Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 1978 | ||
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) |
1995–1999 | → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (loan) | 92 | (23) |
2007–2009 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 47 | (12) |
2009–2010 | → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) | 23 | (9) |
2010–2013 | Metalist Kharkiv | 26 | (4) |
2013 | → Helios 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.