Vladyslav Vakula (Ukrainian: Владислав Олегович Вакула; born 29 April 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for Polissya Zhytomyr on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vladyslav Olehovych Vakula | ||
Date of birth | (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Berdychiv, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Polissya Zhytomyr (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | ||
Number | 88 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010 | Darnytsya Sportive School Kyiv | ||
2012–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
2013 | Youth Sportive School Berdychiv | ||
2014 | UFK Dnipropetrovsk | ||
2015 | Youth Sportive School Vinnytsia | ||
2015 | Youth Sportive School Berdychiv | ||
2016 | UFK-Olimpik Kharkiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Stal Kamianske | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Mariupol | 34 | (8) |
2019– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Mariupol (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2021 | → Desna Chernihiv (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2021 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022– | → Polissya Zhytomyr (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Ukraine U20 | 2 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Ukraine U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2022 |
Born in Berdychiv, Vakula is a product of the different cities sportive schools.
In the summer of 2016 Vakula signed a contract with Stal Kamianske and played initially in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves. He made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Stal Kamianske on 5 August 2017, playing in the match against Karpaty Lviv.[1]
On 13 January 2021, he moved on loan to Desna Chernihiv until the end of the 2020–21 season.[2] On 25 January 2021, he made his debut with the new team in the friendly match against Partizan.[3][4] On 30 January 2021, the loan agreement was terminated by Desna and he was expelled by the club for violating the sports regime, and Vakula returned to Shakhtar Donetsk without playing any official match.[5][6][7]
In July 2021 he went on loan to Vorskla Poltava and made his debut against Dnipro-1 on 26 July in the Ukrainian Premier League.[8] On 29 July 2021 he played in the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round against KuPs, which was lost after two legs.[9]
On 8 February 2021, he was involved in a drunken accident in Mariupol, driving a Mercedes in a state of intoxication at about midnight. The incident occurred at the intersection of Flotska and Bakhchivaji streets. A car driven drove onto the sidewalk and knocked down a sign. Fortunately, there were no people on the sidewalk, so no one was hurt. Vladyslav Vakula himself was not injured.[10][11][12]
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