Andrey Varankow
{{short description|Belarusian footballer}}
{{For|other people called Andrei Voronkov|Andrei Voronkov (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andrey Varankow
| image = Андрэй Варанкоў.jpg
| fullname = Andrey Nikolayevich Varankow
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mazyr, Belarusian SSR,
Soviet Union
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2005–2006
| youthclubs1 = Slavia Mozyr
| years1 = 2007–2013
| years2 = 2007–2009
| years3 = 2009
| years4 = 2010–2011
| years5 = 2011
| years6 = 2012
| years7 = 2012–2013
| years8 = 2013
| years9 = 2014–2016
| years10 = 2017–2018
| years11 = 2019–2023
| clubs1 = Dynamo Kyiv
| clubs2 = → Dynamo-2 Kyiv
| clubs3 = → Obolon Kyiv (loan)
| clubs4 = → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)
| clubs5 = → Karpaty Lviv (loan)
| clubs6 = → Neman Grodno (loan)
| clubs7 = → Metalurh Zaporizhya (loan)
| clubs8 = → Dynamo-2 Kyiv
| clubs9 = Slavia Mozyr
| clubs10 = Gorodeya
| clubs11 = DPMM FC
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 65
| caps3 = 14
| caps4 = 34
| caps5 = 5
| caps6 = 12
| caps7 = 9
| caps8 = 4
| caps9 = 59
| caps10 = 39
| caps11 = 49
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 10
| goals3 = 5
| goals4 = 11
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 3
| goals9 = 13
| goals10 = 4
| goals11 = 55
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2011
| nationalyears2 = 2012
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2011
| nationalteam1 = Belarus U21
| nationalteam2 = Belarus Olympic
| nationalteam3 = Belarus
| nationalcaps1 = 20
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalcaps3 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 12 December 2023
| ntupdate = 26 April 2017
}}
Andrey Varankow ({{Langx|be|Андрэй Мікалаевіч Варанкоў}}; born 8 February 1989), also spelled Andrey Voronkov, is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a forward.{{cite web|title=DPMM FC name new foreign imports for 2019 season|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-name-new-foreign-imports-for-2019-season/|date=30 December 2018|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092927/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-name-new-foreign-imports-for-2019-season/|archive-date=31 December 2018|url-status=dead}}
Club career
Varankow was on the books of Ukrainian powerhouses Dynamo Kyiv in the first six years of his career, going frequently out on loan while starring for his country at youth and full international levels.{{cite web |title=Dynamo welcome Voronkov back|url=http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/en/allnews/news/dynamo_welcome_voronkov_back/|date=13 May 2010|publisher=FC Dynamo Kyiv|access-date=30 September 2019}} He severed ties with Dynamo in 2013 and returned to Belarus with initially FC Slavia Mozyr and then FC Gorodeya, performing modestly for a few years.{{cite web |title=Андрей ВОРОНКОВ: "Не рассматриваю вариант с продлением контракта с "Динамо"|url=http://www.dynamomania.com/news/192615-andrey-voronkov-ne-rassmatrivayu-variant-s-prodleniem-kontrakta-s-dinamo|date=29 January 2013|publisher=Dynamomania.com|access-date=30 September 2019}}
File:Andrei Voronkov1.jpg in 2009.]]
