Andriy Vorobey

Andriy Vorobey
Vorobey in 2011
Personal information
Full name Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey
Date of birth (1978-11-29) 29 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1988–1995 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk 219 (80)
1995–1999Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (loan) 92 (23)
2007–2009 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 47 (12)
2009–2010Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 23 (9)
2010–2013 Metalist Kharkiv 26 (4)
2013Helios Kharkiv (loan) 6 (0)
Total 413 (128)
International career
2000–2008 Ukraine 68 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2013

Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian retired football 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.