Andriy Pylyavskyi ( uk, Андрій Борисович Пилявський; born 4 December 1988) is a

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defender. Pylyavskyi is an alumnus of the youth academy "Athlete" in Kyiv and of

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

sports school.

Club career

Began playing at age 7 Club neighborhood next to his home in Kiev, capital of Ukraine. Five years later, the team was invited to the tournament which also involved a teams of children of

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

, one of the biggest clubs in the country. Passed all the youth department groups but was not included in the adult group who preferred to bring foreign players named. At the age of 17 moved to

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. Upon his arrival, he was sent to play in the reserves from which came the first team, but after a few weeks had struck him injury severe meniscus knee strike for half a year. At the end of the recovery period, it was decided to release him unconditionally and Andriy had to play the regional league. He signed in Knyaz Stz'stliwih second division club and here having suffered economic hardship. His misfortune continued in Nafkom After catching a permanent lineup, the team disbanded and brake tall (1.93 m) moved to Nyva Vinnytsia, a representative of City Center District Second Division found. After ranking second and qualified for the Premier League due to the breakup of the team that won the championship. Signed by

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

in January 2011. After a great half season with Maccabi, it was decided that Maccabi will sign Pylyavskyi on a contract. In the first season with Maccabi Haifa Pylyavskyi won the championship and lost in the cup final. Pylyavskyi was one of the best player this season, although he arrived to Maccabi in January. on

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Third qualifying round, 27 July 2011, against

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Pylyavskyi injured and Maccabi decided to lend him to

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

and Pylyavskyi showed good performances during the season and helped them stay in the league. He scored his debut goal against Hapoel Acre in the Toto Cup. In

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season Pylyavskyi scored a dramatic goal in the 95th minute to help his team beat Bnei Yehuda 1:0. In June 2013, he signed a one-year contract extension to stay with Maccabi Haifa. On 10 February 2016, he signed with the Russian side

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

Club career statistics

:''(correct as of December 2011)''

Honours

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(1): **2010–11

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pylyavskyi, Andriy 1988 births Living people Ukrainian footballers FC Nafkom Brovary players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Israel Ukrainian expatriate footballers Israeli Premier League players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Zorya Luhansk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukraine international footballers FC Rubin Kazan players Expatriate footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Vorskla Poltava players Association football defenders