Andriy Demchenko
Playing football Demchenko started out in his native Zaporizhzhia where his first coach (trainer) was Borys Zozulya and Viktor Vysochyn.During dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1990 Demchenko was invited as a prospect player to play for PFC CSKA Moscow where Kostylev also became the club's manager.At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national team, became a top scorer of the tournament.At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others.Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed.