Heorhiy Bushchan
![]() Bushchan in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 May 1994||
Place of birth | Odesa, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
2010–2011 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Dynamo Kyiv | 105 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 24 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Ukraine U16 | 6 | (0) |
2009 | Ukraine U17 | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Ukraine U18 | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Ukraine U19 | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Ukraine | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 |
Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan (Ukrainian: Георгій Миколайович Бущан, born 31 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team.
Club career
[edit]Heorhiy began playing football in Odesa, where he attended Chornomorets Odesa football school. When he was fourteen, Bushchan moved to Kyiv, where he began playing for Dynamo Kyiv youth and reserve squads.[3] He was a part of Dynamo's first team squad on and off from the 2011–12 season onwards. He made his debut until 20 August 2017, when he helped his team to a 4–1 Ukrainian Premier League victory over Stal Kamianske at NSC "Olimpiyskiy".[4] On 2 November 2017, he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 1–0 victory over Young Boys Bern at Stade de Suisse.[4] In the 2019–20 season, Bushchan established himself as Dynamo's first-choice goalkeeper.
International career
[edit]He made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France, a 7–1 away loss.[5] He made his competitive debut three days later in a Nations League game against Germany. Three days later, on 13 October 2020, he recorded his first international clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory over Spain.
Bushchan was the starting goalkeeper for Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2020 as the country reached the quarter-final stage of a European Championship for the first time.[6][7]
On 7 June 2024, he was selected for Ukraine's UEFA Euro 2024 squad by the team's manager Serhiy Rebrov.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 2013–14 | Ukrainian First League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
2015–16 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
Total | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 8 | 0 | — | 8[e] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
2023–24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
Total | 105 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 0 | ||
Career total | 129 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 0 |
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 7 June 2024[10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ukraine | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 10 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 18 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2020–21
- Ukrainian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2020–21
References
[edit]- ^ UEFA.com. "Georgiy Bushchan | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Георгій Бущан - ФK «Динамо» Київ. Офіційний сайт".
- ^ "Heorhiy BUSHCHAN: "I still have what to work on"". FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Website. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Heorhiy Bushchan at Soccerway
- ^ "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
- ^ "EURO 2020 NEWS AND FEATURES - OPINION: UKRAINE ARE EXCITING, UNPREDICTABLE AND, THANKFULLY, HERE TO STAY". Eurosport. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Dovbyk shoots Ukraine into Euro 2020 quarter-final with England". Al Jazeera. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Euro 2024: Ukraine squad announced for final tournament". Ukrainian Association of Football. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Georgiy Bushchan". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Heorhiy Bushchan". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Club profile
- FPL profile
- Heorhiy Bushchan at Soccerway
- Heorhiy Bushchan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Odesa
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Ukraine men's international footballers
- Ukraine men's youth international footballers
- Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Ukrainian people of Romanian descent
- Ukrainian First League players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Ukrainian football goalkeeper, 1990s birth stubs