Oleksii Zenchenko

Oleksiy Dmytrovych Zenchenko (; born 17 October 1996) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a defender for Chernihiv.

Career Early Career Zenchenko was a pupil of Yunist Chernihiv in 2013. He also played for Polissya Dobryanka, Yednist' Plysky, Avangard Korukivka and Polissya Stavky.

FC Chernihiv In 2017, Zenchenko signed for FC Chernihiv, where he won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship in 2019. He made his debut in Ukrainian Second League against Rubikon Kyiv.

On 20 March 2021, he scored his first goal for the club against Karpaty Halych. On 18 August 2021 he made his debut in the 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup against Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. On 12 November 2022, he made his debut in the Ukrainian First League against LNZ Cherkasy at the Cherkasy Arena, replacing Artur Bybik in the 88th minute. Despite the fact that the club has been relegated in Ukrainian Second League, Zenchenko featured regularly well for Chernihiv and he was appointed as captain of the team, replacing Vitaliy Mentey.

He helped the club to get third place in the league and get the promotion to Ukrainian First League. Due to his performance, he was included in the Best XI of Ukrainian Second League of the season 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League.

In summer 2025, he extended his contract with the club and in November, he managed to rich 100 official appearances with the club. Oleksiy played FC Chernihiv's matches in the Ukrainian Cup, impressing enough helping the club to qualify for the round of 4 for the first time. Due to his performance in the match against Nyva Ternopil, he was included in the Best XI of Round 23 of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

On 22 April 2026 with the club he managed to get into the final of Ukrainian Cup for the first time after beating Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, on a penalty shootout 6–5 at the Tsentralnyi Stadion in Zhytomyr after Zenchenko scored the last penalty of the victory.

On 22 May 2026, he was selected in the starting lineup for the 2026 Ukrainian Cup final, where the first half ended 1-1 and at the end of the second half Dynamo Kyiv won 1-3.

On 26 May 2026, he scored the opening goal against Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian First League, but the Kharkiv team eventually turned the tables. Oleksiy described the defeat and admitted that the team will need to win their next two games to stay up.

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Honours Chernihiv Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 2019 Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 2025–26

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