Yaroslav Svorak
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 Svorak in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yaroslav Lyubomyrovych Svorak | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Volyn Lutsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Volyn Lutsk | 13 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Karpaty Lviv | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Karpaty-2 Lviv | 5 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Dnepr Mogilev (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Krymteplytsia Molodizhne (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2012 | Slavia Mozyr | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | (0) |
| 2017 | Vorkuta | 11 | (4) |
| 2017 | → Vorkuta B (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Ukraine U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Ukraine U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Ukraine U19 | 16 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 September 2011 | |||
Yaroslav Svorak (Ukrainian: Ярослав Любомирович Сворак; born 7 February 1989) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Early career
Svorak was a product of the Volyn Lutsk School System and would ultimately sign with the senior team.[1] He debuted with the Volyn senior team during the 2006-07 season in the Ukrainian First League.[2][3][4] For the remainder of the season, he signed with Karpaty Lviv.[5] In his first season in Lviv, he played in 4 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2] The following season, he played with Karpaty Lviv reserve team in the Ukrainian Second League.[6]
In the spring of 2011, Lviv loaned Svorak abroad to the Belarusian Premier League to play with Dnepr Mogilev.[7] Midway through the season, he left Belarus over financial difficulties with the club.[8][9] Throughout the 2011 campaign, he played in 15 matches and recorded 3 goals.[10]
Following his departure from Belarus, he returned to the Ukrainian second division to play with Crimean side Krymteplytsia Molodizhne.[11]
Belarus
In the spring of 2012, he returned to the Belarusian circuit to play with Slavia Mozyr.[1][12] In his debut season with Slavia, he appeared in 3 matches and helped the team finish tenth.[13] Despite, being injured for the majority of the previous season the club announced his return in 2013.[14]
Nyva Ternopil
After his short stint in Belarus, he returned to his country's second-tier league by signing a contract with Nyva Ternopil.[15][16][17] He would re-sign with Ternopil for another season.[18] Svorak would leave Ternopil midway through the season as the club withdrew from the league.[19] After his release from Ternopil, he was linked to a possible move to Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk.[20] In his final season with the club, he appeared in 20 matches and recorded 3 goals.[10]
Canada
In 2017, Svorak had another stint abroad in the Canadian Soccer League's first division with Vorkuta.[21][22] Svorak would help the club secure the divisional title in their debut season.[23] Vorkuta's playoff run would conclude in the semi-final round after a defeat to Scarborough SC.[24] He also played with Vorkuta's reserve team in the league's second division playoff quarterfinal round where he contributed a goal against SC Waterloo Region's reserve team.[25] The reserve team would be eliminated from the tournament the following round by Burlington SC.[26]
International career
Svorak has represented several of the Ukrainian national youth teams.[6]
Personal life
Svorak and his wife both starred in a music video by a band named Red Sofa in 2015.[27]
