Valeriy Bondar
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 Bondar with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Valeriy Yuriyovych Bondar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 122 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Ukraine U17 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ukraine U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ukraine | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Valeriy Yuriyovych Bondar (Ukrainian: Вале́рій Ю́рійович Бо́ндар; born 27 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.
Bondar started playing football in Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007. In the 2018–2019 season, he played for Shakhtar in the category U21.[2]
He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League in a match against Lviv on 4 May 2019.[3][4]
International career
On 15 June 2019, Bondar won the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ukraine U20 national team, whom he captained.[5]
He made his debut for senior national team on 11 November 2020 in a friendly game against Poland. He substituted Yukhym Konoplya in the 63rd minute.[6]
