Viktor Tsukanov ( uk, Віктор Михайлович Цуканов; born 4 February 2006) 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

central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Career

Born in

Kirovohrad Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name ...

, Tsukanov trained with the local Lider Kropyvnytskyi and Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, and in 2019 joined the Shakhtar Donetsk youth academy. He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute against

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier ...

on 3 March 2024.

International career

In February 2023, Tsukanov was called up to the final squad of the

Ukraine national under-17 football team The Ukraine national under-17 football team represents Ukraine in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine, the governing body for football in Ukraine. UEFA European Under-16/Under-17 Footb ...

to play in the

2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification The 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-17 football competition that will determine the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Hungary in the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final ...

elit round matches, but not played any match. In March 2024, he was called up by manager

Dmytro Mykhaylenko Dmytro Stanislavovych Mykhaylenko ( ua, Дмитро Станіславович Михайленко; born 13 July 1973) is a retired Ukrainian defensive midfielder and current manager. His son Ivan is also a player, a forward and older broth ...

to the final squad of the

Ukraine national under-19 football team The Ukraine national under-19 football team ( uk, Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-19)) also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Fo ...

to play in the

2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2024) will be the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (71st edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth f ...

elit round matches.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsukanov, Viktor 2006 births Living people Footballers from Kropyvnytskyi Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Ukrainian Premier League players