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Riy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for English Premier League club West Ham United and the Ukraine national team.


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Yarmolenko has been a full international for Ukraine since 2009, scoring 44 goals in 104 matches and playing at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2016, and Euro 2020.


Yarmolenko's parents, native Ukrainians, were originally from Smolianka village, Kulykivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast.


Valentyna and Mykola Yarmolenko moved to Leningrad where Andriy was born in 1989.


Yarmolenko was noticed by Mykola Lypoviy who invited him to football school and became his first coach.


Yarmolenko is a graduate of the Chernihiv Youth Sports School "Yunist".


In 2007, Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, where he joined its second team, Dynamo-2, which plays in lower leagues, for a couple of seasons.


The then vice-president of Dynamo, Yozhef Sabo, also praised the youngster, saying, "Yarmolenko has all the makings to become a top-level player."


In December 2006, Yarmolenko signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, where he joined its second team, Dynamo-2, which plays in lower leagues, for a couple of seasons.


On 11 May 2008, Yarmolenko debuted for Dynamo's first team in an away match against Vorskla Poltava and scored the winning goal in Kyiv's 1-2 victory.


In a match in October 2015, Yarmolenko committed a dangerous challenge which almost broke Shakhtar Donetsk player Taras Stepanenko's leg.


The two reconciled after the game and exchanged jerseys, but afterwards Yarmolenko threw Stepanenko's shirt on the ground while he thanked the Dynamo fans.


In a brawl that escalated, Yarmolenko kicked Stepanenko to the ground.


On 28 August 2017, Yarmolenko signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund.


On 10 September 2017, Yarmolenko made his debut for Dortmund as a substitute in the 79-minute against Freiburg.


On 11 July 2018, Yarmolenko signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.


Making his first start for West Ham on 16 September, he scored his first two goals for the club in a 3-1 away win against Everton, the club's first Premier League win of the 2018-19 season.


Yarmolenko suffered an Achilles tear on 20 October 2018 in a 1-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season.


Yarmolenko returned to the first team squad for the start of the 2019-20 season.


On 31 August 2019, he scored his first goal since his return from injury, doubling West Ham's lead with a left-footed volley in a 2-0 win over Norwich City.


He scored again in West Ham's next home match in the Premier League, opening the scoring in their 2-0 defeat of Manchester United.


On 25 November 2021, Yarmolenko scored against Rapid Wien at the Allianz Stadion and provided the penalty for the 2-0 away win for West Ham in the UEFA Europa League group stage.


Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Yarmolenko was given time off by manager David Moyes.


Four days later, Yarmolenko scored an extra-time winner for West Ham in their 2-1 aggregate win over Spanish club Sevilla in the Europa League round of 16, allowing West Ham to progress to a European quarter-final for the first time since 1981.


On 11 August 2007 Yarmolenko represented Ukraine under-19 team in an away exhibition game against Japan, winning 1-0.


After the qualification on 10 October 2008, Yarmolenko was invited to the under-21 squad which played against the Netherlands.


On 5 September 2009, in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Andorra, Yarmolenko made his first senior appearance for Ukraine and scored in a 5-0 win.


On 2 September 2011, in an international friendly against Uruguay in Kharkiv, Yarmolenko set a national team record by scoring 14 seconds into the match, the fastest time in which a Ukraine national team player has scored a goal.


Yarmolenko scored a hat-trick on 15 November 2014, netting all of Ukraine's goals in a 3-0 victory away to Luxembourg in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.


In November 2015, Yarmolenko scored in both legs of Ukraine's 3-1 play-off victory over Slovenia to qualify the nation for Euro 2016 final stages.


Yarmolenko was subsequently included in Ukraine's squad for Euro 2016, where he played in all three matches as Ukraine failed to score and finished bottom of the group.


Yarmolenko scored against Netherlands at Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam and against North Macedonia at Arena Națională in Bucharest for UEFA Euro 2020 and he has been elected Star of the Match.


On 1 September 2021, Yarmolenko played his 100th game for Ukraine, in a 2022 World Cup qualification game against Kazakhstan.


On 12 October 2021 he scored against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Arena Lviv in Lviv and was voted player of the match.


In 2020, Dmitry Adehiro created a mural with the image of Yarmolenko, during the reconstruction of the building of the Yunost Youth Sports School, just beside the Yunist Stadium in Chernihiv.


In November 2021, a competition for the Andriy Yarmolenko Cup took place in the city of Chernihiv at the Yunist Stadium.


In February 2022, Yarmolenko gave £75,000 to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to help defend the country in the wake of Russia's invasion.


Chernihiv mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko and the governor of the Chernihiv Oblast Vyacheslav Chaus thanked Yarmolenko personally for his efforts.


In March 2022, Yarmolenko after the winner for West Ham over Spanish club Sevilla in the Europa League, he gave West Ham shirt to fan holding Ukraine flag and Mark Noble was in tears as Hammers beat Sevilla to reach Europa League quarter-finals on famous night.



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