Dmytro Semochko

{{short description|Ukrainian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dmytro Semochko

| fullname = Dmytro Dmytrovich Semochko

| image = Dmytro Semochko.jpg

| upright = 0.9

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|1|25}}

| birth_place = Lavrykiv, Lviv Oblast, Soviet Union

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Karpaty Lviv

| years1 = 1997–1999

| years2 = 1998–1999

| years3 = 1999

| years4 = 2000–2003

| years5 = 2003–2006

| years6 = 2004

| years7 = 2006–2007

| years8 = 2008

| years9 = 2009

| years10 = 2009

| years11 = 2010

| years12 = 2010

| years13 = 2010

| years14 = 2011–2012

| years15 = 2013–2015

| clubs1 = FC Lviv

| clubs2 = → Karpaty Lviv (loan)

| clubs3 = → Karpaty-2 Lviv (loan)

| clubs4 = Uralan Elista

| clubs5 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

| clubs6 = → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk

| clubs7 = Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

| clubs8 = Shinnik Yaroslavl

| clubs9 = Metalist Kharkiv

| clubs10 = Khimki

| clubs11 = Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

| clubs12 = Volyn Lutsk

| clubs13 = Nizhny Novgorod

| clubs14 = Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

| clubs15 = Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

| caps1 = 86

| caps2 = 15

| caps3 = 4

| caps4 = 105

| caps5 = 38

| caps6 = 2

| caps7 = 52

| caps8 = 27

| caps9 = 9

| caps10 = 10

| caps11 = 1

| caps12 = 1

| caps13 = 13

| caps14 = 36

| caps15 = 50

| goals1 = 19

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 8

| goals5 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 1

| goals15 = 0

}}

Dmytro Dmytrovich Semochko ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Дмитриевич Семочко}}; {{langx|uk|Дмитро Дмитрович Семочко}}; born 25 January 1979) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Ukrainian Premier League with Karpaty Lviv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv and in the Russian Premier League with Uralan Elista, FC Luch Vladivostok and Shinnik Yaroslavl.{{cite news|publisher=Sport Express|author=Tsyba, Serhei|title=СЕМОЧКО: "В моем возрасте поздно ехать на просмотр"|url=https://sport.ua/news/65166-semochko-v-moem-vozraste-pozdno-ehat-na-prosmotr|language=ru|date=30 March 2009}}{{Cite web |date=2006-11-21 |title=Украинцы в европейских чемпионатах |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/723547 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-28 |title="Ростов" и "Шинник" попали в офшор?. Российские футбольные клубы дорого заплатили за агентские услуги странной новозеландской компании |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2011/01/30/7096-rostov-i-shinnik-popali-v-ofshor |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Новая газета |language=ru}}

Career

Semochko began his football career in Ukraine, playing as a striker for FC Lviv and Karpaty Lviv. In 2000, he moved abroad joining Russian Premier League side Uralan Elista, where he was expected to be a top performer.{{cite news|publisher=Sport Express|title=ПРОГНОЗ "СЭ"|url=https://m.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2000-03-14/2_2/|language=ru|date=14 March 2000}} However, the club finished bottom of the league, suffering a 9–0 defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow during the process. Semochko stayed with Uralan as the club secured an immediate return to the Russian Premier League.{{cite news|publisher=Sport Express|author=Butnev, Yuri|title=Дмитрий СЕМОЧКО: ОДНАЖДЫ ПОЛУЧИЛ ДВА БАЛЛА ОТ "СЭ"|url=https://m.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2002-03-05/3_3/|language=ru|date=5 March 2002}} He scored the first Russian Premier League goal at the Lokomotiv Stadium, an own goal in FC Elista's 1–0 loss to FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 5 July 2002.{{cite news|publisher=Sport Express|author=Rabiner, Igor|title="Арена ЦСКА": красно-синее новоселье|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/reviews/arena-cska-krasno-sinee-novosele-1043326/|language=ru|date=11 September 2016}}

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