Adrian Pukanych ( uk, Адріан Миколайович Пуканич, born 22 June 1983) is a

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who plays for Epitsentr Dunaivtsi.

International career

He played for

Ukraine national under-21 football team The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth ootballteam of Ukraine ( uk, Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international compet ...

and also played in the

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, helping his side reach the final. He also was called up to

Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukr ...

for two matches and scored one goal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.''

Honours

Team

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

: champion 2005 *

: runner-up 2003, 2004 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

: winner 2004 *

: runner-up 2003, 2005 Ukraine under-21 *

UEFA Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

runner-up:

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* * 1983 births Living people Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian Premier League players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Mariupol players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Shukura Kobuleti players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country) Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) FC Uzhhorod players FC Epitsentr Dunaivtsi players Association football midfielders {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub