Oleksandr Lakusta

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Oleksandr Lakusta
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Anatolyevych Lakusta
Date of birth (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2008 (UYFL) FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 74 (20)
2009 FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 9 (0)
2012–2013 Nyva Ternopil 28 (4)
2013–2014 FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 15 (5)
2015 FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 3 (0)
2015–2016 NK Veres Rivne 26 (7)
2016 MFK Mykolaiv 6 (0)
2017–2018 FC Vorkuta 9 (4)
2017FC Vorkuta B (loan) 6 (4)
2022 Toronto Falcons
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Lakusta (born August 8, 1991) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward.

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Club career

Ukraine

Lakusta played at the youth level with FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi. [1] [2] [3] He transitioned into the senior team in 2008 where he played for two seasons in the Ukrainian Second League. [4] [5] In 2012, he departed from Bukovyna in order to sign with Nyva Ternopil. [2] [6] He would appear in 27 matches and scored 4 goals in his debut season with Ternopil. [7] After a single season with the club, he was released from his contract. [8]

Lakusta was linked to a possible return to his former club Bukovyna where he ultimately rejected the offer. [9] He instead secured a deal with Dynamo Khmelnytskyi and would remain in the third tier. [10] [11] [12] Following his brief stint with Dynamo, he returned to his former club Bukovyna for the 204-15 season in the Ukrainian First League. [13] [14] [15] In his debut season in the second tier, he appeared in 3 matches. [7]

He returned to the third tier the next season to sign with Veres Rivne. [16] [17] Lakusta had another run in the second tier the following season with Mykolaiv. [18] [19] In his second stint in the league, he appeared in 6 matches. [7] After the conclusion of the season, he mutually departed from Mykolaiv. [20]

Canada

He went abroad in the summer of 2017, to play in the Canadian Soccer League with FC Vorkuta. [21] [22] [23] In his debut season with Vorkuta, he assisted the club in securing the First Division title. [24] In the postseason the club was eliminated in the second round by Scarborough SC. [25] Through an injury, he missed the majority of the season. [26]

Lakusta re-signed with the club for the 2018 season. [27] Once more he aided the team in securing a playoff berth by finishing second in the division. [28] In the postseason, Vorkuta successfully secured the CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout. [29]

In 2022, he signed with the expansion franchise Toronto Falcons. [30]

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