 Stepanenko with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taras Mykolaiovych Stepanenko | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Velyka Novosilka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | FC Torpedo-Kosmos Zaporizhzhia | ||
| 2003 | Arsenal Kharkiv | ||
| 2003–2004 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | ||
| 2004–2006 | Kosmos Zaporizhia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 16 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 81 | (1) |
| 2010– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 286 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Ukraine U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Ukraine U21 | 27 | (1) |
| 2010– | Ukraine | 85 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024 | |||
Taras Mykolaiovych Stepanenko (Ukrainian: Тара́с Микола́йович Степане́нко; born 8 August 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.
Stepanenko started his career at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, making his debut in 2007, before joining Shakhtar in 2010.
- ^ "Taras Stepanenko | First Team | FC Shakhtar Donetsk". Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.