Vadym Vadymovych Zhuk ( uk, Вадим Вадимович Жук; born 15 April 1991) is a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Bayernliga Nord The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

club Bayern Hof.

Career

Zhuk is the product of the FC Knyazha Shchaslyve academy system.

Desna Chernihiv

From 2012 until 2015, he played for

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

, with whom he won the

2012–13 Ukrainian Second League The 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League was the 22nd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. The competition began on 13 July 2012 when Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk visited Sevastopol ...

Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih

In 2016 he moved to Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih.

Spartak Subotica

Later in 2016 he moved to Spartak Subotica in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

Desna Chernihiv

In 2017 he signed with Desna Chernihiv for the second time. In the 2017–18 season, he helped the team earn promotion to the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

Poltava

In 2018 he moved to

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

in the

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Polissya Zhytomyr

In 2020 he moved to Polissya Zhytomyr in 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 ...

Desna Chernihiv

On 22 July 2021 he returned to Desna Chernihiv on a one-year contract. On 25 July, he made his Ukrainian Premier League debut against

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

at the

Stadion Yuri Gagarin Olympic sports training center "Chernihiv" (formerly Yuri Gagarin Stadium) ( uk, Олімпійський навчально-спортивний центр «Чернігів») is a multi-purpose stadium in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The stadium was ...

, replacing Oleksandr Safronov in the 71st minute.

Bayern Hof

On 24 July 2022 he moved to Bayern Hof in the

Landesliga Bayern-Nordost The Landesliga Bayern-Nordost ( en, State league Bavaria-Northeast) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in northeastern Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Landesliga ...

. On 29 July he played his first match with the new club against

Würzburger FV FV 04 Würzburg is a German association football club from the city of Würzburg, Bavaria founded in 1904 as ''1. Würzburger FV 04''. The club emerged as ''WFV'' in 1923 after leaving a short-lived union formed with a gymnastics club. __TOC__ ...

at the

Stadion Grüne Au Stadion Grüne Au is a multi-use stadium in Hof, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Bayern Hof. The stadium has a capacity of 8,100 people. It opened in 1913. Attendance record is 19,100 during a Bun ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Desna Chernihiv *

: 2017–18 *

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References

External links

Profile on Official FC Desna Chernihiv website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhuk, Vadym 1991 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Ukrainian footballers FC Lviv players FC Lviv-2 players PFC Sumy players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia FK Spartak Subotica players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia FC Poltava players FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni players SpVgg Bayern Hof players Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Bayernliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany