Serhiy Burimenko

Serhiy Burimenko (Сергій Леонідович Буріменко; 2 September 1970 – 18 October 2021) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder player and later worked as a youth coach.

Career
Born in Mykolaiv, Burimenko was a product of the local Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv youth sportive school system. His first trainer was Oleksandr Chunikhin. On 10 October 1988, he made a professional debut for his club in the match against FC Desna Chernihiv.

His football career also included other Ukrainian clubs from different leagues (including Vyshcha Liha). He also spent three years as Estonian legionnaire. In 1995, as a member of the Ukraine national student football team, he participated in the Universiade in Japan. Then in Fukuoka, Ukrainian students under the coach Volodymyr Lozynskyi took fourth place.

After retirement from playing career, he worked as children's football trainer in MFC Mykolaiv and was a director of its youth sportive school since 2013.