Maryan Vasylyovych Shved ( uk, Мар'ян Васильович Швед; born 16 July 1997) is a Ukrainian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right winger
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for
Shakhtar Donetsk.
Club career
Karpaty Lviv
Born in
Mykolaiv, Shved is a product of the
FC Karpaty Lviv youth system, where he joined at the age of seven.
Shved made his debut for Karpaty in a game against
FC Metalurh Donetsk
Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015.
History
Club predecessor
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on 1 March 2015 in the
Ukrainian Premier League, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw in
Kyiv
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's
Obolon Arena
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.
Sevilla
On 5 August 2015, at just the age of 18, Shved signed a five-year contract with Spanish club
Sevilla, but was sent to the reserve team
Sevilla Atlético to develop. He turned down fellow Spaniards
Valencia CF to sign for the
Andalusia
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ns, also being attracted by the presence of compatriot
Yevhen Konoplyanka in the team.
He played six games for
the youth team in
the season's
UEFA Youth League, scoring the only goal of a win at
Juventus
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in the
group stage on 30 September 2015.
On 4 October 2015, Shved made his senior debut for Sevilla Atlético, replacing
José Amo for the final eleven minutes of a 1–1 draw at
UD Marbella
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.
Return to Karpaty Lviv
Shved returned to Karpaty Lviv in 2017.
He won the
UPL Player of the Month for March 2019 (he also won it earlier in September and November of 2018). Shved finished
2018–19 with 15 goals and four assists in 26 appearances.
Celtic
In January 2019, he signed an 18-month contract with
Scottish Premiership
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club
Celtic
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Sports Fo ...
but remained at Karpaty on loan for the remainder of the season. Shved scored on his Celtic debut in a 2–0 away win (
Agg 7–0) over
Nõmme Kalju FC in the
second qualifying round of the
2019–20 UEFA Champions League
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Bayern Munich d ...
coming on as a substitute and scoring in injury time with a powerful strike from the edge of the penalty area.
Mechelen
In July 2021, Shved joined
Belgian First Division A
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club
Mechelen
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on a permanent three-year deal having spent the previous season with the club on loan.
Shakhtar Donetsk
On 1 September 2022, Shved returned to his native Ukraine when he joined
Shakhtar Donetsk on a five-year deal. On 6 September, he scored a brace on his
Champions League debut in a 4–1 away win over
RB Leipzig.
International career
Shved played for Ukraine at under-16 level and has represented the country up to
under-19. He made his debut for the
senior squad on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against
Turkey
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, as a 77th-minute substitute for
Viktor Tsyhankov.
Personal life
Shved is the oldest son of
Vasyl Shved, who played as a forward.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Individual
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Ukrainian Premier League player of the Month (3):
2018–19 (September),
2018–19 (November),
2018–19 (March)
References
External links
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Maryan Shvedat Topforward
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shved, Maryan
1997 births
Living people
People from Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast
Ukrainian men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
FC Karpaty Lviv players
Segunda División B players
Sevilla Atlético players
Celtic F.C. players
K.V. Mechelen players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Belgian Pro League players
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers
Ukraine men's international footballers
Footballers from Lviv Oblast