Oleh Ocheretko

Oleh Ocheretko
Ocheretko with Karpaty Lviv in 2024
Personal information
Full name Oleh Andriiovych Ocheretko
Date of birth (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003
Place of birth Makiivka, Ukraine
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 27
Youth career
2016–2020 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Shakhtar Donetsk 47 (4)
2020–2022 → Mariupol (loan) 27 (2)
2024 → Dnipro-1 (loan) 13 (1)
2024–2025 → Karpaty Lviv (loan) 26 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Ukraine U16 6 (0)
2019–2020 Ukraine U17 6 (1)
2021 Ukraine U19 3 (0)
2021–2025 Ukraine U21 29 (4)
2024 Ukraine U23 6 (0)
2025– Ukraine 8 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place2023 Georgia-Romania
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026

Oleh Andriiovych Ocheretko (Ukrainian: Олег Андрійович Очеретько; born 25 May 2003) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Born in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ocheretko is a product of Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system and signed a loan contract with FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League in September 2020.[1]

He made his debut for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second half-time substitute in the drawing away match against Inhulets Petrove on 25 October 2020.[2]

On 10 August 2024, Ocheretko was loaned by Karpaty Lviv.[3]

International career

He was selected in the squad to compete in the men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In May 2024, Ocheretko was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team squad to play at the 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament in France.[4]

On 5 September 2025, Ocheretko debuted for the senior national team in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against France.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Ukrainian Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar Donetsk 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 0000000000
2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 130001[a]000140
2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 301100—41
2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League 2831017[b]1—464
2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League 310000—31
Total 4742118100676
Mariupol (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 17210——182
2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 10021——121
Total 27231——303
Dnipro-1 (loan) 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 131———131
Karpaty Lviv (loan) 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League 26221——283
Career total 1139731810013813
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 7 June 2026[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine 202551
202630
Total81

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[6]

List of international goals scored by Oleh Ocheretko
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 October 2025Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland5–35–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ukraine U21

References

  1. ↑ Олег Очеретько — игрок ФК Мариуполь (in Russian). FC Mariupol Official Web Site. 26 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Favbet Ліга. 7-й тур Матч №49 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 18 December 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Карпати" орендували Олега Очеретька" ["Karpaty" rented Oleh Ocheretko] (in Ukrainian). Karpaty Lviv. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Олімпійська збірна України відправилася до Марселя для участі в престижному турнірі". Official UAF Website. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Три футболісти дебютували за збірну України у першому матчі відбору ЧС-2026 проти Франції
  6. 1 2 Oleh Ocheretko at National-Football-Teams.com