| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andriy Viktorovych Polunin | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-03-05)5 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 2025(2025-11-15) (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Lutsk, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1988 | Dnipropetrovsk OShISP (UOR) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 152 | (23) |
| 1997 | CSKA Kyiv | 14 | (0) |
| 1997 | Karpaty Lviv | 14 | (1) |
| 1998 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 16 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | FC St. Pauli | 29 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 28 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Ukraine | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (scout) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| 2008 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (president) | ||
| 2008–2012 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| 2012 | Arsenal Kyiv (director) | ||
| 2013–2018 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (sports director) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andriy Viktorovych Polunin (Ukrainian: Андрій Вікторович Полунін; 5 March 1971 – 15 November 2025) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.1
Career
Polunin made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for Shakhtar Pavlohrad.2
He spent the majority of his playing career at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He won nine caps for Ukraine, scoring one goal, in a 3–1 defeat to Italy in a Euro 96 qualifier in Bari in November 1995.
From 2007, Polunin worked as a sports director with Naftovyk-Ukrnafta.
Death
Polunin died on 15 November 2025, at the age of 54, having suffered a heart attack after playing in a veterans' match in Lutsk.3
References
References
- "Andrey Polunin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- Полунин Андрей Викторович (in Russian). KLISF. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- Помер Андрій Полунін (in Ukrainian)