Junior Moraes. Photo: ffu.ua
In the match against Portugal in the ranks of the national team of Ukraine debuted former Brazilian Junior Moraes.
He became the 12th naturalized footballer, who played in the ranks of our national squad.
To Moraes, change of nationality, the same honor was awarded to 7 Russians, 2 Brazilian, Belorussian and Serbian.
Yury LYAKHOVETSKY, Sport-Express in Ukraine
NATURALIZED PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM OF UKRAINE
Player date of birth Previous citizenship Debut in the national team Rank Opponent Score Total And G
Viktor LEONENKO 05.10.1969 Russia 26.08.1992 TM Hungary (g) 1:2 14 6
Yuri KALITVINTSEV 05.05.1968 Russia 25.03.1995 Cheo Croatia (g) 0:22 4 1
Sergey KORMILTSEV 22.01.1974 Russia 26.04.2000 TM Bulgaria (g) 1:0 15 –
Artem YASHKIN 29.04.1975 Russia 02.09.2000 Schmuck Poland (d) 1:3 8 –
Sergei SEREBRENNIKOV 01.09.1976 Russia 15.08.2001 TM Latvia (g) 1:0 12 1
Alexey BAKHAREV 12.10.1976 Russia 21.08.2002 TM Iran (d) 0:1 1 –
Artem MILEVSKIY 12.01.1985 Belarus 19.06.2006 CHMF Saud. Arabia (n) 4:0 50 8
Oleksandr ALIYEV 03.02.1985 Russia 06.09.2008 Schmuck Belarus (l) 1:28 6 0
Marko DEVIC 27.10.1983 Serbia 19.11.2008 TM Norway (d) 1:35 7 0
EDMAR 16.06.1980 Brazil 10.08.2011 TM Sweden (d) 0:1 15 1
MARLOS 07.06.1988 Brazil 06.10.2017 Schmuck Kosovo (g) 2:0 12 –
JUNIOR MORAES 04.04.1987 Brazil 22.03.2019 Cheo Portugal (g) 0:0 1 –
CHMF is the final tournament of the world championship; Schmuck – qualifying tournament of the world championship; Cheo – qualifying tournament of the European championship; TM – friendly match.