Illya Serhiyovych Hulko ( uk, Ілля Сергійович Гулько; born 17 November 2002) is a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapori ...

Career

Early years

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 ...

, Hulko began his career in the

academy from his native city. Then he continued in the Torpedo Mykolaiv and

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 ...

academies.

Shakhtar Donetsk

He played only in the

Ukrainian Premier League Reserves The Ukrainian Premier League youth competitions is a complex of youth competitions within the Ukrainian Premier League and is part of youth competitions in Ukraine. The events include championship among two age categories under 19 and under 21 year ...

and never made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk in the

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'') ...

Zorya Luhansk

In September 2022 he signed a contract with his native side Zorya Luhansk and made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute in an away victory over Metalist 1925 Kharkiv on 28 October.

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* * 2002 births Living people Footballers from Luhansk Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Mariupol players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Nyva Buzova players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub