Denys Viktorovych Oliynyk ( uk, Денис Вікторович Олійник; born 16 June 1987) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The club ...

. Oliynyk also played for the Ukraine under-21 national team and the Ukraine senior team.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Born in

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, Oliynyk joined

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

in 2004. There he was featured frequently in Dynamo-3, Dynamo-2 and the reserve squad of the main team. Although Oliynyk played two matches for Dynamo's senior squad in the 2006–07 season, he was not officially promoted to the main team until in May 2008 after the end of the 2007–08 season by new coach

Yuri Semin Yury Pavlovich Syomin (russian: Юрий Павлович Сёмин; born 11 May 1947) is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club ...

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (loan)

For part of the 2007–08 season, Oliynyk was loaned to then-

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

club Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. He stayed there until the end of the 2007 calendar year.

Arsenal Kyiv (loan)

For the first half of the 2008–09 season, Oliynyk was loaned, alongside teammate

Vitaliy Mandzyuk Vitaliy Vasylyovych Mandzyuk (born 24 January 1986 in Vilino, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian football defender who last played for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Previously he played for Dynamo Kyiv and wa ...

, to

Arsenal Kyiv Football Club Arsenal Kyiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Kyiv. In 2019, the club's professional team was dissolved, but its junior teams continue to compete in city competitions. The club claims to be a successor of Kyiv Arsenal fa ...

in July 2008. His time with Arsenal was extremely impressive as he quickly became one of the leaders of the midfield and attack.

Metalist Kharkiv

Seeking to strengthen his team for the

2008–09 UEFA Cup The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul on 20 May 2009. This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup for ...

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

coach

Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych ( uk, Мирон Богданович Маркевич; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former midfielder. He worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukrainian national ...

purchased Oliynyk during the winter transfer season. Oliynyk established himself in the squad and played in the

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and in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

In July 2011, Oliynyk changed club to join fellow Premier League side

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

Vitesse Arnhem

On 26 May 2014, Oliynyk signed a two-year contract at Dutch

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

club Vitesse.

Darmstadt

On 9 August 2016, Oliynyk joined German

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

side

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

Personal life

His father Viktor Oliynyk is a legendary player of

Bukovyna Chernivtsi Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Chernivtsi. History The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competitions and became the first club f ...

. His godfather is another legendary

player Valeriy Korolyanchuk, whose son Andriy Korolyanchuk is also a football player. He is married, and has a son and a daughter, whose godfather is the famous Ukrainian football player

Yevhen Konoplyanka Yevhen Olehovych Konoplyanka ( uk, Євген Олегович Коноплянка; born 29 September 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Ukraine national team. He began h ...

Honours

SBV Vitesse *

Beloften Eredivisie The Beloften Eredivisie (; ''"Promised Honor Division"'') was the highest football league in for reserve teams in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The league was founded in 1992 as ''Reserve Teams Eredivisi ...

: 2015

References

External links

Information and foto by Denys Oliynyk at arsenal-kiev.com.ua

Profile on official website of Metalist Kharkiv
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliynyk, Denys 1987 births Living people Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian footballers Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers Association football wingers FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka players FC Dnipro players SBV Vitesse players SV Darmstadt 98 players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Helios Kharkiv players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players FC Vorskla Poltava players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Eredivisie players Bundesliga players Veikkausliiga players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Finland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Finland