Matvei Ponomarenko became one of the five youngest Dynamo players in UPL

In the match against Shakhtar (0:1) Matvey Ponomarenko played for Dynamo for the first time in the Ukrainian championships.

Matvey Ponomarenko. Photo: fcdynamo.com

He played his premier match at the age of 17, 296 days, becoming one of the youngest Kyiv players in the UPL. Only Vladislav Kalitvintsev, Oleksandr Aliev and Maksym Koval made their debut for the Bilo-Syni at a younger age.

Besides, Ponomarenko became the first player born in 2006 who played for Dynamo in the Ukrainian championships.

The youngest Dynamo players in the Ukrainian championships

Age

Player

Debut

Opponent

Score

17 years 125 days

Vladislav KALITVINTSEV

09.05.2010

"Metalurg Z (e)

3:0

17 years 195 days

Aleksandr ALIYEV

17.08.2002

"Volyn" (e)

3:1

17 years 256 days

Maksym KOVAL

22.08.2010

"Dnipro (e)

0:0

17 years 296 days

Matvei PONOMARENKO

03.11.2023

"Shakhtar (d)

0:1

17 years 327 days

Denys DEDECHKO

25.05.2005

"Volyn (d)

1:0

17 years 359 days

Maksym DEMENKO

12.03.1994

"Tavriya" (d)

4:2

18 years 10 days

Ilya ZABARNY

11.09.2020

"Desna" (d)

0:0

18 years 14 days

Artem KRAVETS

17.06.2007

"Arsenal (d)

1:0

18 years 40 days

Andriy SHEVCHENKO

08.11.1994

"Shakhtar (d)

3:1

18 years 64 days

Bohdan MIKHAILICHENKO

24.05.2015

"Karpaty (d)

1:0

Dynamo footballers born in 1996-2006, who were the first to play in UPL

Year of birth.

Player

Date

Opponent

Score

1996

Artem BESEDIN

11.03.2016

"Karpaty (r)

2:1

1997

Bohdan MIKHAILICHENKO

24.05.2015

"Karpaty" (d)

1:0

1998

Mykola SHAPARENKO

18.11.2017

"Zvezda" (d)

2:0

1999

Vitaliy MYKOLENKO

20.08.2017

"Steel" Km (d)

4:1

2000

Vladyslav SUPRYAGA

25.08.2018

"Chornomorets" (d)

1:1

2001

Kristian BILOVAR

30.07.2023

"Minai" (e))

4:1

2002

Ilya ZABARNY

11.09.2020

"Desna" (e)

0:0

2003

Nazar VOLOSHIN

04.03.2023

"Ingulets" (e)

0:2

Maksym DYACHUK

04.03.2023

"Ingulets" (e)

0:2

2004

Anton Tsarenko

04.03.2023

"Ingulets" (e)

0:2

2006

Matvei PONOMARENKO

03.11.2023

"Shakhtar (d)

0:1

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