Artur Zapadnya

Artur Zapadnya (Ukrainian: Артур Володимирович Западня; born 4 June 1990) is a Ukrainian football defender.

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
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 27 (1)
2022–2023 Maktaaral 13 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Ukraine U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2022

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] On 15 March 2021 he made his debut with the new team against Alians Lypova Dolyna in the winning match for 2-1.[9][10] On 23 September 2021 he played in Ukrainian Cup against Epitsentr Dunaivtsi getting into the Round of 16 of the competition in the season 2021-22.[11] On 22 October 2021 he scored against Inhulets Petrove in Ukrainian Premier League in the season 2021-22.[12] In January 2022, his contract with the club was ended.[13]

Maktaaral

In January 2022, he moved to Maktaaral in Kazakhstan Premier League.

International career

He was several times called up to the Ukraine national under-21 football team, including for the match against Malta U21 on 29 May 2010.[14]

Honours
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
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. "METALIST 1925 KHARKIV 2 - 1 ALIANS LYPOVA DOLYNA". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  10. "Металіст 1925 - Альянс - 2:1". www.metalist1925.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  11. "«ЕПІЦЕНТР» (ДУНАЇВЦІ) — «МЕТАЛІСТ 1925» (ХАРКІВ) — 0:1". www.uaf.ua. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  12. "Metalist 1925 4 : 0 Inhulets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  13. "Металіст 1925" дякує за співпрацю Артуру Западні". www.metalist1925.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  14. "Молодіжка" зібралась на Мальту (in Ukrainian). Інформ-служба ФФУ. 27 May 2010.
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