Konstantin Dydchenko Football player, striker Date of Birth: 08.07.1986 Country: Ukraine

Biography of Konstantin Dudchenko

Konstantin Dudchenko is a Ukrainian football player who played as a forward. He began playing football in Melitopol during his childhood and participated in competitions between local and regional football teams. Dudchenko started his career in the youth team of the "Olkha" club. He played for the main team of this club in the Second League of Ukraine from 2005 to 2008, during which the team did not rise above seventh place in Group B. In the 2008/2009 season, Dudchenko scored 12 goals and became the fifth top scorer in his group.

In the Ukrainian Cup, "Olkha" suffered two heavy losses against the Kiev-based "Dynamo" in the 1/16 finals, with Dudchenko playing in both matches. In October 2008, at the age of 22, the player signed a five-year contract with "Dynamo". However, he only received playing time in the farm club and decided to change teams after a year.

In his debut in the Russian First Division on March 28, 2010, Dudchenko scored the only goal in a match against "Salut" Belgorod. He played for "Khimki" with the number 22 jersey and shared the top position in the list of the team's top scorers with seven goals and two assists. However, the team's unsuccessful results led to the dismissal of the head coach Evgeny Bushmagin and the termination of agreements with many players.

On January 24, 2011, Dudchenko moved to the Yaroslavl-based "Shinnik" club, becoming the tenth team in the league. In the first round of the FNL championship, the team faced the Moscow Region team and lost 0-2. Dudchenko came on as a substitute in the second half. Despite initially being in the third position after the second round, Yaroslavl's team was unable to maintain it due to the competition's transitional tournament. In the national Cup, "Shinnik" was eliminated in the 1/16 finals by another team from Nizhny Novgorod, "Volga". Dudchenko scored three goals in 35 matches during this period.

In the 2013/2014 season, Dudchenko played 20 games and scored 6 goals before the club decided to part ways with him and sold him to the Pavlodar-based "Irtysh". On March 15, 2014, he started playing in the Kazakhstan championship but suffered an injury in the first match, which caused him to miss several initial rounds. However, he eventually played 21 matches that season and scored 11 goals, including one against the club's leader and champion, "Aktobe" (1-1). In the following season, Dudchenko played another 21 matches and scored 8 goals.

In February 2016, the top forward of "Irtysh" moved to another Kazakhstani club, "Tobol" from Kostanay. However, after playing 11 matches and scoring 2 goals, he transferred to the Ural-based "Akzhayik" in June. Dudchenko played 17 games, scored 4 goals, and helped the club remain in the Premier League until the end of the season. This scenario repeated in 2017 when he scored two goals in the relegation match against "Makhtaral" (2-1) and once again secured his team's place in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Konstantin Dudchenko met his future wife Daria in Yaroslavl and got married there. They have two children, Bogdan and Tamara.