Denys Serhiyovych Balanyuk ( ua, Денис Сергійович Баланюк; born 16 January 1997) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a striker for Bulgarian club Spartak Varna.

Career

Balanyuk is a product of the sports school ♯11 in Odesa. His first trainer was Anatoliy Matsanskyi. At his 15 he joined FC Dnipro academy. He made his debut for FC Dnipro in the match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 23 May 2015 in the

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. Balanyuk scored 2 goals early in the first half for his 1st league start and 3rd appearance for Dnipro in a 5–0 win over Volyn Lutsk on July 24. On 9 September 2017 he signed a contract with

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. On 29 June 2018 he was loaned to

club

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International career

Balanyuk was named in the preliminary 31-players senior national squad for the

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match against

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on 5 September 2016.

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