Yuriy Melashenko
Yuriy Mykhaylovych Melashenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football player who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
As a 17-year-old student, Melashenko became a Desna Chernihiv player, the main club of the city of Chernihiv, where was born. He played there for three season and in 1988, he took part of the Soviet Second League. In the 1991 season, he became the main goalkeeper.In 1994, he played 2 matches with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Vyshcha Liha in the season 1994–95. From 1995 until 1999, he played for Bukovyna Chernivtsi. For 4 seasons he played on the field in 113 matches, becoming the medalist of the Ukrainian First League.
In 1999, he turned to Desna Chernihiv, where he played for 3 seasons. In total for Desna Chernihiv he played 203 matches.
In the season 2002–03, he played in the Ukrainian First League for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk and Sokil Zolochiv. In 2003 he moved to Navbahor Namangan an Uzbek football club based in Namangan, which he got 3rd place in the championship in Uzbekistan.