Taras Kryvyi (born December 24, 1995) is a Ukrainian

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who plays as a

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Club career

Ukraine

Kryvyi began his career in 2012 with

FC Ternopil FC Ternopil is a Ukrainian amateur football club based in Ternopil, Ukraine. The club was originally created as a second team of FC Nyva Ternopil. After its reformation and return to professional level, the club competed in the Ukrainian Second Le ...

in the

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. He would play in the professional realm with Ternopil in the

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. In his debut season in the third tier, he would make 5 appearances. He re-signed with Ternopil the following season and aided the team in securing promotion to 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 ...

. He would play in 6 matches throughout the 2013-14 season. In his first season in the country's second-tier league, he played in 12 matches. During the 2015-16 campaign, he participated in the

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where Ternopil faced Shaktar Donetsk. The 2016-17 season marked his fifth and final season with Ternopil. He would initially miss the opening section of the season due to an injury. In his final season in the second tier, he played in 21 matches. After Ternopil was relegated in 2017, he returned to the amateur level to play with Nyva Terebovila. He departed from Nyva in the autumn of 2017. Shortly after he returned to the Ukrainian Second League to sign with

Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian ...

. In his debut season with Nyva, he played in 7 matches. After two seasons with Nyva, he declined to renew his contract with the club in order to pursue other options abroad.

Canada

In 2019, he played abroad in the

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with

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. In his debut season with the western-Toronto side, he finished second in the team scoring charts with 6 goals. Kryvyi would help Ukraine United secure a postseason berth by finishing third in the First Division. Their opponents in the first round of the playoffs were Hamilton City and succeeded in advancing to the next round where they defeated

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. The club's victory over Waterloo advanced Ukraine United to the

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final where they were defeated by

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. Following his brief stint in the southern Ontario circuit, Kryvyi returned to Ukraine in 2020, where he played in the regional

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

amateur league with Buchatsk Kolos and Medobory Zelene. He returned to his former club Ukraine United where he played the 2021 season in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kryvyi, Taras Living people 1995 births Ukrainian men's footballers FC Ternopil players FC Nyva Ternopil players FC Ukraine United players Ukrainian First League players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian Second League players