Serhiy Sydorchuk: 10 years in Dynamo

On December 21, 2012, the official website of "Dynamo" published the following information: Serhii Sydorchuk signed a contract with "white-blue". The agreement with the football player is designed for five years - until the end of 2017.

We hope that everything will go well for the talented player in Kyiv, and in the meantime, we will introduce you to some facts from his profile.

Date of birth: May 2, 1991.

Role: Midfielder.

Height: 188 cm. Weight: 76 kg.

He made his debut in the Premier League on August 23, 2009 (Metalurg D - Metalurg W - 3:0). Candidate for the youth national team of Ukraine.

In the 2012/2013 season, he played 10 matches for Metalurg (Zaporizhia) in the Premier League, 1 match in the Ukrainian Cup.

Over the past 10 years, Serhiy Sydorchuk has made his way from a young talent to the captain and leader of the team, entered the TOP-10 in the history of "Dynamo" in terms of matches played in the championships of Ukraine. With a lucky coincidence, next season the captain can be among the top 5 footballers of the team who play the most in national championships, ahead of several club legends.

On the 10th anniversary of the signing of the contract with Sydorchuk, we recall his playing career in Dynamo in statistical indicators.

MATCHES FOR DYNAMO (official tournaments)

A total of 307 matches

Matches in the UPL - 197 (10th in the history of the club)

Matches in the Cup of Ukraine — 24

Matches in the Super Cup of Ukraine — 7

Matches in European Cups - 79

Distribution by European cups: Europa League (main tournament) - 41, Europa League (qualification) - 2, Champions League (main tournament) - 21, Champions League (qualification) - 15

Matches in the main — 249 (UPL — 154, national cups — 23, European cups — 72)

There are 58 substitutions

Substituted during the match - 82 (UPL - 57, national cups - 12, European cups - 13)

GOALS FOR "DYNAMO"

There are 20 heads in total

Goals in the UPL - 17 (31st place in the history of the club in the championships of Ukraine, 5th among central/supporting midfielders after Oleksandr Khatskevich, Andrii Husin, Goran Havranchych and Yuri Maksimov)

Goals in National Cups - 1

Goals in European Cups - 2

Who scored: Zorya (4 goals), Hoverla (3 goals), Chornomorets (2 goals), Mariupol (2 goals), Metalurg Z, Metalist ", "Vorskla", "Dnipro", SC "Dnipro-1", "Minai", "Shakhtar", "Besiktas", "Shkenderbeu".

GOAL ASSISTS

This category may have different figures in different sources (based on the counting system).

22 in total

Transfers in the UPL - 15

Assists in national cups - 1

Assists in European Cups - 6

Selected quotes

"I perfectly understood that I would not play much at first. First goal: just get established, start getting into the application. Then for a replacement. The main thing is not to rent immediately"

"I was lucky in some ways: someone got injured, someone got a card, someone was rented out. It turned out that in some matches there was no one to bet on besides me."

"I wouldn't have moved to a new team if I didn't feel strong in myself. Why should I take the place of some pet of the club if these guys are better than me? I came because I want to play and win trophies"

"Motivation is always easy to find when you play in a team like Dynamo, where there are 20 equal players. You always want to prove that you are better than everyone else and worthy of going on the field. That's all the motivation"

"When it comes to statistics, the numbers are misleading. For example, the second goal in Odesa was scored because of my mistake... Also in this context, I always give the example of the away match against Porto in the Champions League, in which we won 2-0, but the team's percentage of defects was 35%. So the numbers don't always tell the truth."

"Now I'm an administrator in the team. As such responsibilities have not been added, but I handle all team issues internally. For example, collecting money for birthdays, for a gift to Oleg Gusev when he left. Like the head of the class (laughs). Just more communication with the coaching staff and with the president of the club"

"I haven't played many matches as a captain, but to be honest, my attitude towards the game hasn't changed. I thought about it and came to the thought: if I was chosen as captain, then I had done everything right before. Therefore, I decided not to change anything in my game and to stay on the field myself"

"According to the results of the time when we worked with Mircea Lucescu, I can say that I have never seen such workaholics and perfectionists in my life. He carefully analyzes opponents and explains everything"

"I carry all the red cards that are given in Ukraine by braces. They are prescribed to us for anything. If at first it was funny, now you're not surprised at anything."

"I have read many interviews with football players who have finished their careers, and they all say in unison that there used to be some players, and today there are completely different ones. I adhere to the opinion that people evolve under the influence of various factors, including technological ones. Today's youth are more purposeful in the sense that they know exactly what they want. Maybe he doesn't know HOW, but he definitely knows WHAT"

"To be honest, I'm not a big fan of individual awards, I take them in stride. It's nice that the goals scored by me brought victories to the team and points in the treasury"