Denys Bunchukov
Ukrainian footballer (born 2003)
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Denys Olehovych Bunchukov (Ukrainian: Денис Олегович Бунчуков; born 20 June 2003) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lithuanian Džiugas Club.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denys Olehovych Bunchukov | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Džiugas | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| 2018–2019 | Arsenal Shchaslyve | ||
| 2019 | Atlet Kyiv | ||
| 2020–2021 | Brooke House College | ||
| 2022 | Seraing | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Seraing | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Seraing U23 | 13 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | URSL Visé | 32 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Belisia Bilzen | 28 | (0) |
| 2025– | Džiugas | 18 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:59, 26 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Club career
Bunchukov joined the academy of Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv at the age of ten, and spent five years with the club.[3] After falling out of favour with Dynamo's youth coaches, he left the club and moved on to Arsenal Shchaslyve and Atlet Kyiv, spending short spells with each before moving to England in 2020 to enrol at the Brooke House College, playing for their representative football team.[3][4] Having failed to secure a professional contract in England, he unsuccessfully trialled at Belgian sides Eupen, URSL Visé and Union in summer 2021, before another unsuccessful trial at Standard Liège later the same year.[5]
The following February, he returned to Belgium to trial with Seraing. While on trial, the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalated the Russo-Ukrainian War in his native Ukraine, and he was given refugee status by the Belgian government, giving him an allowance of €1,100 a month, while Seraing did not have to offer him a contract.[5] He made his debut with Seraing in a 4–0 home loss to Genk on 27 August 2022, playing 69 minutes before being replaced by Valentin Guillaume.[5]
In July 2025 removed to lithuanian Džiugas Club.[6] On 27 July 2025 he made debut against FK Sūduva[7][8][9]
International career
Career statistics
Club
- As of 12 January 2024.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Seraing | 2022–23 | Jupiler Pro League | 7 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Seraing U23 | 2022–23 | Belgian Division 2 | 13 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Seraing U23 | 2023–24 | Eerste Nationale | 17 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Career total | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Belgian Cup