Denys Yanchuk
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denys Mykolayovych Yanchuk | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Iskra-Skirts | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 24 | (0) |
| 2009–2016 | FC Ukraine United | ||
| 2017 | FC Vorkuta B | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020 | FC Vorkuta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Denys Yanchuk (Ukrainian: Денис Миколайович Янчук; born 14 August 1988) is a former Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder and was also a football manager.
Ukraine
Yanchuk played at the local regional level with Iskra-Podillia in 2006.[1] For the remainder of the 2006 season, he played with Podillya Khmelnytskyi, which merged with Krasyliv-Obolon to compete in the Ukrainian First League.[2] He debuted for the club on July 21, 2006, against CSKA Kyiv.[2] In total, he played in 19 matches for Podillya.[3] He returned to play with Podillya the following season to play in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League.[3] In 2007, the club secured promotion to the Ukrainian Second League, where he appeared in 4 matches.[3]
Canada
In 2008, he played abroad in the Ontario Soccer League with FC Ukraine United.[4][3] During his tenure with Ukraine United, he won the OSL Central Regional Division title, the George Finnie Cup, and the Great Lakes Cup.[5] In 2016, he played an instrumental role along with Vladimir Koval, and Andrei Malychenkov in bringing Ukraine United into the Canadian Soccer League.[6][7] In his debut season in the CSL, he served as club president while remaining an active player.[8]
He continued playing in the Canadian Soccer League in 2017 with Vorkuta in the league's second division.[9][10] He returned to play with Vorkuta's reserve team in 2019, where he contributed a goal to secure the championship title against the Serbian White Eagles.[11]