Serhiy Buletsa

Serhiy Buletsa (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Булеца; born 16 February 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for SC Dnipro-1 on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Serhiy Buletsa
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Anatoliyovych Buletsa
Date of birth (1999-02-16) 16 February 1999[1]
Place of birth Korytniany, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dnipro-1 (on loan from
Dynamo Kyiv)
Number 10
Youth career
2012–2013 Sports school of
Olympic Reserve Uzhhorod
2014–2015 RVUFK Kyiv
2015–2016 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
2019– → Dnipro-1 (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2015–2016 Ukraine U17 9 (4)
2017–2018 Ukraine U19 13 (3)
2019 Ukraine U20 7 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2019

Career

Born in Zakarpattia Oblast, Buletsa is a product of Uzhhorod and Kiev football academies among which are RVUFK Kyiv and Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive schools.[1]

He played for FC Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves (U-21 and U-19 competitions) and in April 2019 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Buletsa was listed for the away game with FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League on 13 April 2019 yet has not played a minute.[2]

On 26 June 2019, Buletsa was loaned to SC Dnipro-1 for the 2019–20 season.[3] On 31 July 2019, in his Ukrainian Premier League debut against FC Olimpik Donetsk, Buletsa scored after only two minutes. That goal was also the first ever Ukrainian Premier League goal for Dnipro-1.[4]

International career

Buletsa was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played a key role in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches and scoring 3 goals. At the end of the tournament, Buletsa received the Silver Ball, awarded to the second best player of the tournament.[5]

Honours

International
Ukraine U20

Individual

References
  1. Serhiy Buletsa at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  2. Serhiy Buletsa at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
  3. "ОФІЦІЙНО: СЕРГІЙ БУЛЕЦА — ГРАВЕЦЬ СК «ДНІПРО-1»" [It's official: Serhiy Buletsa is a SC Dnipro-1 player]. SC Dnipro-1 official website (in Ukrainian). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. "Булеца забил дебютный гол Днепра-1 в УПЛ" [Buletsa scored Dnipro-1's debut goal in UPL]. football.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019.
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