Dmytro Chygrynskiy

About

Known best as a soccer center back defender with the Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian Football Club, Chygrynskiy also played one season each with the Barcelona and Metalurh Zaporizhya Football Clubs.

Before Fame

He played his youth soccer career with the UFK Lviv Football Club and, at age seventeen, debuted in the Ukrainian Premiere League.

Trivia

He helped lead his team to several Ukrainian Cup, Ukrainian Premiere League, and Ukrainian Super Cup wins.

Family Life

He grew up in the Soviet city of Iziaslav, Ukraine.

Associated With

He and Andriy Shevchenko are both well-known Ukrainian soccer players.