= DPMM FC =
Towards the end of 2018, Varankow attended a trial at Bruneian professional club DPMM FC who were in the market for an import striker after the departure of Volodymyr Pryyomov. He impressed head coach Adrian Pennock who signed him along with Charlie Clough and Blake Ricciuto for the 2019 Singapore Premier League campaign, with club hierarchy citing his international experience as a huge deal.{{cite web|title=DPMM FC name new foreign imports for 2019 season|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-name-new-foreign-imports-for-2019-season/|date=30 December 2018|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411172928/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-name-new-foreign-imports-for-2019-season/|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
Varankow made his official debut for DPMM on 3 March away to Home United when he scored in the 21st minute for the only goal of the game.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC off to a winning start (2019)|url=https://3g.modasys.net/index.php/sports/local-sports/35304-dpmm-fc-off-to-a-winning-start-2019.html|date=4 March 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=30 September 2019}} He would then make himself known to everyone in his fifth game against Balestier Khalsa, hitting the back of the net five times in a 1–7 victory.{{cite web |title=Five-star Varankou shines in 7-1 win as DPMM FC top Singapore league|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/five-star-varankou-shines-in-7-1-win-as-dpmm-fc-top-singapore-league/|date=14 April 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=30 September 2019}}
The one-month break proved detrimental for DPMM who proceeded to lose to Tampines Rovers right after the league resumed.{{cite web |title=10-man DPMM FC suffer first defeat of season|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/10-man-dpmm-fc-suffer-first-defeat-season/|date=23 June 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=30 September 2019}} This also marked a barren spell for Varankow who suddenly could not score for the next five games before being taken off injured at half-time in a 3–1 defeat to Hougang United on 19 July.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC READY TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST PROTECTORS|url=https://www.brusports.com/2019/07/27/dpmm-fc-ready-to-bounce-back-against-protectors/|date=27 July 2019|publisher=BruSports News|access-date=30 September 2019}} With Hougang catching DPMM on the league table and their striker Faris Ramli scoring for fun, the mid-season acquisition of brothers Adi Said and Hakeme Yazid Said cushioned the blow of Varankow's absence for DPMM in a morale-boosting 3–0 win against Geylang International.{{cite web|title=DPMM FC strengthen grip on S'pore Premier League summit|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-strengthen-grip-spore-premier-league-summit/|date=3 August 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=5 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805015017/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-strengthen-grip-spore-premier-league-summit/|url-status=dead}}
Varankow rediscovered his scoring boots upon his return in September, netting a brace in a 1–4 victory over Balestier Khalsa which included a powerful free-kick into the bottom corner.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC stun Balestier Khalsa 4-1 in Singapore Premier League|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-stun-balestier-khalsa-4-1-singapore-premier-league/|date=2 September 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=1 October 2019}} A fortnight later, he scored a hat-trick against Warriors FC to pull DPMM ahead of the pack in the title race.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC edge closer to Singapore league title|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-edge-closer-singapore-league-title-2/|date=15 September 2019|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|access-date=1 October 2019}} The following day, title rivals Hougang faltered in a 4–4 draw to Geylang which sealed DPMM as league winners.{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/dpmm-spl-champions-as-hougang-stumble|title=DPMM SPL champions as Hougang stumble|publisher=The Straits Times|date=16 September 2019|access-date=30 September 2019}} Varankow finished the season as top scorer with 21 goals as well as joint-highest number of assists with 10.{{cite web |title=2019 AIA Singapore Premier League season concludes!|url=http://spl.sg/2019-aia-singapore-premier-league-season-concludes/|date=29 September 2019|publisher=Football Association of Singapore|access-date=1 October 2019}}
In 2021, DPMM elected to play the 2021 Brunei Super League using their first team.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC FIRST TEAM SQUAD TO PLAY IN THE BRUNEI SUPER LEAGUE 2021|url=https://www.dpmmfc.club/news/dpmm-fc-first-team-squad-to-play-in-the-brunei-super-league-2021-2612005.html|date=25 April 2021|publisher=DPMM FC|accessdate=28 June 2021}} Varankow made his domestic league debut on 27 June, scoring a hat-trick against BAKES FC in a 16–1 victory.{{cite web|title=DPMM FC stage grand return to action|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-stage-grand-return-to-action/|date=28 June 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=12 July 2021|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419030853/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-stage-grand-return-to-action/|url-status=dead}} He then scored four goals in a 15–0 romp of Rimba Star FC the following fixture,{{cite web |title=KOTA RANGER STAY PERFECT|url=https://www.brusports.com/2021/07/04/kota-ranger-stay-perfect/|date=4 July 2021|publisher=BruSports News|accessdate=12 July 2021}} then scored seven in the 13–0 demolishing of BSRC FC on 11 July.{{cite web |title=DPMM cruise to victory over BSRC|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-cruise-to-victory-over-bsrc/|date=12 July 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=12 July 2021}} He continued his barrage of strikes against Bruneian clubs with six goals in an 8–0 win over Wijaya FC on 25 July.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC roar to fifth straight Brunei Super League win|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-roar-to-fifth-straight-brunei-super-league-win-2/|date=26 July 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=30 July 2021}} He was leading the scoring charts with 23 goals when the league was stopped due to the onset of local COVID-19 transmissions.
