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)
Playing 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) 4 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Ukraine U17 7 (0)
2016 Ukraine U18 1 (0)
2018 Ukraine U19 4 (0)
2019 Ukraine U20 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2019
‡ 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.

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]

International career

Konoplya was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. 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.

Honours

International

Ukraine U20

References

  1. Чемпіонат УПЛ. 2-й тур Матч №12 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 28 August 2019.


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