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{{short description|Russian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Olegovich|Yeshchenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = SM-RV (7).jpg
| image_size = 260
| caption = Yeshchenko with [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]] in 2018
| name = Andrey Yeshchenko
| fullname = Andrey Olegovich Yeshchenko
| height = 1.76 m
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1984|2|9|df=yes}} 
| birth_place = [[Irkutsk]], [[Soviet Union]] 
| currentclub  = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)|FC Kuban Krasnodar]] (manager)
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Right-back]]
| years1  = 2003–2004 | clubs1  = [[FC Zvezda Irkutsk]]                 | caps1  = 42 | goals1  = 3  
| years2  = 2005–2006 | clubs2  = [[FC Khimki]]                         | caps2  = 34 | goals2  = 2  
| years3  = 2006–2011 | clubs3  = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]]                    | caps3  = 11 | goals3  = 1  
| years4  = 2006      | clubs4  = → [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] (loan)         | caps4  =  9 | goals4  = 0  
| years5  = 2007      | clubs5  = → [[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]                | caps5  =  9 | goals5  = 0  
| years6  = 2007–2008 | clubs6  = → [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] (loan) | caps6  = 20 | goals6  = 0 
| years7  = 2009–2011 | clubs7  = → [[FC Arsenal Kyiv]] (loan)          | caps7  = 67 | goals7  = 1
| years8  = 2011      | clubs8  = [[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod]]          | caps8  = 12 | goals8  = 0
| years9  = 2012      | clubs9  = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]               | caps9  = 24 | goals9  = 1
| years10 = 2013–2016 | clubs10 = [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala]]              | caps10 = 34 | goals10 = 0 
| years11 = 2014–2015 | clubs11 = → [[FC Kuban Krasnodar]] (loan)       | caps11 = 21 | goals11 = 0 
| years12 = 2016      | clubs12 = → [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] (loan)         | caps12 =  9 | goals12 = 0 
| years13 = 2016–2021 | clubs13 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]]                 | caps13 = 89 | goals13 = 1 
| years14 = 2021      | clubs14 = → [[FC Spartak-2 Moscow]]             | caps14 =  2 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2022–2023 | clubs15 = [[FC Znamya Noginsk]]                 | caps15 =  6 | goals15 = 0
<!--Only national league games go into the infobox, not cup or UEFA or anything else.-->
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 | nationalteam1 = [[Russia national under-21 football team|Russia U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2011      | nationalteam2 = [[Russia-2 national football team|Russia-2]]           | nationalcaps2 =  3 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2012–2014 | nationalteam3 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]]               | nationalcaps3 = 14 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2022 | managerclubs1 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs2 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]] (academy technical director)
| manageryears3 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs3 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)|FC Kuban Krasnodar]] (scouting coach)
| manageryears4 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs4 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)|FC Kuban Krasnodar]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2025– | managerclubs5 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)|FC Kuban Krasnodar]]
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Andrey Olegovich Yeshchenko''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Андрей Олегович Ещенко}}; born 9 February 1984) is a Russian professional [[Association football|football]] coach and a former player who played as a [[right-back]]. He is the manager of [[FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)|FC Kuban Krasnodar]].

== Career ==
[[File:Andrey Yeshchenko.jpg|thumb|upright|Yehschencko with [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]] in 2012]]
Yeshchenko became famous appearing in a short spell for [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] in 2006. Although considered a first team player throughout his entire stay in [[Kyiv]], Yeshchenko complained of difficulties adhering to the strict physical regime at Dynamo. In turn, Dynamo management loaned the back to its fellow Muscovite club. He made his [[Russian Premier League]] debut for [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] on 4 August 2006 in a game against [[FC Torpedo Moscow]].

In October 2012 he was voted [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]] player of the month.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=18671 |title=Официальный сайт ФК "Локомотив" :: Новости :: Андрей Ещенко – игрок октября! |access-date=2013-02-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416220235/http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=18671 |archive-date=2013-04-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 1 July 2014, Yeshchenko signed for [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Ещенко перешёл на правах аренды из «Анжи» в «Кубань»|url=http://www.championat.com/football/news-1870968-eshhenko-pereshjol-na-pravakh-arendy-iz-anzhi-v-kuban.html|website=championat.com|publisher=Championat|access-date=11 July 2014|language=ru}}</ref>

