Career
Serhiy Nazarenko first began his career his hometown of Kirovohrad in the then-Ukrainian Premier League club Zirka Kirovohrad. He made his move to Dnipro in 1997 and although he debuted for the main team on 3 October 1999, Nazarenko appeared for lower levels of the club until the 2002-2003 season. On 29 July, scoring two goals against Football Club Metalurh Donetsk, he became the top Dnipro"s goalscorer in Ukrainian Premier League of all time with 32 goals, overtaking Oleh Venglinsky with 31.
He signed a 3-year contract with Tavriya Simferopol after his contract with Dnipro has expired.
In the summer of 2014 Serhiy signed for club Chornomorets Odesa. On January 28th, 2015 it was reported that Serhiy Nazarenko has had his contract mutually terminated by Chornomorets Odesa.
Serhiy Nazarenko debuted for the Ukraine national football team on 11 October 2003 in a match against Macedonia which ended in a 0:0 draw. On 11 February 2009 Serhiy Nazarenko scored a goal against Serbia in a friendly match.
At that his total amount of goals scored became 10 which put him right behind Rebrov and Shevchenko in the list of top scorers on the Ukrainian national football team
International goals.