Viktor Korniyenko

Born in the Poltava Oblast, Korniyenko began to play with Vorskla Poltava youth sports school system and after continued in the different Ukrainian youth sportive schools. He made his début for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a starting squad player in a drawing match against FC Karpaty Lviv on 11 August 2019 and was substituted in the second-half.

Korniyenko was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches (6 of them without substitutions). He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw. He scored Ukraine's goal.

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As of 4 November 2022

As for 2019 he is married with a wife Arina. The couple has a daughter Sofiya.