Oleksiy Kovtun

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Kovtun.
Oleksiy Kovtun
Personal information
Full name Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun
Date of birth (1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Keflavík
Number 50
Youth career
2008–2012 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
2013–2015 Metalist Kharkiv 1 (0)
2015–2017 Poltava 69 (2)
2018 Minsk 5 (0)
2018–2019 Karpaty Lviv 22 (0)
2020 Rukh Brest 17 (1)
2021 Mynai 4 (0)
2021–2022 Desna Chernihiv 4 (0)
2023– Keflavík 38 (3)
International career‡
2015 Ukraine U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2021

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Ковтун; born 5 February 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Keflavík in Iceland.[2][3][4]

Career

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Kovtun is a product of the FC Dynamo School System. As part of the Kievites, he spent four seasons in the youth football league. According to the results of the 2011/12 championship, he was recognized as the best defender of the U-17 tournament.[5] After completing his studies for half a season, he played for the Kievites in the first ever Ukrainian Championship among 19-year-olds

Metalist Kharkiv

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After which he continued his career in Metalist Kharkiv.[6] He made his debut for FC Metalist in the match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 1 March 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[7]

Poltava

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At the end of August 2015 he moved to Poltava, in which he made his debut on August 30 in an away match against Dynamo-2, replacing Dmitry Shastal in the 46th minute of the meeting. On 27 May 2016 he scored away on the victory against Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni in the season 2015–16 in Ukrainian First League.[8] On 3 May 2017 he scored against Helios Kharkiv in Ukrainian First League in the season 2015–16.[9] On 21 September 2016 he scored in Ukrainian Cup against Zirka Kropyvnytskyi[10] and on 26 October 2016 against Karpaty Lviv in the season 2016-17.[11]

Karpaty Lviv

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In summer 2018 he moved from FC Minsk to Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League.[12][13]

Rukh Brest

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In 2020 he moved to Rukh Brest, in Belarusian Premier League, where in the season 2020 Belarusian Premier League,[14] he got 8th place in the league with the team and played 17 games scoring 1 goal against Dinamo Minsk giving the victory for 0–1 away for Rukh Brest at Traktor Stadium.[15]

Mynai

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On 21 January 2021 he moved from Rukh Brest to Mynai in Ukrainian Premier League where he played 4 games.[16]

Desna Chernihiv

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In September 2021 he moved to Desna Chernihiv the first team of Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League. The club took Kovtun in order to reinforce the defense. Kovtun will perform with six number and the details of the contract are not reported.[17][18][19][20][21] On 12 September 2021 he made his debit against Vorskla Poltava at the Butovsky Vorskla Stadium replacing Serhiy Bolbat at the 89 minute.[22][23][24][25] On 21 September 2021 he played against Metalist Kharkiv in Ukrainian Cup in the season 2021-22.[26] On 15 November 2021 he played against Olimpik Donetsk in the friendly match at the Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv.[27][28] In January 2022, he ended his contract with the club of Chernihiv.[29]

Keflavík

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In april 2023 he moved to Keflavík in Besta deild karla.[30]

National Team

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On May 16, 2015, it became a potential warehouse of Ukraine U20, which will go viral until New Zealand, and it will be available before the match in the championship of the world.[31]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 April 2023[32][33]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Poltava 2015-16 Ukrainian First League 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1
2016-17 Ukrainian First League 31 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 33 3
2017-18 Ukrainian First League 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Minsk 2018 Belarusian Premier League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Karpaty Lviv 2018-19 Ukrainian Premier League 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2019-20 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Rukh Brest 2020 Belarusian Premier League 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
Mynai 2020-21 Ukrainian Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Desna Chernihiv 2021-22 Ukrainian Premier League 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Keflavík 2023 Besta deild karla 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 122 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 130 5

References

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  1. ^ Сборная Украины. 20-летние надежды (in Russian). football.com. 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Ковтун Алексей Александрович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Ковтун Алексей Александрович". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ Oleksiy Kovtun at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Вища ліга (U-17). Фіаско динамівців, тріумф – гірників". www.ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Молодой защитник "Динамо" продолжит карьеру в "Металлисте"". www.dynamomania.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. ^ Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 15 тур. Матч № 101 01.03.2015. (in Ukrainian). Official FPL Site. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Гірник-Спорт 3:4 Полтава 5116". www.pfl.ua. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Полтава 1:2 Геліос". www.pfl.ua. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. ^ "POLTAVA VS. ZIRKA 1 - 0". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  11. ^ "POLTAVA VS. KARPATY LVIV 2 - 1". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Олексій Ковтун – гравець "Карпат"" (in Ukrainian). 5 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Ковтун Алексей Александрович". www.pfl.ua. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Kovtun Alexey Alexandrovich". www.teams.by. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  15. ^ "DINAMO MINSK VS. RUH BREST 0 - 1". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  16. ^ "В "Минаї" новий захисник" (in Ukrainian). 21 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Десна підписала екс-захисника Миная Ковтуна". www.sportarena.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Десна підписала вихованця Динамо з досвідом виступів у Європі". www.football24.ua. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Чернігів продовжує пошук підсилення. Десна підписала контракт із захисником". www.sport.ua. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Чернігівська "Десна" отримала нового захисника". www.suspilne.media. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Екс-гравець "Динамо" пішов в "Десну", "Львів" не домовлявся з Шараном". www.sportanalytic.com. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  22. ^ ""Ворскла" — "Десна" — 2:2". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Ворскла (Полтава) – Десна (Чернігів) 2:2". www.desna.football. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Все в атаку. Ворскла - Десна 2:2". www.ua-football.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Ворскла 2 : 2 Десна". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Металіст (Харків) – Десна (Чернігів) 2:1". www.desna.football. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  27. ^ ""Десна" виграла у товариському матчі із "Олімпіком"". www.cheline.com.ua. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  28. ^ ""Десна" виграла у товариському матчі із "Олімпіком"". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  29. ^ "Кадрові зміни в Десні". www.desna.football. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Oleksiy Kovtun er kominn með leikheimild og klár í slaginn!". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  31. ^ "Сформована заявка молодіжної збірної України на ЧС з футболу". www.teams.by. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  32. ^ Oleksiy Kovtun at Soccerway
  33. ^ "Ковтун Алексей Александрович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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