Dmitry Grankin (see photo below) - Ukrainian professional footballer, Helios club midfielder from the First League of Ukraine. Previously, during his career, he played for such clubs as Metalist Kharkiv, Elektrotyazhmash (later called Solly Plus), and Kharkov. The growth of a football player is 183 centimeters, and weight - about 75 kilograms. As part of the "red-black" acts under the eighteenth number. The player has good stamina, powerful accurate shot, as well as good physical strength and aggressiveness. He is a master in the execution of free kicks.
Soccer player biography
Dmitry Grankin was born on July 11, 1990. From childhood he began to get involved in football and soon enrolled in the section. In 2007, Grankin graduated from the Kharkov School of Sports. Dmitry Grankin is a pupil of the Kharkiv Metallist football school, but on a professional level, he did not play here at all, if you do not take into account five appearances for the yellow-blue youth in 2008.
In 2010, the midfielder was a player of the semi-professional team “Solly Plus” (previously called “ETM”), where he was the team captain for a long period of time. Dmitry was often interested in various clubs from the First League and the Premier League, however, it did not reach the signing of the contract. And only in the 2016/17 season did he manage to get into the Kharkov Helios.
Career in Kharkov Helios from the First League
In the winter of 2016, the midfielder was selected in the Kharkov Helios, but was not included. Dmitry was given a chance to train with the team for another month, and this period was to his advantage. Grankin proved his football professional aptitude and viability in the face of the leadership of Helios. It was reported that the defensive midfielder signed a contract with the “solar” for one year.
In the current 2017/18 season, Dmitry Grankin spent 28 matches and added 2 goals to his statistics. In total, the midfielder spent 2420 minutes on the field and received 5 yellow cards. At the moment, Helios is showing excellent results in the First League, but does not claim to be the Premier League.
Nice goal from a free kick into the goal of "Rocks"
In March 2017, Dmitry scored an incredibly beautiful goal from the free kick into the goal of “The Rocks”. Most football news portals have highlighted a video of this chic standard performance. The video shows that this is the homework of Kharkov residents, which was executed very high quality and skillfully. By the way, Dmitry Grankin's goal was recognized as the best in the First League round, because not every match scored such a chic goal from twenty-three meters.