After the suspension of the league and being out of contract in 2022, he returned to DPMM the next year for the 2023 Singapore Premier League.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC IMPORT PLAYERS 2023 SINGAPORE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON|url=https://www.dpmmfc.club/news/dpmm-fc-import-players-2023-singapore-premier-league-season-2754941.html|date=18 January 2023|publisher=DPMM FC|accessdate=18 January 2023}} He scored his first goal since coming back in the 3–4 defeat against Balestier Khalsa on 10 March.{{cite web |title=Singapore Premier League: Horror week for Lion City Sailors|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-premier-league-horror-week-for-lion-city-sailors-054745000.html|date=2 December 2017|publisher=Yahoo! News Singapore|accessdate=15 March 2023}} Varankow helped to secure the club first win in their return to the league with a 2–1 win against Tanjong Pagar United in which he scored.{{cite web |title=2023 Singapore Premier League Matchweek 4: Roundup|url=https://spl.sg/2023-singapore-premier-league-matchweek-4-roundup/|date=16 March 2023|publisher=Football Association of Singapore|accessdate=15 May 2023}} On 13 May 2023, he scored a hat-trick against Lion City Sailors in which the game ended in a 3–3 draw.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC steal a point against Lion City Sailors|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-steal-a-point-against-lion-city-sailors/|date=14 May 2023|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=15 May 2023}} At the end of the season, he was released by the Bruneian club.
International career
File:Belarus national under-21 football team 2011.jpg in 2011. ]]
Varankow debuted in Belarus national football team in a Euro 2008 qualifying match against Luxembourg on 13 October 2007.{{cite web|author=Haisma, Marcel|title=European Championship 2008 (Details)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/08e-det.html|access-date=2009-07-13| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090619193223/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/08e-det.html| archive-date= 19 June 2009 |website=RSSSF| url-status= live}} He was a member of the Belarus U21 that finished in 3rd place at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, playing all five matches and scoring twice, against Iceland U21 and Spain U21.{{cite news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/andrey-varankov/84814/|title=Andrey Voronkov player profile and match log|access-date=2013-10-09 |date=2013-10-01 |publisher=soccerway site}} He was part of the Belarusian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, scoring a goal against Egypt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/andrey-voronkov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/andrey-voronkov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Andrey Voronkov Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-26}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|4 November 2023}}{{Soccerway|andrey-varankov/84814|access-date=2 February 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Ukraine Cup !colspan="2"|Super Cup !colspan="2"|Continental Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv (loan) | Ukrainian Premier League
|13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| colspan=2|Total
!13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |
| rowspan="3"| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | Ukrainian Premier League
|13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 2010/11 | Ukrainian Premier League
|21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| colspan=2|Total
!34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | |
| rowspan="2"| FC Karpaty Lviv (loan) | Ukrainian Premier League
|5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| colspan=2|Total
!5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Belarus Cup !colspan="2"|Super Cup !colspan="2"|Continental Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| FC Slavia Mozyr (loan)
|2012 | Belarusian Premier League
|12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| colspan=2|Total
!12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Ukraine Cup !colspan="2"|Super Cup !colspan="2"|AFC Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (loan) | Ukrainian Premier League
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| colspan=2|Total
!9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"| FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) | Ukrainian First League
|4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| colspan=2|Total
!4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Belarus Cup !colspan="2"|Super Cup !colspan="2"|Continental Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4"| FC Slavia Mozyr
|2014 | Belarusian First League
|11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 2015 | Belarusian Premier League
|22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 2016 | Belarusian Premier League
|26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| colspan=2|Total
!59 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 13 | |
| rowspan="3"| FC Gorodeya
|2017 | Belarusian Premier League
|28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 2018 | Belarusian Premier League
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| colspan=2|Total
!39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Singapore Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|AFC Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="5"| DPMM FC
|2019 |rowspan="2"|Singapore Premier League |22 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23 | |
| 2020
|1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Brunei Super League
|6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 2023 | Singapore Premier League
|20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
| colspan=2|Total
!49 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 57 | |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!224 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 96 |
;Notes
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Honours
=Club=
== Dynamo Kyiv ==
== Brunei DPMM FC ==
= Individual =
- Singapore Premier League Top Scorer: 2019
- Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2019
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|pid=24549}}
- [http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/prof/59222 Profile at Official Site FFU]
- {{Soccerway|andrey-varankov/84814}}
- [https://www.pressball.by/pbonline/football/85895 Andrey Varankow Interview]
- [https://football.by/news/126931.html Andrei Voronkov: “I took it for granted when I heard that they were singing about me”]
{{Belarus squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varankow, Andrey}}
Category:Sportspeople from Mazyr
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