Roman Yaremchuk scores first goal under Maldera for Ukraine
Roman Yaremchuk has become the first player to score for the Ukraine national team under Andrea Maldera. We look back at the first scorers for every manager in the team's history.
Roman Yaremchuk has scored the opening goal for the Ukraine national team under the stewardship of Andrea Maldera. The milestone occurred during an away friendly match against Poland.
This achievement highlights a historical trend of players marking the beginning of a coach's tenure with a goal. Here are the first scorers for each head coach in the history of the Ukraine national team:
Viktor Prokopenko – Ivan Hetsko (vs Hungary), Mykola Pavlov – Yuriy Maksymov (vs Belarus), Oleh Bazylevych – Serhiy Konovalov (vs Israel), Jozsef Szabo – Serhiy Konovalov (vs Estonia), Anatoliy Konkov – Timerlan Huseynov (vs Estonia), Valeriy Lobanovskyi – Andriy Shevchenko (vs Bulgaria), Leonid Buryak – Serhiy Shyshchenko (vs Romania), Oleh Blokhin – Adrian Pukanych (vs Libya), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko – Artem Milevskyi (vs Cyprus), Myron Markevych – Oleksandr Aliyev (vs Lithuania), Yuriy Kalitvintsev – Yevhen Seleznyov (vs Poland), Oleksandr Zavarov – Oleksandr Kucher (vs Bulgaria), Mykhaylo Fomenko – Mykola Morozyuk (vs Norway), Andriy Shevchenko – Andriy Yarmolenko (vs Iceland), Oleksandr Petrakov – Roman Yaremchuk (vs Kazakhstan), Serhiy Rebrov – Viktor Tsyhankov (vs Germany).