Vitaliy Prokopchenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Прокопченко; born 14 January 1983) is a Ukrainian former professional football forward.

Vitaliy Prokopchenko
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Viktorovych Prokopchenko
Date of birth (1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 55 (12)
2000FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia (loan) 13 (0)
2000–2001SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan) 28 (4)
2004–2005 FC HU ZIDMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia 14 (3)
2005–2006 FC Yalos Yalta 26 (7)
2006–2007 FC Tytan Armyansk 28 (18)
2007–2008 FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 35 (9)
2008 FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 17 (12)
2009 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 13 (1)
2009 PFC Oleksandriya 8 (2)
2012–2013 FC Tytan Armyansk 32 (13)
2013–2014 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 23 (3)
2014–2015 FC Tavria-Skif Rozdol 24 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Prokopchenko is a product of the FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia football academy.[1] He became noticeable during couple of seasons in the Ukrainian First League when he was among the top scorers playing for Feniks-Illichovsk[1] and Tytan.

In 2003 he tried unsuccessfully to sign with FC Dinamo Minsk in Belarus.[2] After relegation of FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia in 2003, Prokopchenko was actively looking to return to professional football trying to sign with SC Olkom Melitopol that was coached by his former first coach Vyacheslav Tropinin.[1][3]

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