Volodymyr Makhankov ( uk, Володимир Ігорович Маханьков; born 29 October 1997) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Career

Makhankov was born in

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, and in age of 6 he began to play football in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, where he joined the

FC 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 offici ...

youth sportive school system, where his first trainer was Viktor Kashchey. Despite being a part of Dynamo's sportive system, Makhankov never make his debut for the main team and in March 2020 transferred to the Ukrainian Premier League side

and later this year, to the Ukrainian Second League side

FC Polissya Zhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr is a Ukrainian football club based in Zhytomyr, Polissya. As of the 2020–21 season, it will play in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second L ...

, where he become a first choice goalkeeping player. In June 2021 he signed a 3 years deal with FC Kolos Kovalivka.

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* 1997 births Living people People from Slavutych Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Polissya Zhytomyr players FC Kolos Kovalivka players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Footballers from Kyiv Oblast FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Karpaty Lviv players {{Ukraine-footy-goalkeeper-1990s-stub