Yukhym Konoplya
Yukhym Konoplya (Ukrainian: Юхим Дмитрович Конопля; born 26 August 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays on loan for FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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| Full name | Yukhym Dmytrovych Konoplya | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Donetsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Desna Chernihiv | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2017– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | → Desna Chernihiv (loan) | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Ukraine U17 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Ukraine U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ukraine U19 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Career
Born in the Donetsk Oblast, Konoplya is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system in his native city.
FC Desna Chernihiv
He made his début for FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substituted player in a winning home match against FC Vorskla Poltava on 3 August 2019.[1]Yukhym Konoplya with the club of Chernihiv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, for the first time in the history of the Club.[2]In summer 2020 the club FC Desna Chernihiv agreed to extend his contract for 1 year more [3]
International career
Konoplya was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in 6 from all 7 of his team's matches and made a four-goal assists.
Honours
References
- Чемпіонат УПЛ. 2-й тур Матч №12 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 28 August 2019.
- "Yukhym Konoplya qualified with Desna for the Europa League third qualifying round". thetimeshub.in. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "Yukhym Konoplya qualified with Desna for the Europa League third qualifying round". football.ua. Retrieved 6 August 2020.