Vitaly Semchenko

Vitaly Semchenko
Date of birth	July 6, 1974
place of birth	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR
size	180 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1990-1992	SchWSM Kiev
1992-1995	HK Sokil Kiev
1995-1997	HK Dynamo Moscow
1997	HK CSKA Moscow
1997-1999	Podhale Nowy Targ
1999	EHC Neuwied
1999-2002	Heilbronn EC
2002-2005	HK Homel
2004	HK Awangard Omsk
2005-2006	HK Junost Minsk
2006-2007	HK Dmitrov
2007-2008	HK Junost Minsk
2008-2009	Patriot Vinnytsia

Vitaly Serhijowytsch Sementschenko ( Ukrainian Віталій Сергійович Семенченко , Russian Виталий Сергеевич Семенченко / Vitaly Sergeyevich Sementschenko * 6. July 1974 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Ukrainian hockey player who spent most of his career in Russia and Belarus, and there also each national champion has been. After his active career, he worked as a trainer.

Career

Vitaly Semchenko began his career as an ice hockey player at SchWSM Kiev , where he played in the third Soviet ice hockey league at the age of 16. From 1992 to 1995 he played with local rivals HK Sokil Kiev in the International Hockey League , the top division of the Commonwealth of Independent States . He then left his home country and went to Moscow, where he spent two years on the ice for Dynamo , with whom he won the Russian Cup in 1996, and CSKA . After two years in Poland (with Podhale Nowy Targ ) and in the German 2nd Bundesliga (with EHC Neuwied and Heilbronner EC ), he moved to Belarus, where he first played at HK Homel in the Extraliga , with which he was Belarusian in 2003 Champion and cup winner became. He also started the following season in Homel, but was signed in early 2004 a few weeks before the playoffs from HK Awangard Omsk from the Russian Super League , with whom he subsequently became Russian champions . He then returned to HK Homel for a year. The 2005/06 season he spent at HK Junost Minsk , with whom he was again Belarusian champion. After he began the 2006/07 season at HK Dmitrov in the Russian Wysschaja Liga , he returned to Junost shortly before the playoffs and played for the club until 2008. He then moved back to Ukraine after 13 years, where he let his career end with Patriot Vinnytsia in the Ukrainian league .

International

With the Ukrainian juniors , Sementschenko took part in the Junior C World Championship in 1993 and the Junior B World Championship in 1999 , in which, as the top scorer (together with his compatriot Wadym Schachrajtschuk ) and top scorer, he made a significant contribution to the immediate promotion to the A group and consequently was also voted the tournament's best striker. With 25 points he is still the top scorer of the Ukrainian U20 selection.

With the men's selection of Ukraine , he first played at the C1 World Championship in 1994 . After switching to the current division system, he took part in the World Championships of the top division in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 and 2007, as well as in Division I in 2008 . He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournament for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where the Ukrainians could not qualify for the games.

Coaching career

After his active career Sementschenko hit the coaching career. First he worked as an assistant trainer at HK Berkut and then at HK Njoman Hrodna . At the beginning of October 2016, he was introduced as the new head coach at Podhale Nowy Targ , but was released there in mid-November of that year.

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 promotion to the B group at the Junior C World Championship
• 1994 Promotion to the A group at the Junior B World Championship
• 1994 Best striker, top scorer and top scorer in the Junior B World Championship
• 1996 Russian cup winner with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2003 Belarusian champion and cup winner with the HK Homel
• 2004 Russian champion with the HK Awangard Omsk
• 2006 Belarusian champion with the HK Junost Minsk

Web links

• Vitaly Semchenko at hockeydb.com (English)
• Vitaly Semchenko at eurohockey.com
• Vitaly Sementschenko at eliteprospects.com (English)