Vladyslav Yuriyovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Владислав Юрійович Калітвінцев; born 4 January 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Oleksandriya. Born in Russia, he has represented Ukraine at youth level. There are instances of his last name (surname) being spelled as Kalytvyntsev due to transliteration issues.

Career

Dynamo Kyiv

He made his debut for

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...

against

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

on 9 May 2010. Being only 17 years and 4 months old at his first appearance, he is the youngest player ever to play for Dynamo Kyiv in 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' ...

. In the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, he won the Ukrainian Premier League with Kyiv. He also won the

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in both seasons.

Arsenal Kyiv

In March 2019, he moved to

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, where he played 11 matches and scored one goal against Vorskla Poltava.

Desna Chernihiv

In 2019, he signed with

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 ...

. On 15 September, he scored against his former club. He was named Best Player of the Round 7. As a result of the club's 4th place finish in 2019–20, they qualified for the 2020–21 Europa League for the first time in club history. On 24 September 2020, Kalitvintsev played against

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in the Europa League. On 16 February 2021 he extended his contract with

until 2023. On 1 May he scored against Kolos Kovalivka. On 25 July 2021, he scored two goals in a 3–0 victory over

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 a ...

. On 28 December, Kalitvintsev terminated his contract with Desna Chernihiv, claiming non-payment of his salary.

Oleksandriya

In January 2022, he moved to Oleksandriya in the Ukrainian Premier League for €500,000.

International career

He was part of the Ukraine under-21 side that reached the final of the

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. He was also part of the side that won the competition the following year. In september 2021, he was called up to the senior side for a friendly against

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, becoming the first player belong to

to been called in the

Ukraine national football team The Ukraine national football team ( uk, Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Uk ...

Personal life

Kalitvintsev is the son of

Yuriy Kalitvintsev Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев, russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев; born 5 May 1968) is a football manager and former player who manages Poli ...

, a former Ukrainian international and assistant manager.

Outside of professional football

In March 2022, during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northeastern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On ...

, Kalitvintsev, together with other former Desna players, raised and donated money to the civilian population of the city.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Dynamo Kyiv *

: (2) 2014–15 2015–16 *

: (2) 2013–14, 2014–15 *

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runners-up:

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;Ukraine national under-21 :Winner (1):

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

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:Runner Up (1):

;Insividual * Best Player of November 2021 of

Gallery

File:Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev2013.jpg, Kalytvyntsev in 2013 with

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File:Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev2014.jpg, Kalytvyntsev in 2014 with

File:Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev 2015.jpg, Kalytvyntsev in 2015 with

File:Vladyslav Kalytvyntsev with Ukrainian Cup.jpg, Kalytvyntsev with the

in the season 2013–14 File:Gérson Magrão & Kalytvyntsev Jr.jpg,

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& Kalytvyntsev File:Владислав Калитвинцев - Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (16682966138).jpg, Vladyslav Kalitvintsev with

File:Александар Драгович и Владислав Калитвинцев - Aleksandar Dragovic and Vladyslav Kalitvintsev (16248220444).jpg, Kalytvyntsev &

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with

File:Владислав Калитвинцев и Данило Силва - Vladyslav Kalitvintsev and Danilo Silva (16248220544).jpg, Kalytvyntsev with Danilo da Silva with

References

External links

Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv

Profile on FC Dynamo Kyiv club site
(Ukr) *
Profile
on the

website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalitvintsev, Vladyslav 1993 births Living people Footballers from Moscow Russian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian footballers FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players FC Slovan Liberec players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Oleksandriya players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Czech First League players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Association football midfielders Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers Ukrainian people of Russian descent