Andriy Lunin

Andriy Oleksiyovych Lunin (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Лунін; born 11 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Oviedo, on loan from Real Madrid, and the Ukrainian national team.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Oleksiyovych and the family name is Lunin.
Andriy Lunin
Lunin with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2016
Personal information
Full name Andriy Oleksiyovych Lunin
Date of birth (1999-02-11) 11 February 1999
Place of birth Krasnohrad, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Real Oviedo
(on loan from Real Madrid)
Number 25
Youth career
2012–2015 Metalist Kharkiv
2015–2016 Dnipro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Dnipro 22 (0)
2017–2018 Zorya Luhansk 29 (0)
2018– Real Madrid 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Leganés (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2020 → Valladolid (loan) 0 (0)
2020– → Oviedo (loan) 14 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Ukraine U16 5 (0)
2015–2016 Ukraine U17 9 (0)
2016 Ukraine U18 1 (0)
2017 Ukraine U19 3 (0)
2019 Ukraine U20 6 (0)
2017– Ukraine U21 5 (0)
2018– Ukraine 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Club career

Lunin is a product of FC Metalist Youth Sportive School (first trainer was Oleksandr Khrabrov) and FC Dnipro Youth Sportive School Systems (first trainer was Kostyantyn Pavlyuchenko).

Dnipro

From summer 2016, after graduation of the youth sportive school, he played in the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reserves. In the main-team squad, Lunin made his debut as a start-squad player at the age of 17, in the match against FC Karpaty Lviv on 16 October 2016 in the Ukrainian Premier League.[1]. He was Dnipro's first choice goalkeeper the rest of the season, playing in a total of 25 matches for the club, across the league and club competitions. However, at the end of the season, due to financial irregularities, Dnipro was relegated directly to the Ukrainian Second League (third level of football), and many players, Lunin included, were allowed to leave the club.[2]

Zorya Luhansk

Lunin spent the 2017-18 season playing for FC Zorya Luhansk, where he once again quickly established himself as the first keeper. On 14 September 2017, Lunin made his European debut in a 0-2 Europa League group stage loss to Östersunds FK at Arena Lviv. He ended up playing in 36 matches across all competitions that season, including all 6 of Zorya's Europa League matches.

Real Madrid

On 19 June 2018, Real Madrid reached an agreement with Zorya Luhansk to sign Lunin in a reportedly €8.5 million plus 5 million add-ons deal.[3] The deal concluded four days later, and he became the first Ukrainian to play for the club.[4] On 27 August 2018, he was loaned to nearby fellow La Liga team CD Leganés, for the season.[5][6] Halfway through the campaign, he stated that he was content with being second choice to Iván Cuéllar, and would complete his contract.[7]

On 13 August 2019, he was loaned to Real Valladolid for the 2019–20 season.[8][9] On October 15, 2019 Lunin was included in the 20 best under-21 players shortlist for the 2019 Golden Boy award.[10]

On 15 January 2020, the loan with Real Valladolid was terminated. On the same day, Real Oviedo announced the loan of Lunin until 30 June 2020.[11][12]

Lunin in a Copa del Rey match with CD Leganés.

International career

Lunin made his Ukraine national team debut at the age of 19, on 23 March 2018, in a 1-1 friendly draw with Saudi Arabia.[13]

In 2019, he backstopped Ukraine U20 team to their first ever FIFA U-20 World Cup victory.[14] He played in 6 of his team's 7 matches, having to miss the quarterfinal match against Colombia due to being called up to Ukraine's main squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Serbia and Luxembourg.[15][16] After the 3-1 final match victory against South Korea, Lunin was awarded the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.[17]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup UEFA Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dnipro 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 220300000250
Zorya Luhansk 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 290106000360
Real Madrid 2018–19 La Liga 0000000000
Leganés (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 5020–70
Valladolid (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 0020–20
Career total 560806000700

International
As of 14 November 2019
Ukraine
YearAppsGoals
201840
201910
Total50

Honours

International

Youth

Individual

References
  1. Ліга Парі-Матч. 11 тур. Матч № 66 16 October 2016. (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "ФФУ скоро решит, кто займет место Днепра в Первой лиге - Первая лига Украины" [FFU will soon decide who will take Dnipro's place in the First League]. SPORTARENA.com (in Russian). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. Real Madrid sign goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, UNIAN (20 June 2018)
  4. "Official Announcement: Andriy Lunin". Real Madrid C.F. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  5. "El joven portero Andriy Lunin firma por el C.D. Leganés cedido por el Real Madrid". CD Leganés. 27 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. "Official Announcement: Lunin". Real Madrid C.F. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. "On loan Andriy Lunin opposed to January Bernabéu return". Diario AS. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. "El Pucela obtiene la cesión de Lunin". realvalladolid.es. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  9. "Official Announcement: Lunin". realmadrid.com. 13 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  10. Rathborn, Jack (15 October 2019). "Golden Boy 2019: Mason Mount, Matthijs De Ligt and Joao Felix included in 20-man shortlist". Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. "Official Announcement". realmadrid.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. "Real Madrid send Lunin to Oviedo". Marca.com. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  13. "Saudi Arabia vs. Ukraine - 23 March 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  14. Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title; FIFA.com, 15 June 2019.
  15. "Лунин попрощался с молодежной сборной и отправился в национальную" [Lunin said goodbye to the junior team and went to the national team]. Евро 2020 на football.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  16. "Лунин вернулся в расположение молодежной сборной Украины" [Lunin is back with Ukraine's junior team]. football.ua. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  17. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - News - Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019 - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  18. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 – Award". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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