Andriy Oleksiyovych Lunin ( ua, Андрій Олексійович Лунін; born 11 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Lunin is a product of FC Metalist Youth Sportive School (first trainer was Oleksandr Khrabrov) and FC Dnipro Youth Sportive School Systems (first trainer was Kostyantyn Pavlyuchenko).

Dnipro

From summer 2016, after graduation of the youth sportive school, he played in the FC Dnipro reserves. In the main-team squad, Lunin made his debut as a start-squad player at the age of 17, in the match against

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on 16 October 2016 in the

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. He was Dnipro's first choice goalkeeper the rest of the season, playing in a total of 25 matches for the club, across the league and club competitions. However, at the end of the season, due to financial irregularities, Dnipro was relegated directly to the

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(third level of football), and many players, Lunin included, were allowed to leave the club.

Zorya Luhansk

Lunin spent the 2017–18 season playing for

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, where he once again quickly established himself as the first keeper. On 14 September 2017, Lunin made his European debut in a 0–2

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group stage loss to

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. He ended up playing in 36 matches across all competitions that season, including all six of Zorya's Europa League matches.

Real Madrid

On 19 June 2018,

reached an agreement with Zorya Luhansk to sign Lunin in a reportedly

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8.5 million plus 5 million add-ons deal. The deal concluded four days later, and he became the first Ukrainian to play for the club. On 27 August 2018, he was loaned to nearby fellow

team CD Leganés, for the

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. Halfway through the campaign, he stated that he was content with being second choice to

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, and would complete his contract. On 13 August 2019, he was loaned to

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for the 2019–20 season. On 15 October 2019, Lunin was included in the 20 best under-21 players shortlist for the 2019 Golden Boy award. On 15 January 2020, the loan with Real Valladolid was terminated. On the same day,

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announced the loan of Lunin until 30 June 2020. He made his first team debut for Real Madrid in a 1–2 extra time loss to

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in the 2020–21 Copa del Rey. With Madrid confirmed 2021–22 champions, Lunin made his league debut in the Madrid derby against

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on 8 May 2022, where Real lost 1–0. On 15 May 2022, he played against

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, saving a penalty and allowing his team to draw 1–1 away from home. On 5 October 2022, Lunin made his Champions League debut in a 2–1 win against

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. On 16 October 2022, he became the first Ukrainian player to feature in

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against

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, with Real winning 3–1.

International career

Lunin made his Ukraine national team debut at the age of 19, on 23 March 2018, in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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. In 2019, he backstopped Ukraine U20 team to their first ever

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victory. He played in six of his team's seven matches, having to miss the quarterfinal match against

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due to being called up to Ukraine's main squad for the

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matches against

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and Luxembourg. After the 3–1 final match victory against

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, Lunin was awarded the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Real Madrid *

: 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22 *

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Ukraine U20 *

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Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title
FIFA.com, 15 June 2019. Individual * Golden talent of Ukraine: 2017 * FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Glove:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunin, Andriy 1999 births Living people People from Krasnohrad Sportspeople from Kharkiv Oblast Ukrainian footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Dnipro players FC Zorya Luhansk players Real Madrid CF players CD Leganés players Real Valladolid players Real Oviedo players Ukrainian Premier League players La Liga players Segunda División players UEFA Champions League winning players Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain