Kyrylo Serhiyovych Dihtyar ( ua, Кирило Сергійович Дігтярь; born 25 November 2007) 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

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

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 ...

in the

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

Club career

Dihtyar is a product of

academy. He made his debut as a second half-time substituted player for Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League in an away losing match against SC Dnipro-1 on 3 May 2023.

International career

In February 2023, Dihtyar was called up to the final squad of the

Ukraine national under-17 football team The Ukraine national under-17 football team represents Ukraine in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine, the governing body for football in Ukraine. UEFA European Under-16/Under-17 Footb ...

to play in the

2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-17 football competition that will determine the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Hungary in the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final ...

elit round matches. Also, in July 2024, Dihtyar was called up by manager

Dmytro Mykhaylenko Dmytro Stanislavovych Mykhaylenko ( ua, Дмитро Станіславович Михайленко; born 13 July 1973) is a retired Ukrainian defensive midfielder and current manager. His son Ivan is also a player, a forward and older broth ...

to the final squad of the

Ukraine national under-19 football team The Ukraine national under-19 football team ( uk, Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-19)) also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Fo ...

to play in the

2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2024) will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (71st edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth f ...

tournament matches.

Personal life

Since 3 May 2023, Dihtyar holds a record in Ukraine for being the youngest professional player of the Ukrainian top professional football league when at the age of 15 years and 159 days played for Metalist Kharkiv against SC Dnipro-1. The previous record over 30 years belonged to

Yuriy Fenin Yuriy Fenin (born 28 March 1977) is a Ukrainian professional football forward who most recently played for various clubs in Estonian lower leagues. Career Fenin began his playing career with SC Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier Leagu ...

when at the age of 15 years and 221 days he played for Tavriya Simferopol against FC Zorya-MALS Luhansk in 1992.

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* * 2007 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Metalist Kharkiv players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players {{Ukraine-footy-defender-2000s-stub