Yevhen Konoplyanka

Yevhen Konoplyanka

Konoplyanka with Sevilla in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka
Date of birth	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2002–2004	Olimpik Kirovohrad
2004–2005	DYuSSh-2 Kirovohrad
2006	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
2007–2015	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	157	(35)
2015–2017	Sevilla	32	(4)
2016–2017	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	17	(1)
2017–2019	Schalke 04	40	(5)
2019–2021	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	(4)
2022–2023	Cracovia	36	(2)
2023	CFR Cluj	3	(0)
Total		313	(51)
International career
2006	Ukraine U17	1	(0)
2007–2008	Ukraine U19	9	(3)
2008–2011	Ukraine U21	16	(5)
2010–2023	Ukraine	87	(21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka (Ukrainian: Євген Олегович Коноплянка; born 29 September 1989) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Konoplyanka began his professional career at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he made his debut in 2007 and featured in 211 matches across all competitions, scoring 45 goals and helping them to the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final. He then moved on a free transfer to the opponent team who won that match, Sevilla, and won the Europa League in his only season in Spain before joining Schalke 04 on an initial loan. In 2019, Konoplyanka returned to his native country with Shakhtar Donetsk, before brief stints at Cracovia and CFR Cluj.

A full international for Ukraine from 2010 to 2023, Konoplyanka earned over 80 caps and scored 21 goals. He represented his nation in the 2012 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Championship, and is a three-time Ukrainian Footballer of the Year winner.