The match of the 9th round of the Ukrainian championship between Dynamo Kyiv and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2:1) was the 500th anniversary match played for the veteran of the capital's club, Andriy Yarmolenko, in all tournaments.
Yarmolenko played 252 games in the Ukrainian championship, 29 in the Ukrainian Cup, 89 in European competitions, 6 in the Super Cup of Ukraine, and 124 for the national team of Ukraine.
In total, Andriy has played 491 matches. As a representative of Dynamo, Yarmolenko played 454 games, Desna - 1, Borussia Dortmund - 7, West Ham - 32 and Al Ain - 6 (he came to the national team from foreign clubs).
Andriy Yarmolenko's first game at the top level took place on August 11, 2006 as a member of Desna in a cup match with Ternopil's Niva (2: 0).
Yarmolenko has scored 195 goals: 109 - in the UPL, 19 - in the Ukrainian Cup, 21 - in European competitions and 46 - in the Ukrainian national team.
Andriy Yarmolenko became the 10th player to reach the milestone of 500 matches. Oleksandr Shovkovskyi is a confident leader in this ranking with 730 games at the elite level in Ukrainian teams.
1. Oleksandr Shovkovskyi - 730 matches
2. Andriy Pyatov - 630
3. Taras Stepanenko - 601
4. Ruslan Rotan - 599
5. Oleg Gusev - 569
6. Oleh Shelayev - 552
7. Dario Srna - 536
8. Vladyslav Vashchuk - 515
9. Andriy Vorobey - 505
10. Andriy Yarmolenko - 50.