Andriy Vorobey

Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the magazine Komanda recognized him as the best player in the league. During his career Vorobey netted over 100 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League, while in the 2000–01 season he became the league's top scorer.
When playing for the national team he was second striker under Andriy Shevchenko. While playing in Shakhtar Donetsk he started as a centre forward, but he became second striker behind Brandão.

Club career

Vorobey started his career in Shakhtar Donetsk in 1994. He was promoted to the senior team in 1997. In the 2000–01 season Vorobey was the leading scorer with 21 goals. He amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. His total career for the Shakhtar senior team lasted ten years.
In 2000/01 he set the Ukraine Premier League record for scoring goals in games in a row, 9 goals in 7 games.

Vorobey signed a three-year contract with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 June 2007. He scored his first goal in European Competition for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, in a 1–1 draw with Aberdeen, however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.

On 28 May 2010 it was officially announced that Vorobey had signed a two-year contract at Metalist.

Vorobey has been on the Ukraine national football team since 2000. Notably, he was on Ukraine's FIFA World Cup 2006 squad, where Ukraine got to the quarterfinals losing to their champions Italy.
His last goal for Ukraine was in the UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying match against Faroe Islands, which Ukraine won 5–0. Vorobey scored the last goal of the match in the 64th minute.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus		2–2	3–4	Friendly
2		GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus		3–2	3–4	Friendly
3		Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine		2–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4		Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine		3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5		Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine		1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
6		Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine		2–0	4–0	Friendly
7		Gossau, Switzerland		3–0	3–0	Friendly
8		Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine		5–0	6–0	Friendly

Shakhtar Donetsk

Individual