Bohdan Milovanov (born 19 April 1998) is a Ukrainian

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who plays for Portuguese club Arouca as a

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Club career

Born in

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

, Milovanov moved to the

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at early age and made his senior debut with Alcobendas CF during the 2014–15 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In July 2015, he moved to

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

and returned to youth football. On 10 August 2017, after being sparingly used by Getafe's reserves, Milovanov signed for

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side

UD San Sebastián de los Reyes Unión Deportiva San Sebastián de los Reyes, also known as Sanse is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid. Founded in 1971 it pla ...

. On 9 July of the following year, he joined another

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Sporting de Gijón B Real Sporting de Gijón B is a Spanish football club based in Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is loca ...

also in the third division. Milovanov made his debut for the

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on 14 January 2020, starting in a 1–0 home win against

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

in the

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championship.

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* * * 1998 births Living people Footballers from Luhansk Ukrainian footballers Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Getafe CF B players UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players F.C. Arouca players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Ukraine under-21 international footballers {{Ukraine-footy-bio-stub