Mykola Kovtalyuk ( uk, Микола Андрійович Ковталюк; born 26 April 1995) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

Dila Gori FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium. Dila won the Georgian Cup in 2012 and Georgian Ch ...

Career

Kovtalyuk is a product of the Knyazha Shchaslyve and UFK-Karpaty Lviv academies. In

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, he netted 21 goals for

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side

, just one short of the best result shown in the league. Subsequently, Kovtalyuk was named in the symbolic team of the year. In February 2019, Kovtalyuk moved to South Korea, signing with

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. Seven months later he returned to Dila Gori on a deal until the end of 2020. Following the 2020 season, apart from becoming a top goalscorer of the league, he was named the best

and foreign player of the season and included in Team of the Season again. On 4 March 2021, he signed for

FC Akzhayik FC Akzhayik ( kk, Aqjaıyq Oral Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club, based in Oral, current member of the Kazakhstan First Division. History Names *1968 : Founded as ''Uralets'' *1993 : The club was renamed ''Uralets-Arm ...

. In February 2023, his third spell with Dila began.

References

External links

Profile at Official FFU Site
(Ukr) * 1995 births Living people People from Sambir Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers FC Poltava players FC Arsenal Kyiv players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players FC Kolos Kovalivka players FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Dila Gori players FC Anyang players FC Akzhayik players Erovnuli Liga players K League 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Men's association football forwards Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Footballers from Lviv Oblast {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1990s-stub