Denys Balanyuk

Denys Balanyuk
Personal information
Full name Denys Serhiyovych Balanyuk
Date of birth (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997
Place of birth Odesa, Ukraine
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
2010–2012 Odesa Sports School ♯11
2012–2013 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 16 (3)
National team
2012 Ukraine-16 4 (0)
2014 Ukraine-17 5 (1)
2015 Ukraine-19 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 July 2016

Denys Balanyuk (Ukrainian: Денис Сергійович Баланюк; born 16 January 1997 in Odesa, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football striker.

Career

Balanyuk is a product of the sports school ♯11 in Odesa. His first trainer was Anatoliy Matsanskyi. At his 15 he joined FC Dnipro academy.

He made his debut for FC Dnipro in the match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk on 23 May 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]

Balanyuk scored 2 goals early in the first half for his 1st league start and 3rd appearance for Dnipro in a 5-0 win over Volyn Lutsk on July 24.

International career

Balanyuk was named in the 31-player senior national squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland on 5 September 2016.[2]

References

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