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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Oleksiyovych|Vorobey|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Andriy Vorobey
| image       = Andriy Vorobey1.jpg
| upright     = 1.2
| caption     = Vorobey in 2011
| full_name   = Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|29}}
| birth_place = [[Donetsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| height      = 1.78 m 
| position    = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1988–1995 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
| years1 = 1995–2007 | clubs1 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]              | caps1 = 219 | goals1 = 80
| years2 = 1995–1999 | clubs2 = → [[FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk]] (loan) | caps2 =  92 | goals2 = 23
| years3 = 2007–2009 | clubs3 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]                   | caps3 =  47 | goals3 = 12
| years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = → [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] (loan)             | caps4 =  23 | goals4 =  9
| years5 = 2010–2013 | clubs5 = [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]              | caps5 =  26 | goals5 =  4
| years6 = 2013    | clubs6 = → [[FC Helios Kharkiv|Helios Kharkiv]] (loan)           | caps6 =   6 | goals6 =  0
| totalcaps = 413 | totalgoals = 128
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2008 | nationalteam1 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] | nationalcaps1 = 68 | nationalgoals1 = 9
}}

'''Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey''' ({{langx|uk|Андрій Олексійович Воробей}}; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He was a three times national champion while playing for [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]]. In 2000 the magazine Komanda recognized him as the best player in the league. During his career Vorobey netted over 100 goals in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]], while in the [[2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League|2000–01]] season he became the league's top scorer.

When playing for the national team he was [[second striker]] under [[Andriy Shevchenko]]. While playing in [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] he started as a [[Forward (association football)|centre forward]], but he became [[second striker]] behind [[Brandão (footballer born 1980)|Brandão]].

==Club career==

===Shakhtar Donetsk===
Vorobey started his career in [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] in 1994. He was promoted to the senior team in 1997.  In the [[Ukrainian Premier League 2000-01|2000–01 season]] Vorobey was the leading scorer with 21 goals. He amassed 79 goals in 209 matches in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] playing for Shakhtar Donetsk. His total career for the Shakhtar senior team lasted ten years.

In 2000/01 he set the [[Ukraine Premier League]] record for scoring goals in games in a row, 9 goals in 7 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1437765400-teysheyra-mozhet-pobit-rekord-vorobya.html|title = Тейшейра может побить рекорд Воробья|date = 24 July 2015}}</ref>

===Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ===
Vorobey signed a three-year contract with [[FC Dnipro]] Dnipropetrovsk on 17 June 2007. He scored his first goal in European Competition for [[FC Dnipro]] Dnipropetrovsk in the [[2007–08 UEFA Cup]], in a 1–1 draw with [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], however Dnipro were eliminated by Aberdeen on the away goal rule.

===Metalist Kharkiv ===
On 28 May 2010 it was officially announced that Vorobey had signed a two-year contract at Metalist.

==International career==
Vorobey has been on the [[Ukraine national football team]] since 2000. Notably, he was on Ukraine's [[FIFA World Cup 2006]] squad, where Ukraine got to the quarterfinals losing to their champions Italy.

His last goal for Ukraine was in the [[UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying]] match against [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], which Ukraine won 5–0. Vorobey scored the last goal of the match in the 64th minute.<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7bb3dbf000-a5d336d8d70c-1000--ukraine-rout-lifts-spirits-in-kiev/ "Ukraine rout lifts spirits in Kiev"]. ''UEFA.com''. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2012.</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=41371/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009071206/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=41371/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2011|title=Andriy Vorobey Europe stats|publisher=UEFA|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
|-
!rowspan="2" width="100"|Club
!rowspan="2" width="60"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Ukrainian Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1997–98|1997–98]]
|9||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||12||0
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1998–99|1998–99]]
|18||11||4||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||25||13
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 1999–2000|1999–2000]]
|24||15||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||28||15
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2000–01|2000–01]]
|24||21||5||6||12||7||colspan="2"|–||41||34
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2001–02|2001–02]]
|25||9||6||5||6||2||colspan="2"|–||37||16
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2002–03|2002–03]]
|29||8||6||5||4||1||colspan="2"|–||39||14
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2003–04|2003–04]]
|29||9||5||2||6||0||colspan="2"|–||40||11
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2004–05|2004–05]]
|29||4||6||1||13||1||1||0||49||6
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06|2005–06]]
|16||1||2||0||3||1||1||0||22||2
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2006–07|2006–07]]
|16||2||6||1||4||0||0||0||26||3
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!219!!80!!44!!22!!54!!12!!2!!0!!319!!114
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2007–08|2007–08]]
|26||7||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||30||8
|-
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09|2008–09]]
|21||5||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||24||5
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!47!!12!!2!!0!!5!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!54!!13
|-
|[[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]
|[[Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10|2009–10]]
|23||9||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||9
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010–11]]
|20||4||1||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||29||4
|-
|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011–12]]
|5||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||5||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012–13]]
|1||0||1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||1
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!26!!4!!2!!1!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!36!!5
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!315!!105!!49!!23!!67!!13!!2!!0!!433!!141
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/vorobei-intlg.html|title=Andriy Vorobey – International Appearances|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!width="40"|Apps!!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||12||4
|-
|2002||9||1
|-
|2003||9||0
|-
|2004||6||0
|-
|2005||6||0
|-
|2006||13||3
|-
|2007||6||1
|-
|2008||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!68!!9
|}

==Honours==
'''Shakhtar Donetsk'''
*[[Ukrainian Premier League]]: [[2001–02 Ukrainian Premier League|2001–02]], [[2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League|2005–06]]
*[[Ukrainian Cup]]: [[2000–01 Ukrainian Cup|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Ukrainian Cup|2001–02]], [[2003–04 Ukrainian Cup|2003–04]]
*[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]: [[Ukrainian Super Cup|2005]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Ukrainian Premier League]] Top Scorer: [[2000–01 Ukrainian Premier League|2000–01]]
*[[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]] (Komanda): [[1999–2000 Ukrainian Premier League|2000]]
*[[Ukrainian Cup]] Top Scorer: [[2000–01 Ukrainian Cup|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Ukrainian Cup|2001–02]], [[2002–03 Ukrainian Cup|2002–03]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Andriy Vorobey}}
* {{FPL|6775}}
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* {{FFU|26985}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100705005201/http://www.metallist.kharkov.ua/players/382.html Andriy Vorobey at Official Metalist website] {{in lang|uk}}
* [http://www.fanatukr.com/igrok/vorobei.html Profile on website Football Ukraine] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Ukrainian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Ukrainian Premier League top scorers}}
{{Ukrainian Cup top scorers}}
{{Ukraine Squad 2006 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Donetsk]]
[[Category:Ukrainian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ukraine men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players]]
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[[Category:FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players]]
[[Category:FC Dnipro players]]
[[Category:FC Arsenal Kyiv players]]
[[Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players]]
[[Category:FC Helios Kharkiv players]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Premier League players]]
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[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]