Shmatovalenko made his debut for USSR on 21 September 1988 in a friendly against West Germany in which he scored an own goal.

Until 1990 Shmatovalenko still was a member of the Soviet Union national under-21 football team for which he capped 11 games.

On 26 August 1992 he started to play for Ukraine when he participated in a friendly against Hungary.

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