In the match against Dynamo, 23-year-old striker from Panama Eduardo Guerrero opened a goal in the UPL. He became the representative of the 62nd far-abroad country, whose players scored in the championships of Ukraine, including the 6th from North and Central America. By the way, in the ranks of the Luhansk team, the goal premiere was previously noted by the players of only one state – Montenegro (Mirko Raicevic). And in the matches with Dynamo, the first goals were scored by the plenipotentiaries of three countries: Senegal (Assan Ndiay), Portugal (Ricardo Fernandes) and Greece (Sotirios Balafas).
Premier goals of representatives of the countries of the New World in the championships of Ukraine
Side
Date
Player
Club
Rival
Check
Antilles
24.09.2006
Sendley BITO
Steel A
Kharkiv (h)
4:2
Mexico
23.05.2009
Neri CASTILLO
Miner
Tavria (d)
2:0
USA
20.09.2015
Evgeniy STARIKOV
Black Sea man
Hoverla (g)
1:1
Costa Rica
13.03.2016
John RUIS
Dnieper
Shakhtar (h)
4:1
Canada
04.09.2022
Manjerekar JAMES
Black Sea man
Ingulets (h)
1:1
Panama
18.03.2023
EDUARDO GUERRERO
Dawn
Dynamo (g)
1:0
Yuri LYAHOVETSKY
