After the second match against Belgium in the Nations League playoffs (0:3), midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko’s appearance for the national team of Ukraine increased to 15 years and 199 days.
Andriy YarmolenkoThus, by surpassing Ruslan Rotan, he moved to 3rd place in the list of players with the longest careers in the national team.
Yarmolenko made his debut for the national team on August 5, 2007, in a friendly match against Uzbekistan (2:1) and has played a total of 125 matches for the national team.
Longest Careers of Players in the National Team of Ukraine
Career | Player | First Match | Last Match |
17 years 108 days | Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKY | 11.13.1994 | 02.29.2012 |
17 years 86 days | Andriy SHEVCHENKO | 03.25.1995 | 06.19.2012 |
15 years 199 days | Andriy YARMOLENKO | 09.05.2009 | 03.23.2025 |
15 years 15 days | Ruslan ROTAN | 02.12.2003 | 03.27.2018 |
14 years 293 days | Andriy PYATOV | 08.22.2007 | 06.11.2022 |
14 years 71 days | Serhiy REBROV | 06.27.1992 | 09.06.2006 |
13 years 332 days | Taras STEPANENKO | 11.17.2010 | 10.14.2024 |
13 years 72 days | Andriy HUSIN | 06.26.1993 | 09.06.2006 |
13 years 47 days | Vyacheslav SHEVCHUK | 04.30.2003 | 06.16.2016 |
