Dmytro Zhdankov

Dmytro Zhdankov
Personal information
Full name Dmytro Serhiyovych Zhdankov
Date of birth (1984-11-18) 18 November 1984
Place of birth Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1998–2000 Metalist Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Metalist-2 Kharkiv 2 (0)
2003–2007 FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv 113 (0)
2008–2010 Metalist Kharkiv 1 (0)
2011–2013 Olimpik Donetsk 44 (0)
International career
2002 Ukraine U19 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dmytro Zhdankov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Сергійович Жданков; born 18 November 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the product of the Metalist Youth School system.

Club career

Raised in Metalist Youth School system, Dmytro Zhdankov failed to find a regular spot in the Metalist Reserves and thus in the beginning of 2003 moved to the Ukrainian Second League club FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv, where he found a regular spot and played there for until the winter of 2007–08 season when the removed themselves from competition. So, Zhdankov returned to his home club to continue playing for the Metalist Reserve squad for the rest of the season. For the 2008–09 season, Metalist coach Myron Markevych named him to be one of the three main goalies of the senior club.

International career

During the 2002–03 season, Dmytro Zhdankov was called up to Ukrainian under-19 national football team, where he played one game.