Yukhym Konoplya

Yukhym Konoplya (Ukrainian: Юхим Дмитрович Конопля; born 26 August 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays on loan for FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Yukhym Konoplya
Personal information
Full name Yukhym Dmytrovych Konoplya
Date of birth (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999
Place of birth Donetsk, Ukraine
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Desna Chernihiv
Number 26
Youth career
2012–2017 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2019– → Desna Chernihiv (loan) 33 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Ukraine U17 7 (0)
2016 Ukraine U18 1 (0)
2018 Ukraine U19 4 (0)
2019 Ukraine U20 8 (0)
2019–2020 Ukraine U21 7 (1)
2020– Ukraine 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 August 2019

Career

Born in the Donetsk Oblast, Konoplya is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system in his native city.

Shakhtar Donetsk

Konoplya played with Shakhtar Donetsk U19 in UEFA Youth League for the season 2017-18 and 2018-19.

FC Desna Chernihiv

In summer 2019 he moved on loan to Desna Chernihiv the main club in Chernihiv and he made his début for FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substituted player in a winning home match against FC Vorskla Poltava on 3 August 2019.[1]Yukhym Konoplya with the club of Chernihiv qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round, for the first time in the history of the Club.[2]In summer 2020 the club FC Desna Chernihiv agreed to extend his contract for 1 year more [3][4]Konoplya was also included in the team of Desna Chernihiv against VfL Wolfsburg for the Europa League third qualifying round at the AOK Stadion.[5]On 30 September 2020 he was included in the Desna's team against Rukh Lviv in Ukrainian Cup where the club of Chernihiv qualified for the Round 16 of the season 2020-21.[6]

International career

Konoplya was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7] He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in 6 from all 7 of his team's matches and made a four-goal assists. He was included in the team of Ukraine U21 where he played 5 games and he won the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament in 2019[8] On 8 of September 2020 he scored a goal for the winning victory away against Finland U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8.[9][10]He has been called for the Ukraine national football team, for friendly match against France and UEFA Nations League matches against Germany and Spain on 7, 10 and 13 October 2020 respectively, becoming the first player of Desna Chernihiv called in the main team. [11][12]On 7 October 2020 he made his debut against France at the Stade de France in the friendly match.[13]On 14 November 2020, he played against Germany for UEFA Nations League for the qualification of 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A at Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 December 2020[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Desna Chernihiv (loan) 2019-20 Ukrainian Premier League 2202[lower-alpha 1]00000240
2020-21 Ukrainian Premier League 1102[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]000140
Career total 330401000380

International
As of match played 13 December 2020[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine
202030
Total30
As of match played 8 September 2020[15]
Ukraine Under 21
Year Apps Goals
202021
201940
Total 61
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ukraine Under 20
201950
Total50
  1. two appearances in Ukrainian Cup in 2019-20
  2. two appearances in Ukrainian Cup in 2020-21
  3. one appearance in Europa League third qualifying round

Honours

Clubs
Shakhtar Donetsk U19

International
Ukraine U21
Ukraine U20

References
  1. Чемпіонат УПЛ. 2-й тур Матч №12 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 28 August 2019.
  2. "Yukhym Konoplya qualified with Desna for the Europa League third qualifying round". thetimeshub.in. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. "Десна договорилась с Шахтером о продлении аренды Конопли". football.ua. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Yukhym Konoplya extended the contract with Desna". www.desna.football. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. "Wolfsburg (GER) 2-0 Desna (UKR)". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. "Перемога в Кубку України: Десна - Рух". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019.
  8. "Мемориал Лобановского возвращается на Олимпийский". www.ua-football.com (in Russian). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. "Finland U21 - Ukraine U21 0-2". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. "Фінляндія U-21 – Україна U-21 – 0:2". www.football24.ua. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ukraine (2020)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  12. "Ukraine - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com.
  13. "France 7 - Ukraine". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  14. "Germany 3 - 1 Ukraine". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  15. Yukhym Konoplya at Soccerway
  16. "Konoplia Yukhym Dmytrovych". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 10 October 2020.



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