Oleh Venhlynskyi

Oleh Mykolayovych Venhlinskyi (; born 21 March 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career Venhlinskyi began his career with the Ukrainian powerhouse Dynamo Kyiv, but made a name for himself after moving to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He spent a long stint in the Dynamo's second team, but after transferring to Dnipropetrovsk he became a favorite scoring a couple of impressive and decisive goals in Ukrainian Premier League and UEFA Cup for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

In 2003, he was promised by experts an overwhelming career after earning the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award. However, Venhlynskyi is renowned for his numerous injuries that have hampered his career at certain points in his life. On 21 June 2005, Venhlinskyi was transferred to the Greek side, AEK Athens for a fee of €850,000. He was unable to solidify a first-place spot at the club. On 29 June 2006 Venhlinskyi terminated his contract and returned to Ukraine to sign for Chornomorets Odesa for three years. In 2009, he left as his contract expired.

International career Venhlinskyi played his first international game in a friendly game on 15 July 1998 against Polandat home.

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Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Venhlinskyi goal.

Honours Individual Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 2003