Denys Olehovych Bezborodko ( uk, Денис Олегович Безбородько; born 31 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer currently playing as a

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for Kolos Kovalivka.

Career

From July 2015, he went on loan for the

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club

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Desna Chernihiv

In summer 2017 he signed for

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in the Ukrainian First League on loan from

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 ...

. In the 2017–18 season, he scored 9 goals and was named Best Player of Round 32 and 34. In the 2018–19 season he helped the team stay up in the

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by scoring 5 goals. He ended his contract with Desna Chernihiv, having scored 27 goals in 45 appearances.

Oleksandriya

In summer 2019 he moved to Oleksandriya in the Ukrainian Premier League. He helped the team to a 5th place finish in the 2019–20 season. He left the club in January 2021.

Return to Desna Chernihiv

On 16 December 2020, he returned to Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian First League. He made his league debut against

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on 21 February 2021. On 3 April, he scored his first goal for Desna Chernihiv against Olimpik Donetsk. He opened his 2021–22 account for Chernihiv on 9 August, scoring two goals against

Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukra ...

and earning Player of the Week plaudits. On 14 August, he scored again, this time against SC Dnipro-1.

Loan to Gyirmót

On 26 March 2022 he moved on loan to Gyirmót in

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for three months. On 9 April 2022, he made his debut with the new club against Puskás Akadémia.

Loan to Zorya Luhansk

On 29 July 2022 he signed a loan deal with

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. On 4 and 11 August he played in

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qualifying matches against Universitatea Craiova.

Kolos Kovalivka

In August 2022 he moved to Kolos Kovalivka.

International career

He was a member of the Ukraine under-20 side in November 2013.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Desna Chernihiv *

: 2017–18 Zorya Luhansk *

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: Runner-Up 2015–16 Individual * Desna Chernihiv Player of the Year: (2)

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* Top Scorer Ukrainian youth championship: Runner Up 2014–15 (10 goals) * Top Scorer

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: Runner-up

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(13 goals) * Best player round 3

: 2021-22 * Best player round 13

: 2018–19 * Best player round 32

: 2017–18 * Best Player round 34

: 2017–18

Gallery

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File:Денис Безбородько.jpg, Bezborodko playing for

File:Десна - Динамо.jpg,

References

External links

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