Personal information | |||
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Full name | Denys Mykolayovych Yanchuk | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Iskra-Skirts | 6 | (0) |
2006–2008 | FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 24 | (0) |
2009–2016 | FC Ukraine United | ||
2017 | FC Vorkuta B | 4 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2020 | FC Vorkuta | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Denys Yanchuk (born 14 August 1988) is a former Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder and was also a football manager.
Yanchuk played at the local regional level with Iskra-Skirts in 2006. [1] For the remainder of the 2006 season, he played with Podillya Khmelnytskyi which merged with Krasyliv-Obolon to compete in the Ukrainian First League. [2] He made his debut for the club on July 21, 2006, against FC CSKA Kyiv. [2] In total, he played in 19 matches for Podillya. [3] He returned to play with Podillya the following season to play in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League. [3] In 2007, the club secured promotion to the Ukrainian Second League where he appeared in 4 matches. [3]
In 2008, he played abroad in the Ontario Soccer League with FC Ukraine United. [4] [3] During his tenure with Ukraine United, he won the OSL Central Regional Division title, the George Finnie Cup, and the Great Lakes Cup. [5] In 2016, he played an instrumental role along with Vladimir Koval, and Andrei Malychenkov in bringing Ukraine United into the Canadian Soccer League. [6] [7] In his debut season in the CSL, he served as club president while remaining an active player. [8]
He continued playing in the Canadian Soccer League in 2017 with Vorkuta in the Second Division. [9] [10] He returned to play with Vorkuta's reserve team in 2019 where he contributed a goal to secure the championship title against the Serbian White Eagles. [11]
He began to transition into the administrative side of soccer and became involved with the ownership of Vorkuta which included persuading the organization to join the professional ranks. [12] [13] [14] As a result, Vorkuta secured a franchise in the Canadian Soccer League in 2017. [12] He served as the general manager and assistant coach for Samad Kadirov in 2018. [15] Yanchuk would primarily recruit players from the Ukrainian football market which allowed Vorkuta to develop into an elite team in the CSL. [16] [17] Throughout the 2018 season, the club won its first CSL Championship against Scarborough SC. [18] [19] [20] The club found additional success in the league's second division where their reserve team secured the double. [18] [19]
He continued in his role as general manager with Vorkuta for the 2019 season. [21] The club found further success in 2019 when they clinched the First Division title and the reserve squad once more defended their double. [22] In 2020, he was assigned head coach responsibilities for Vorkuta. [23] [24] He managed to lead Vorkuta to their second title after defeating Scarborough. [25] [24] [26] [27] In 2021, he became an agent for UEFA. [28] For the 2022 season, Vorkuta was renamed FC Continentals where he once again returned to his role as general manager. [29] The club managed to secure their third championship title after defeating Scarborough once more in the finals. [30]
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