Pilip Vaitsiakhovich ( be, Філіп Вайцяховiч; russian: Филипп Войтехович; born 26 March 1990) is a Belarusian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
club
IFK Värnamo
IFK Värnamo is a Swedish football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swedish national football team when the ...
as a
goalkeeper
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. Besides Belarus, he has played in Sweden.
Career
Vaitsiakhovich began his career with
Partizan Minsk
FC Partizan Minsk ( be, ФК Партызан Мінск) was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk.
History
The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Second League ( Traktor Minsk, a club wi ...
and played in the 2008 season twelve games on loan for
FC Polotsk
FC Polotsk was a Belarusian professional football club based in Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.
History
The club was founded in 2004 and joined Belarusian Second League the same year. In 2006 they made their debut in Belarusian First League, w ...
in the
First League. On 3 February 2011 Vaitsiakhovich left his homeland and signed with Swedish club
IK Frej
IK Frej is a Swedish sports club located in Täby kyrkby. It currently plays in Division 4, the sixth tier in Swedish football.
Background
IK Frej was founded 5 February 1968 by Åke Berghagen and his friends. Today, IK Frej has more than 1200 ...
.
International career
Vaitsiakhovich played one game for the
Belarus national under-17 football team
The Belarus national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football (soccer) team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus.
UEFA European Under-16/Under-17 Football Championship record
Under-16 format
Under-1 ...
, one for the
Belarus U-18 national team and won six caps for the
Belarus U-19 national team.
UEFA.com - Pilip Vaitsiakhovich
/ref> He has also been capped 5 times for the Belarus U21 side.
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
People from Maladzyechna
Sportspeople from Minsk Region
Belarusian footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Belarusian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
FC Partizan Minsk players
FC Polotsk players
FC Dynamo Brest players
FC Rechitsa-2014 players
Assyriska FF players
AFC Eskilstuna players
Umeå FC players
FC Trollhättan players
IFK Värnamo players
Vasalunds IF players
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