Danylo Lazar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danylo Ihorovych Lazar | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | FC Sokil-Rukh Lviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Lviv-2 | 18 | (0) |
| 2010 | FC Lviv | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | FC Lviv | 22 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | FC Stal Kamianske | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | FC Mykolaiv | ||
| 2015–2016 | NK Veres Rivne | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | FC Ukraine United | ||
| 2017 | FC Vorkuta | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | FC Vorkuta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Danylo Lazar (Ukrainian: Данило Ігорович Лазар; born 30 December 1989) is a former professional Ukrainian football defender.
Ukraine
Lazar played with the youth system with FC Lviv.[1] In 2009, he began training with the senior team in preparation for the 2009-10 season.[2][3][4] He would ultimately secure a deal and play in the Ukrainian First League.[5][6] He would make his professional debut on March 10, 2010, against Enerhetyk Burshtyn.[7] For the majority of the season, he played with Lviv's reserve team in the Ukrainian Second League.[8][9]
After a single season in the second tier, he returned to the third-tier league to play with FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi.[10] In his debut season with Dynamo, he appeared in 13 matches.[8] Lazar left Dynamo after a single season due to financial problems with the club.[11]
He would return to his former club Lviv in the winter transfer market of 2011.[12] In total, he played in 5 matches throughout the season.[13] Lazar would re-sign with Lviv for the following season.[14][15] After a managerial change within Lviv, he remained with the organization.[16][17] He shortly left Lviv to play with Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk in the country's third division.[8]
In 2012, he remained in the third tier and signed with Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk.[18] After the conclusion of the season he departed from the team.[18] He would appear in 6 matches for Stal.[13] In 2015, he signed with Veres Rivne.[19][20] He also played at the amateur level FC Mykolaiv in 2014.[21][22]
Canada
In 2016, Lazar went overseas to Canada to sign with FC Ukraine United of the Canadian Soccer League.[23][24] In his debut season with Ukraine United, he assisted the team in securing a playoff berth by finishing second in the First Division.[25] In the opening round of the postseason, the western Toronto side defeated Brantford Galaxy.[26] The club was eliminated from the competition in the following round by the Serbian White Eagles.[27]
After the relegation of FC Ukraine to the Second Division in 2017 he signed with the newly expansion side FC Vorkuta.[28][29][30] He would record his first goal for Vorkuta on May 29, 2017, against Milton SC.[31] He would help the club in clinching the divisional title and also secure a playoff berth.[32] Vorkuta was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by Scarborough SC.[33] Lazar returned to play with Vorkuta for the 2019 season.[34][35] He would claim his second divisional title with Vorkuta as they clinched the First Division.[36] However, the club was eliminated in the preliminary round of the postseason by Kingsman SC.[37]
He returned for his third and final season in 2020.[38] Vorkuta would claim their second championship title after defeating Scarborough in the playoff finals.[39]