Andriy Polunin


Andriy Viktorovych Polunin was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Polunin made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for Shakhtar Pavlohrad.
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.