Andriy Budnyi (born 20 September 1982) is a

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Career

College and Amateur

In 2002, Budnyi attended Bard College. He transferred to

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in 2002. He then transferred to

Azusa Pacific University Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...

, where he earned the 2005 Golden State Athletic Conference and Region II Player of the Year award. During his college years he also played two seasons with Cascade Surge in the

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, helping the team to two PDL Northwest Division titles, and being named to the PDL All-Western Conference teams in both 2004 and 2005.

Professional

Having spent much of the early part of 2006 training with

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, Budnyi signed his first professional contract with Charlotte Eagles of the

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on 28 June 2006, and subsequently played in 8 games for the team, scoring 1 goal. Budnyi returned to his homeland in 2006, playing initially for Arsenal Bila Tserkva and then for

Obolon Kyiv , Beer-brewers) , founded = 13 June 1992 , ground = Obolon Arena , capacity = 5,100 , chairman = Oleksandr Slobodian , manager = Valeriy Ivashchenko , league = Ukrainian First League , season = 2020–21 , position = Ukrainian First League, ...

. He was the top scorer for Obolon's reserves,

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, in the

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in 2007–2008, with 20 goals. Budnyi returned to the United States in early 2009, and joined Carolina RailHawks of the

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in April 2009. On 22 July 2009, the RailHawks sent him on loan for one game to the

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of the

. On 22 February 2010 Carolina announced the re-signing of Budnyi to a new contract for the 2010 season. Budnyi joined

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club

in February 2011. Budnyi joined the

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in 2011. He did not re-sign at the start of the new season. Budnyi returned the struggling

after signing a contract after the 2012–13 season had begun to add more firepower to their attack.

References

External links

Azusa Pacific coaching profile

Carolina RailHawks bio
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