Syarhey Vyeramko

Early career

Veremko was born in Minsk and made his first steps in professional football with local outfit FC Dinamo-Juni Minsk in the early 2000s.

BATE Borisov

Veremko made his official debut for BATE Borisov on 16 March 2008, in a 1–0 win over Veras in a 1/8 final match for the Belarusian Cup. On 13 August 2008, Veremko was one of the key players for BATE Borisov in the Belarusians' away game against Bulgarian side Levski Sofia (third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League), parrying a Georgi Ivanov shot from the penalty spot (the penalty kick had been awarded after a Veremko foul on Georgi Hristov) and making a number of other notable saves to deny the Levski Sofia forwards. The match ended 1–0 and a 1–1 home draw in Barysaw was sufficient to see the Belarusians progress to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. (Veremko did not play in the home leg due to a suspension attributable to accumulated yellow cards). However, Veremko was the starting goalkeeper in all of his team's games in the UEFA Champions League group stage, earning himself 1 yellow card during the Belarusians' 1–1 away draw against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 21 October 2008 (after a mild altercation with Portuguese forward Danny). On 9 April 2009, Veremko was shown a red card in the 17th minute of BATE Borisov's 1–0 away loss to Naftan Novopolotsk in a Belarusian Cup game for handling the ball outside his penalty area. During the 2010…

Since 2008 Veremko has been a regular member of the Belarus national team. On 2 February 2008, Veremko made his debut for the national side in a 2–0 win against Iceland, which was the opening match of the unofficial Malta International Football Tournament 2008. His first stint between the sticks in a competitive game was in a 3–1 away win against Andorra on 10 September 2008 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier, with Veremko only conceding after a penalty kick. On 3 March 2010, Veremko earned his third cap in the 3:1 win against Armenia in a friendly match. On 26 March 2011, Veremko started in net in the Euro 2012 away qualifier against Albania due to an injury to first choice goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov and made a number of good saves, though the only goal of the game was scored after a misunderstanding between him and defender Alyaksandr Martynovich. During Bernd Stange's tenure as head coach Veremko was mostly the second choice goalkeeper, but he became a starter after Georgi Kondratiev was appointed as manager. On 15 August 2012, he captained his country for the first time in a 2–1 win over Armenia in a friendly match. Veremko retained the captain's armband for the first two 2014 World Cup qualifiers – against Georgia and France. Veremko played in seven of Belarus' eight matches during the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign (remaining on the substitute's bench only for the last match of the qualifiers - a 2–1 away loss against Spain). Timofei Kalachev took over the captain's…

Veremko is married and has a daughter and a son.

BATE Borisov

Belarusian Premier League champion: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 Belarusian Cup winner: 2009–10 Belarusian Super Cup winner: 2010, 2017 Individual

Best goalkeeper in the Belarusian Premier League – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (holds record for most individual awards won) Listed among the 22 best players in the Belarusian Premier League by the Belarusian Football Federation – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 FC Krylya Sovetov player of the year – 2011