On 16 June 2016, he signed with [[FC Spartak Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FC Spartak Moscow]]|url=http://www.spartak.com/main/news/89491/|script-title=ru:АНДРЕЙ ЕЩЕНКО ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ СО «СПАРТАКОМ» (ВИДЕО)|date=16 June 2016|language=ru|access-date=16 June 2016|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072148/http://spartak.com/main/news/89491/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|13 December 2021}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Cup
!colspan=2|Continental
!colspan=2|Other
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=3|[[FC Zvezda Irkutsk|Zvezda Irkutsk]]
|2003
|rowspan=2|[[Russian Professional Football League|PFL]]
|15||1||3||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||18||1
|-
|2004
|27||2||2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||29||2
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!42!!3!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!47!!3
|-
|[[FC Khimki|Khimki]]
|2005
|[[Russian Football National League|FNL]]
|34||2||7||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||41||2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[2005–06 Vyshcha Liha|2005–06]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ukrainian Premier League|UPL]]
|10||1||2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||12||1
|-
|[[2006–07 Vyshcha Liha|2006–07]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Ukrainian Super Cup]]}}||0||2||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!11!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!14!!1
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] (loan)
|[[2006 Russian Premier League|2006]]
|[[Russian Premier League|RPL]]
|9||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||10||0
|-
|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|[[Ukrainian First League|UFL]]
|9||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||9||0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]] (loan)
|[[2007–08 Vyshcha Liha|2007–08]]
|rowspan="2"|UPL
|14||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||14||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|2008–09]]
|6||0||0||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||8||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!20!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!22!!0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] (loan)
|[[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|2008–09]]
|rowspan="3"|UPL
|11||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||11||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League|2009–10]]
|26||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||27||1
|-
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010–11]]
|30||0||4||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||34||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!67!!1!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!72!!1
|-
|[[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod|Volga Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[2011–12 Russian Premier League|2011–12]]
|rowspan="3"|RPL
|12||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||12||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|[[2011–12 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season|2011–12]]
|7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||7||0
|-
|[[2012–13 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season|2012–13]]
|17||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||18||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!1
|-
|rowspan=4|[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]]
|[[2012–13 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season|2012–13]]
|rowspan=3|RPL
|2||0||0||0||4||0||colspan=2|–||6||0
|-
|[[2013–14 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season|2013–14]]
|16||0||0||0||7||0||colspan=2|–||23||0
|-
|[[2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season|2015–16]]
|16||0||1||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||17||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!0!!1!!1!!11!!0!!0!!0!!46!!1
|-
|[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] (loan)
|[[2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season|2014–15]]
|rowspan="2"|RPL
|21||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||23||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|Dynamo Moscow (loan)
|[[2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season|2015–16]]
|9||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||10||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total (2 spells)
!18!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!20!!0
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[2016–17 FC Spartak Moscow season|2016–17]]
|rowspan="6"|RPL
|25||1||0||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||27||1
|-
|[[2017–18 FC Spartak Moscow season|2017–18]]
|23||0||3||0||7||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Russian Super Cup]]}}||0||34||0
|-
|[[2018–19 FC Spartak Moscow season|2018–19]]
|12||0||0||0||3||0||colspan=2|–||15||0
|-
|[[2019–20 FC Spartak Moscow season|2019–20]]
|14||0||1||0||3||0||colspan=2|–||18||0
|-
|[[2020–21 FC Spartak Moscow season|2020–21]]
|15||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||15||0
|-
|[[2021–22 FC Spartak Moscow season|2021–22]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!89!!1!!4!!0!!15!!0!!1!!0!!109!!1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Spartak-2 Moscow|Spartak-2 Moscow]]
|[[2020–21 Russian Football National League|2020–21]]
|rowspan="2"|FNL
|1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1||0
|-
|[[2021–22 Russian Football National League|2021–22]]
|1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!383!!9!!29!!1!!28!!0!!2!!0!!442!!10
|-
|}

{{notelist}}

==International career==
[[File:Andrey Yeshchenko 2014 Russia.jpg|thumb|upright|Yeshchencko with [[Russia national football team|Russia]] in 2014]]
He made his [[Russia national football team|national team]] debut on 11 September 2012 in a [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] qualifier against [[Israel national football team|Israel]].

On 2 June 2014, he was included in Russia's [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] squad.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Union]]|url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/79322.html|script-title=ru:Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014|date=2 June 2014|language=ru}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
*[[Ukrainian Cup]]: [[2006 Ukrainian Cup Final|2005–06]]
*[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]: 2006

'''Spartak Moscow'''
*[[Russian Premier League]]: [[2016–17 Russian Premier League|2016–17]]
*[[Russian Super Cup]]: [[2017 Russian Super Cup|2017]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua/club/players/?id=91 Dynamo Kyiv Player Profile]
*{{FootballFacts.ru}}

{{FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) squad}}
{{Russia squad 2014 FIFA World Cup}}
{{FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) managers}}

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