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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasyl Kostyuk | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lebedyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | FC Boryspil (youth) | ||
| 2003–2006 | RVUFK Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 15 | (0) |
| 2007 | CSKA Kyiv | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | Stal-2 Alchevsk | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Lysychansk | 10 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Mykolaiv | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | Enerhiya Mykolaiv | 7 | (2) |
| 2014 | Sokil Morozivka | ||
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Ukraine U17 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vasyl Kostyuk (born 9 February 1989) is a Ukrainian professional football forward who plays for Zorya in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is the product of the Dynamo Kyiv Youth school system.
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