Belarusian former footballer (born 1989)
Uladzimir Vasilyevich Yurchanka (Belarusian: Уладзімір Васілевіч Юрчанка; Russian: Владимир Васильевич Юрченко; born 26 January 1989) is a Belarusian former footballer.
Career
Yurchenko made his debut for the U-21 national team on 9 September 2008, in a match against Latvia U21.[1] He was part of the Belarus U21 side that participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and made appearances in all three matches.[2] On 12 August 2009, Yurchenko netted his first goal for the Belarus U21 team, opening the scoring against the Austria U21 in the 2–1 home win in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier.[3] On 12 October 2010, Yurchenko netted twice to help his team to a 3–0 win against Italy U21, which secured qualification for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[4]
On 2 November 2010, Yurchenko earned his first call-up to the senior team of his country, but was subsequently injured and withdrawn from the squad for the friendly match against Oman.[5]
On 1 June 2011, Yurchenko was selected to take part in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Denmark, but was injured in a pre-tournament friendly and missed the competition. He was replaced by Aliaksandr Perepechka.[6] Following his recovery from injury, he made the Belarusian squad for the 2012 Toulon Tournament and participated in all three group stage matches.[7] He was also selected as part of the preliminary squad (including 43 players) for the 2012 London Olympics,[8] but did not make the final cut of 22 (18 nominees + 4 reserves) footballers for the games.[9]
Honours
Club
- Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Individual
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