Andriy Bandrivskyi ( uk, Андрій Бандрівський; born 9 March 1985) is a

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Ukrainian

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who plays for

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in the

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Playing career

Ukraine

Bandrivskyi played in the

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with

FC Karpaty-3 Lviv FC Karpaty-3 Lviv was a Ukrainian football farm-team of Karpaty Lviv from Lviv, Ukraine. Created in 1997, until 2001 it played as ''Karpaty-2 Lviv''. Name evolution In 2001 due to the merger between FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Lviv, Karpaty preserved ...

in 2002, and later with

FC Karpaty-2 Lviv FC Karpaty-2 Lviv ( uk, ФК Карпати-2 Львів) was one of the three teams of the FC Karpaty Lviv. It was considered their junior squad with most of the players under 20 years of age. In 2010-2012 the team participated in the championsh ...

in 2004. In 2005, he had stints with

FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polissya. As of the 2020–21 season, it will play in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second L ...

, and later with

FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Гірник Кривий Ріг) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. The club adapted its name in 2003 and originally as "Gornyak" (in Russian). Later the club's name was changed to Hirnyk (in Ukrainian). ...

. After several seasons in the Ukrainian Second League he ultimately in 2008 played in the

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with

FC Lviv FC Lviv ( uk, ФК «Львів», pl, FK Lwów) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv, that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League. While the first president of FC Lviv Oleksandr Didenko insisted that FC Lviv of 1 ...

. The following season he played with

FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva ( uk, Арсенал-Київщина Біла Церква) was a Ukrainian professional team from Bila Tserkva in Kyiv Oblast. Previous name was FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva until June 2013. History The football ...

, and later in the

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with

FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. History The club was formed in 1948 and was previously called ''Kolhospnyk'' (Collective] farmer), ''Avanhard'' (Vanguard) and ''Henerato ...

in 2009. He later played in the

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with

FC Sambir FC Sambir (previously known as FC Promin Sambir) is a Ukrainian football club from Sambir, Lviv Oblast. The club was established in the village of Volia-Baranetska, Sambir Raion Sambir Raion ( uk, Самбірський район) is a raion ...

FC Rukh Vynnyky FC Rukh Lviv ( ua, ФК «Рух» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. History In 200 ...

, and SCC Demnya.

Canada

In 2018, he played abroad in the

with

. In his debut season in Toronto he assisted in securing the First Division title. In his sophomore season he participated in the

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final against

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, but in a losing effort.

References

1985 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers FC Lviv players Men's association football goalkeepers FC Karpaty-3 Lviv players FC Karpaty-2 Lviv players FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr players FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih players FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva players FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn players FC Sambir players FC Rukh Lviv players SCC Demnya players FC Ukraine United players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Ukrainian Second League players {{Ukraine-footy-goalkeeper-1980s-stub