Cardiff Devils bring in three more Europeans (16 Jan 2014)
Vitali Kirichenko
- Position: forward
 - Player status: active player
 - Gender: male
 - Nationality: Ukraine 
, Romania 
 - Birth date: 04.01.1985 (40 years)
 - Birth place: Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR
 
- Height: 182 cm / 5' 12"
 - Weight: 91 kg / 201 lbs
 - Shoots: left
 
- Trivia: 
Top scorer CNH 2014-2015
 
| Season | Team | League | Pos | LPos | W | L | D | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |  CSM Galați | Campionatul Național de Hochei | Head Coach | 
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 |  Romania | Olympic Qual. | 23 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 
| 2019-20 |  Romania | National team games | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2013-14 |  Ukraine | Winter Universiade | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | |
| 2004-05 |  Ukraine | WJC d1 (U20) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2003-04 |  Ukraine | WJC (U20) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -13 | |
| 2002-03 |  Ukraine | WJC d1 (U20) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2002-03 |  Ukraine | WJC18 d1 (U18) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -2 | |
| 2001-02 |  Ukraine | WJC18 (U18) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025-26 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2024-25 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024-25 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 30 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022-23 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 25 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 8 | -1 | |
| 2021-22 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 2 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021-22 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 15 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 18 | 32 | 
| 2020-21 |  CSM Galați | CNH (Play-off) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei (Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 15 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2019-20 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 15 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 8 | 46 | 
| 2018-19 |  CSM Galați | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 |  CSM Galați | CNH | 26 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 4 | ||
| 2017-18 |  GYHK | CNH (Play-off) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2017-18 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 |  GYHK | CNH | 25 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 |  GYHK | CNH (Play-off) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 |  GYHK | CNH | 24 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 12 | ||
| 2015-16 |  GYHK | CNH (Play-off) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 15 | |
| 2015-16 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 |  GYHK | CNH | 36 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 14 | 7 | |
| 2014-15 |  GYHK | CNH (Play-off) | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2014-15 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei (2015 Edition) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 |  GYHK | CNH | 34 | 44 | 33 | 77 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013-14 |  GYHK | Cupa Romaniei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | |
| 2013-14 |  GYHK | CNH (Play-off) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013-14 |  GYHK | CNH | 18 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 29 | 19 | |
| 2013-14 |  Kryzhynka | Vyscha Liha | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2012-13 |  Levy Lviv | PHL (UKR) (Qualifying Group) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2012-13 |  Levy Lviv | PHL (UKR) | 34 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 3 | |
| 2011-12 |  Sokil Kyiv | PHL (UKR) (Play-off) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 |  Sokil Kyiv | PHL (UKR) | 35 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 26 | 16 | |
| 2010-11 |  Corona | MOL Liga (Play-off) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2010-11 |  Corona | MOL Liga | 27 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 46 | -6 | |
| 2009-10 |  Ujpesti TE | Continental Cup | |||||||
| 2009-10 |  Ujpesti TE | OB I (HUN) | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2009-10 |  Ujpesti TE | MOL Liga | 23 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 50 | 34 | |
| 2008-09 |  Ujpesti TE | MOL Liga (Play-off) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 39 | ||
| 2008-09 |  GYHK | MOL Liga | 30 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 136 | ||
| 2007-08 |  Sokil-2 Kyiv | Vyscha Liha (Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007-08 |  Sokil Kyiv | Vyscha Liha | 29 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 52 | ||
| 2006-07 |  ATEK | Vyscha Liha | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 40 | ||
| 2006-07 |  Sokil Kyiv | Vyscha Liha | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 |  Sokil Kyiv | Belarus Open League | 43 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -13 | |
| 2005-06 |  HK MVD-THK Tver | Pervaya Liga | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | ||
| 2005-06 |  Sokil Kyiv | Belarusian Vysshaya Liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005-06 |  Sokil-2 Kyiv | Vysshaya Liga | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 36 | ||
| 2005-06 |  HC Kyiv | Vyscha Liha | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 42 | ||
| 2004-05 |  New York Apple Core | EJHL | 44 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 66 | ||
| 2003-04 |  New York Apple Core | EJHL | 47 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 36 | ||
| 2002-03 |  HC Kyiv | EEHL Div. B | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2002-03 |  HC Kyiv | Vyschyỹ Dyvizion | 18 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||
| 2001-02 |  HC Kyiv | Vyschyỹ Dyvizion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 21 2025 |  Campionatul Național de Hochei| CN 43  | CSM Corona Brasov CSM Galați  | 7-2 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Oct. 18 2025 |  Cupa Romaniei| Group B  | CSM Galați Sportul Studentesc  | 12-3 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | ||
| Oct. 17 2025 |  Campionatul Național de Hochei| CN 39  | CSM Galați Sportul Studentesc  | 18-1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | |||
| Sep. 16 2025 18:30  |  Campionatul Național de Hochei| CN 14  | HSC Csíkszereda CSM Galați  | 4-1 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Sep. 05 2025 18:30  |  Campionatul Național de Hochei| CN 4  | Steaua București CSM Galați  | 13-0 | | | | | | | | | 
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