Andriy Voronin

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Voronin left his youth club Chornomorets Odesa in 1995 to move to Germany, where he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach. He made his debut in the German Bundesliga against Bayern Munich in 1997 at the age of 18, but went on to spend a couple of years mainly in Mönchengladbach's youth teams. Having played just seven games and scored one goal in the top division, he saw his team relegated and after one season and just two matches in the 2. Bundesliga joined fellow second division strugglers Mainz for a fee of €45,000.

Mainz 05

Voronin became Mainz' leading striker in his two seasons at the club, and in his third season became the top scorer in the 2. Bundesliga with 20 goals. Voronin's start to the 2002–03 season with Mainz prompted the following quote from German football daily kicker: "The star of the 23 year old forward is on a rise due to the new role he plays for the team – he has complete freedom of actions." This led to speculations about his future, with Dynamo Kyiv reported to be willing to bring him back to Ukraine. VfB Stuttgart, Bologna and a number of other clubs were then reported to approach his agent and Mainz initiated negotiations to extend his contract. UEFA.com described Voronin as "one of the most sought-after talents in Germany." However, come the end of the season Mainz failed to win promotion. Voronin decided not to renew his contract and ultimately chose to continue his career with 1. FC Köln, who had just been…

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, he was dropped after that match, with coach Leonid Buriak explaining, "I've been to Germany twice to watch him and made a conclusion that Andriy cannot compete with [Andriy] Shevchenko, [Serhii] Rebrov, and [Andriy] 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 win over Greece in September 2002 and a second one in a 2–2 draw against Spain in March 2003. He was in the Ukrainian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which Ukraine got to the quarter-finals, beaten by the eventual winners, Italy. played in the finals of Cyprus International Football Tournaments 2009, where Ukraine beat Serbia(1:0)

On 14 October 2020 he returned to Dynamo Moscow as an assistant manager to Sandro Schwarz. Despite being half-Russian heritage through his father, as a proud former Ukrainian international and proud Ukrainian citizen, he left the club on 1 March 2022 after 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began, stating "I do not see any possibility of staying in a country (Russia) whose army destroys our (Ukrainian) cities & fires at civilians.”

Voronin was born in Odesa on 21 July 1979, to a Russian father, Viktor Voronin (Russian: Виктор Воронин) and a Jewish mother, Rehina Voronina (Yiddish: רחינאַ וואָראָנינאַ). Both of his grandfathers fought against the Nazis in the Second World War. Voronin is married to his wife Yulia and they have four children together; Maria, Andriy Jr., Daniel and Sonja. He is a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian.