Oleksiy Mykolayovych Kashchuk ( uk, Олексій Миколайович Кащук; born 29 June 2000) is a

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who plays as a midfielder for Qarabağ and the

Ukraine national under-20 football team The Ukraine national under-20 football team is primarily a special team that is formed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a successful performance of the Ukraine national under-19 football team. The team is also used as an immediate reserve of the ...

Career

Born in

Novohrad-Volynskyi Zviahel (, ; translit. ''Zvil'') is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' () in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian ...

, Zhytomyr Oblast, Kashchuk is a product of Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system. Within the youth teams of the club, he became a champion of the

Ukrainian Youth Football League The Ukrainian National Youth Competition ( uk, Дитячо-юнацька футбольна ліга України, (ДЮФЛУ)) is Ukrainian organization of the Ukrainian Association of Football that conducts association football competition ...

in the U-14 (2013) and U-15 (2014) age categories. In the 2014/15 season, he became the top scorer of the club's U-16 team, scoring 23 goals in 21 matches. On May 14, 2016, he made his debut for Shakhtar's U-21 team. He started the 2017/18 season with the youth team, scoring a goal in the match against Vorskla (3-1), and at the end of that season, he won the gold medals of the Ukrainian Youth Championship. In 2018, he moved to the Shakhtar's second team, and in 2019, to the first team, but he was unable to make his debut with the main squad and was immediately loaned to FC Mariupol. He made his debut for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute against FC Oleksandriya on 3 August 2019. On 29 March 2022,

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

club Sabah announced the signing of Kashchuk on loan until the end of the season. After his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk expired, Kashchuk became a free agent. On September 3, 2024, he signed a three-year contract with

club Qarabağ.

International career

Kashchuk was a part of the

that won the

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 ...

. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches. On 6 March 2024, Kashchuk was called up by

Ruslan Rotan Ruslan Petrovych Rotan ( uk, Руслан Петрович Ротань; born 29 October 1981) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and manager of Ukraine national under-21 football team. He was a member of the Ukraine national team. ...

to the

Ukraine Olympic football team The Ukraine Olympic football team ( uk, Олімпійська збірна України з футболу, also known as Ukraine Under-23) represents Ukraine in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The team is one of the Ukr ...

preliminary squad as a preparation to the

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Honours

;Ukraine U20 * FIFA U-20 World Cup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kashchuk, Oleksiy 2000 births Living people People from Zviahel Footballers from Zhytomyr Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Mariupol players Sabah FC (Azerbaijan) players Qarabağ FK players Ukrainian Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's under-23 international footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan