Andrii Chekotun (Ukrainian: Андрій Юрійович Чекотун; born 2 September 2002) is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andriy Yuriiovych Chekotun | ||
Date of birth | (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Vinnytsia, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2016 | Youth Sportive School Vinnytsia | ||
2016–2017 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
2017–2018 | Piddubny Olympic College | ||
2018–2020 | Olimpik Donetsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Olimpik Donetsk | 3 | (0) |
2021 | AFC Eskilstuna | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2021 |
Chekotun was born in Vinnytsia, and began to play football in his native town, where he joined local youth sportive school. After that, he joined Shakhtar Donetsk academy in the age 13, where his first trainer was Volodymyr Savchenko. After he continued his football formation in RVUFK Kyiv and in the FC Olimpik Donetsk youth sportive school systems.[1]
In September 2018 he was transferred to the Ukrainian Premier League side FC Olimpik and played for it in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 Championship during one season. In December 2019 he was promoted to the main squad to play in the Ukrainian Premier League. Chekotun made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for FC Olimpik as a start squad player on 5 July 2020, playing in a losing home match against SC Dnipro-1.[2]
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