Artur Zapadnya

Artur Zapadnya (Ukrainian: Артур Володимирович Западня; born 4 June 1990) is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Artur Zapadnya
Artur Zapadnya in 2009.
Personal information
Full name Artur Volodymyrovych Zapadnya
Date of birth (1990-06-04) 4 June 1990
Place of birth Pershotravensk,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Number 13
Youth career
2005 Volyn Lutsk
2005–2006 Nafkom Brovary
2007 FC Monolit Illichivsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Illichivets Mariupol 14 (0)
2012–2013 Vorskla Poltava 2 (0)
2013–2014 Metalurh Zaporizhya 0 (0)
2014–2016 Sumy 58 (4)
2016–2018 Veres Rivne 49 (0)
2018 Lviv 17 (1)
2019 Volyn Lutsk 11 (0)
2019–2020 Desna Chernihiv 9 (0)
2021– Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Ukraine-21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 January 2021

Career

Zapadnya made his first team debut in a Premier League match against FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih on 9 May 2009, and was substituted in first time.In February 2012, he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League's club FC Vorskla Poltava for 1 year with possibility to extend it for one more year.[1]In 2019 he moved to Volyn Lutsk, where he played 11 matches.[2]

Desna Chernihiv

In summer 2019 he signed for FC Desna Chernihiv, the main club in the city of Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League. With the club, he was promoted for the Europa League third qualifying round, for the first time in the history of the club.[3]In January 2021, with agree with the club his contract was ended.[4][5][6]

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

On 9 January 2021 he signed for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in Ukrainian First League.[7][8]

International career

He was several times called up to the Ukraine national under-21 football team, including for the match against Malta-21 on 29 May 2010.[9]

Honours
Veres Rivne

References
  1. Трио усиливает Ворсклу (in Russian). FC Vorskla Official Site. 5 February 2012.
  2. "Западня и Волошинович перешли в Волынь". www.sportarena.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "Artur Zapadnya with FC Desna Chernihiv was promoted for the Europa League third qualifying round". thetimeshub.in. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. "Артур Западня залишає Десну". www.desna.football. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. "Десна сообщила об уходе защитника". www.isport.ua. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. "Металлист 1925 подписал бывшего защитника Десны Западню". www.sportarena.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. "Артур Западня - гравець ФК "Металіст 1925"" (in Ukrainian). 9 January 2021.
  8. "Металлист 1925 подписал бывшего защитника Десны Западню". www.sportarena.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. "Молодіжка" зібралась на Мальту (in Ukrainian). Інформ-служба ФФУ. 27 May 2010.



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