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Andriy Voronin

Ukrainian football player Voronin usually plays as a striker but also he play on the wing or as a play-maker.

Andriy Viktorovych Voronin (Ukrainian: Андрій Воронін, born 21 July 1979 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian footballer, who currently plays for Liverpool FC. He usually plays as a striker, but can also play on the wing or as a play-maker. His previous clubs include Chornomorets Odessa, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mainz, Köln and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In the 2002-03 season, Voronin became top goalscorer in the 2nd Bundesliga. At international level he has frequently been played in midfield.
Köln were relegated at the end of the season, however Voronin stayed in the top flight after signing for Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer had been interested in Voronin since his time at Mainz and were also impressed with his performance for Köln in a 2-2 draw against them when Voronin scored one and created the other of Köln's goals. After that game Express called him "the only true footballer at Köln" and Bild wrote: "Köln's only striker (Voronin) was more dangerous than Bayer's entire star attack (Schneider, Ponte, Neuville and Berbatov)."
After a successful first two seasons with Bayer as well as at the international level (culminating in participation in the 2006 World Cup in Germany where Ukraine reached the quarterfinals), Voronin's goalscoring record tailed off in 2006-07. His contract was running out at the end of the season and he was reported to have declined Bayer's offer of an extension. According to the player, he was approached by clubs from France, Spain, Italy and Scotland (Celtic were reported to be contemplating a move).
On 26 February, Liverpool announced that they had signed Voronin on a free transfer and that he would join the team during the summer. Voronin was unveiled as a Liverpool player on 6 July 2007.
It has been confirmed that he has been assigned the number 10, jersey which was vacated by the out going Luis Garcia.
While at Mainz, Voronin was called up initially to Ukraine's Under-21 team and in January 2002 to the national team, at the age of 22. He made his international debut in a 4-1 friendly defeat to Romania in March 2002, however was dropped after that, with coach Leonid Buriak explaining: "I've been to Germany twice to watch him and made a conclusion Andriy cannot compete with Shevchenko, Rebrov and Vorobei as a forward. He can play in midfield as well but he still has to improve some aspects of his game. Anyway, we count on Voronin especially considering his young age."
Voronin was ultimately recalled to the national side, scoring his first international goal in a 2-0 Euro 2004 qualifying defeat of Greece in September 2002 and a second one in a 2-2 draw against Spain in March 2003.

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21 July 1979
Source: Wikipedia