“Only three Ukrainians played more matches in the tournament”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Orest Lebedenko bypassed Roman Yaremchuk by the number of matches played in the Portugal Championship.
It happened in the match of the 8th round, in which Vitoria won at home Santa Clara with a score of 2: 1.
Orest Lebedenko replaced the owners in the second half, thus playing the 26th match in the Portugal Championship.
The number of matches played by Lebedenko bypassed Roman Yaremchuk (25 matches) and came out in 4th place among Ukrainians in the history of the tournament.
Only three Ukrainian football players played a larger number of matches in the Portugal Championship: Sergey Kandaurov (67), Anatoly Trubin (65) and Bogdan Milovanov (37).
Ukrainians in the Portugal Championship
- 67 – Sergey Kandaurov (Benfica)
- 65 – Anatoly Trubin (Benfica)
- 37 – Bogdan Milovanov (Aroca)
- 26 – Orest Lebedenko (23 – Visel, 3 – Vriteria)
- 25 – Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica)
- 9 – Sergey Atelkin (Bovishta)
- 8 – Valery Bondarenko (Vriteria)
- 7 – Dmitry Yarkuk (Ashturil)
- 4 – Georgy Sudakov (Benfica)