Vitaliy Vasylyovych Mandzyuk (born 24 January 1986 in Vilino,

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, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired

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defender who last played for

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

in the Ukrainian Premier League. Previously he played for

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

and was on loan to

Arsenal Kyiv Football Club Arsenal Kyiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Kyiv. In 2019, the club's professional team was dissolved, but its junior teams continue to compete in city competitions. The club claims to be a successor of Kyiv Arsenal fa ...

. He is a former player for the

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having made 12 appearances and the senior team. He is younger brother of the player of Oleksandr Mandzyuk. Currently he works as fitness coach for Ukrainian Premier League club Kolos Kovalivka.

Career

Dynamo Kyiv

Mandzyuk started his professional football career with Dynamo Kyiv in 2004. Going into the 2007–08 season, Mandzyuk got injured, having to undergo a surgery. This prevented from him playing for the rest of the year 2007, but he recovered to play for the second half of the season. In July 2008, Mandzyuk was loaned off to

along with teammate

Denys Oliynyk Denys Viktorovych Oliynyk ( uk, Денис Вікторович Олійник; born 16 June 1987) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Vorskla Poltava. Oliynyk also played for the Ukraine under-21 national tea ...

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

On 23 December 2009, Mandzyuk was sold to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Mandzyuk was a regular member of the

, and captained it on numerous occasions. On 23 August 2007, Mandzyuk scored the third goal in a friendly match victory against

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. Mandzyuk was called up to the senior team of

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for the friendly against

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on 6 February 2008. He was called up along with fellow club member Fedoriv by manager

Oleksiy Mykhailychenko Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the U ...

after the injury of mainstream defenders

Dmytro Chyhrynskyi Dmytro Anatoliiovych Chyhrynskyi ( uk, Дмитро Анатолійович Чигринський; born 7 November 1986) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Ionikos. He spent most o ...

and Nesmachnyi.Михайличенко залучає Мандзюка та Федоріва
– Article on Official Website of the Football Federation of Ukraine, Retrieved 4 February 2008

References

Honors

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

(1) runner-up 2014–15

External links

Player profile at the Dynamo Kyiv Official Website

Information by Vitaliy Mandzyuk at arsenal-kiev.com.ua

Football Federation of Ukraine Profile
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