Fernando Morientes
At the 1994 European U-18 Championship Demchenko, playing for the Russia national football team, became a top scorer of the tournament. At that tournament played such football personalities like Raúl, Fernando Morientes, Míchel Salgado, Lars Ricken, Francesco Totti and others. Following the European championship Ajax offered $1 million Moscow team for the 17-year-old Demchenko and both player and club agreed. In Ajax Amsterdam, Demchenko mostly was sitting on a bench and had limited amount of playing experience. Following end of contract with the Dutch club, he returned to Zaporizhia where he joined FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.