
	2023–24		22	4	0	0	4[g]	1	—		26	5
	2024–25		1	1	0	0	4[e]	1	—		5	2
	Total		116	19	10	2	46	4	3	0	175	25
Career total			118	20	10	2	46	4	3	0	177	26

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
4. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
6. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 26 June 2024[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2018	4	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	16	1
	2022	5	0
	2024	6	1
Total		34	2

As of match played 21 June 2024. Ukraine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shaparenko goal.

List of international goals scored by Mykola Shaparenko

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 September 2021	NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine	France	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	21 June 2024	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Slovakia	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2020–21
• Ukrainian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020

References

1. "Shaparenko Mykola - FC Dynamo Kyiv. Official club website". Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
2. Николай Шапаренко: хотел доказать, что могу играть в Премьер-лиге, думаю | получилось. Matchday.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
3. Хавбек "Іллічівця" став другим наймолодшим автором голу чемпіонату України [The Illichivets' halfback became the second youngest player to score in the Ukrainian Championship]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018.
4. "Mikolay Sharapenko". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2019.^[better source needed]
5. Шапаренко прокомментировал свой дебют за сборную Украины [Shaparenko responded on his debut for the Ukraine national football team]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
6. "Mykola Shaparenko - national football team player". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

• Mykola Shaparenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Mykola Shaparenko at Soccerway