Taras Stepanenko

Taras Stepanenko is a Ukrainian soccer player, midfielder of Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukrainian national team.

Brief biography

Taras Stepanenko was born in Velyka Novoselka village in Donetsk region on August 8, 1989.

He started playing soccer in his childhood, he studied at the FC "Cosmos" soccer school, FC "Torpedo" (Zaporizhzhia).

Initially Stepanenko played in ZaporizhzhyaMetallurg Football Club, where he made his debut in 2006. Just a year after the start of his professional career, in 2007, Taras Stepanenko played for the first time in the High League of Ukraine, in the match Metalurg (Zaporizhzhya) - Dynamo (Kyiv).

Already in May 2010, Stepanenko agreed on the transfer to FC Shakhtar Donetsk, signed his first five-year contract with the team and made his winning debut in a match against FC Tavria (Simferopol).

In 2015, Taras Stepanenko extended his stay at Shakhtar by signing a second contract for five years.

From 2007 to 2010 Taras Stepanenko played for the Ukraine youth team.

In 2010 he joined the Ukrainian national soccer team as a midfielder. As of 2019 year continues to play in its composition. Height of 181 centimeters and weight - 76 kilograms, make Taras Stepanenko ideal in the position of a midfielder, allowing to effectively block a variety of attacks of the opponent.

Taras Stepanenko statistics

During his career Taras Stepanenko played a total of 227 matches, scoring a total of eleven goals.

Among the achievements of Taras Stepanenko include:

• Five-time champion of Ukraine.

• Two-time finalist and six-time winner of the Ukrainian Cup.

• Four-time winner of the Ukrainian Super Cup.

Personal life

Taras Stepanenko is married. Spouse - Margarita Stepanenko. The married couple brings up two sons - Yaroslav and Svyatoslav.

Activity in the network

Taras Stepanenko keeps a page in Facebook. However, the footballer does not use Facebook as a public platform.

But Taras Stepanenko's Instagram account, where the footballer regularly publishes his latest photos, is followed by forty and a half thousand regular readers.