Volodymyr Yakimets
Ukrainian footballer
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Volodymyr Yakimets (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Якімець; born 3 March 1998) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
Full name
Volodymyr Ivanovych Yakimets
Date of birth
3 March 1998
Place of birth
Livchytsi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Volodymyr Ivanovych Yakimets | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Livchytsi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 200?–2015 | Lviv | ||
| 2015–2017 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Karpaty Lviv | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Lviv | 34 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 19 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Ukraine U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Ukraine U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Ukraine U21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 August 2022 | |||
Career
Born in Zhydachiv Raion, Yakimets is a product of the FC Lviv School System. Still, at age 17, he transferred to FC Shakhtar and played for it in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 Championship during 3 seasons. In July 2019, he signed a three-year deal with another Ukrainian Premier League club, FC Karpaty.
He made his debut for FC Karpaty as a main-squad player in a home losing game against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 31 July 2019 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]
