Serhiy Sydorchuk: 10 years with Dynamo

On December 21 2012, FC Dynamo Kyiv official site published the following information:

Serhiy Sydorchuk has signed a contract with the White-Blues

The five-year agreement is valid till the end of 2017.

We hope the talented player will do great in Kyiv. Meanwhile check out some facts concerning his profile.

Date of birth: May 2 1991.

Position: Midfielder.

Height: 188 cm. Weight: 76 kg.

Serhiy made his debut in the UPL on August 23 2009.

In 2012/2013 season he made 10 UPL appearances and 1 Ukrainian Cup appearance for FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.

In 10 years Serhiy Sydorchuk covered the path from a young talent to the captain and leader of the team, made it into top-10 in terms of the number of appearances for Dynamo in domestic league. It might happen that the next season he reaches the top-5.

Let’s mark the 10th anniversary of Serhiy Sydorchuk in Dynamo with some statistics.

APPEARANCES FOR DYNAMO (official competitions)

Total – 307

UPL – 197

Ukrainian Cup – 24

Ukrainian Super Cup – 7

Euro cups – 79

Europa League (excluding qualifiers) – 41, Europa League (qualifiers) – 2, Champions League (excluding qualifiers) – 21, Champions League (qualifiers) – 15

First eleven appearances – 249 (UPL – 154, national Cups – 23, euro cups – 72)

Substitute appearances – 58

Substituted – 82 (UPL – 57, national Cups – 12, euro cups – 13)

GOALS FOR DYNAMO

Total – 20

UPL – 13

National Cups – 1

Euro cups – 2

Scored against: Zoria (4), Hoverla (3), Chornomorets (2), Mariupol (2), Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Metalist, Vorskla, Dnipro, SC Dnipro-1, Mynai, Shakhtar, Besiktas, Skenderbeu.

ASSISTS

Different sources offer different data in this category.

Total – 22

UPL – 14

National Cups – 1

Euro cups – 6

Selected quotations

“I realized I wouldn’t play a lot at first. The prior aim was to secure my place on the players’ list, then – to make substitute appearances. I just hoped they wouldn’t loan me out straight away”.

“I was lucky in a way: some got injured, suspended or loaned out. In some cases, there was no one beside me, who could play in this position”.

“I wouldn’t join the new team if I felt I couldn’t make it. Why would I take someone’s place if he’s better than me? I came here to win trophies”.

“It’s easy to find motivation in a team like Dynamo that has 20 equal players. You always want to prove you deserve taking the field”.

“As for statistics, figures are misleading. As we beat Porto 2:0 away, the percentage of wrong actions was 35”.

“I’m a kind of administrator in the team right now. I deal with different issues from inside. This implies more communication with coaches and president of the club”.

“I haven’t played a lot as a captain yet, but my attitude to the game hasn’t really changed. If they’ve picked me as a skipper, this means I did everything right. Thus I decided not to change anything”.

“I’ve never seen such workaholics and perfectionists as Mircea Lucescu. He explains everything in detail”.

“Red cards we get in domestic league don’t bother me. They can give it for anything. Nothing can surprise me”.

“I’ve read a lot of interviews of players finishing their career. I think people evolve due to the impact of different factors, including technological ones. Modern youngsters are more determined, they know that they want”.

“I’m not a huge fan of individual awards. It just feels good when my goals give the team victory and points”.