Vitālijs Meļņičenko

Vitālijs Meļņičenko

Meļņičenko in training with SK Blāzma
Personal information
Full name Vitālijs Meļņičenko
Date of birth (1987-11-11) 11 November 1987
Place of birth Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Republic of Latvia)
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Fakel Voronezh
Number 88
Youth career
Rīgas Futbola skola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 JFK Olimps 1 (0)
2006 FK Eirobaltija 15 (0)
2007 FK Rīga 0 (0)
2008–2010 Skonto FC 2 (0)
2008 → Olimps/RFS (loan) 7 (1)
2009 → SK Blāzma (loan) 10 (0)
2010 → Olimps/RFS (loan) 3 (0)
2010 → SK Blāzma (loan) 14 (0)
2011 Szolnoki MÁV FC 13 (0)
2012–2013 FK Ventspils 20 (0)
2014 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 23 (0)
2015 FK Ventspils 25 (0)
2016– FC Fakel Voronezh 12 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2015

Vitālijs Meļņičenko (born 11 November 1987 in Riga) is a Latvian footballer who currently plays for FC Fakel Voronezh.

Club career

As a youth player Meļņičenko played for Rīgas Futbola skola, making his first professional appearance in 2005 for Olimps/RFS. In 2006 he joined FK Eirobaltija, but in 2007 he returned to the higher level football, joining FK Rīga. Unable to prove himself there he was signed by Skonto Riga in 2008. He made 2 appearances for the club, being loaned to Olimps/RFS in 2008 and SK Blāzma in 2009. While playing for Olimps/RFS, Meļņičenko managed to score a goal against FK Vindava and all in all played 7 league games. During the loan spell at SK Blāzma he played 10 league matches. In 2010 Meļņičenko was given out on loan to Olimps/RFS yet again. Having played 3 matches for the club, Meļņičenko left for SK Blāzma once again in 2010.

At the start of 2011 Meļņičenko went on trial with the Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Zalaegerszegi TE in Hungary.[1] The player did not stay in Zalaegerszeg,[2] but eventually signed a contract with a different Hungarian club - the league newcomers Szolnoki MÁV in February 2011.[3] In July 2011 he was released, having made 13 appearances in the top tier of Hungarian football. Meļņičenko remained unemployed till February 2012, when he was signed by that time Latvian champions FK Ventspils. Starting the season as the first-choice keeper, Meļņičenko appeared in 15 league matches, but was later replaced by Maksims Uvarenko. Meļņičenko played for Ventspils till the end of the 2013 season, mainly being used as the backup keeper.

In March 2014 Meļņičenko joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala.[4] He played 23 league matches, keeping 11 clean sheets throughout the season. In January 2015 Meļņičenko was signed by his previous club FK Ventspils as a replacement for Uvarenko who had moved to CSKA Sofia.[5]

Honours

Skonto FC

FK Ventspils

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oyo.lv/posts/sportacentrs-futbols-2011-jan-21-medeckis-parbaudas-budapesta-melnicenko-pie-turkova
  2. ↑ http://sporto.lv/raksts/futbolisti_macas_geografiju
  3. ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/legionari/26022011-melnicenko_parcelas_uz_ungariju
  4. ↑ http://futbolavirsliga.lv/index.php/jaunumi/jaunakas-zinas/item/1861-spartaks-paraksta-ligumus-ar-melnicenko-kraujkli-un-smirnovu.html
  5. ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/virsliga/29012015-ventspils_vienojas_ar_melnicenko_krjaukli
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