Bogdan Vaštšuk (born 4 October 1995) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club Stal Mielec and the Estonia national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Stal Mielec | ||
| Number | 59 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2010 | Infonet | ||
| 2012–2013 | Dynamo Moscow | ||
| 2013–2016 | Reading | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Infonet | 13 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Farnborough (loan) | 20 | (15) |
| 2016–2019 | Riga | 37 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | → Levski Sofia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Levadia Tallinn | 71 | (15) |
| 2022 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Stal Mielec | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Estonia U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Estonia U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | Estonia U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Estonia U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2021– | Estonia | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 | |||
In early January 2016, Vaštšuk returned to Reading following his loan deal with Farnborough.[1]
On 9 May 2016, Reading confirmed that they would not be renewing Vaštšuk's contract.[2]
On 24 August 2016, Vaštšuk signed for Riga FC.[3]
On 21 August 2018, Levski Sofia announced the signing of Vaštšuk on loan for the 2018–19 season, with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[4]
On 23 August 2019, Vaštšuk signed for FCI Levadia.[5]
On 20 July 2022, he joined Ekstraklasa side Stal Mielec on a two-year contract.[6]
He made his debut for Estonia national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.[7]
Vaštšuk is of Ukrainian descent by his paternal grandparents, who are from Rivne and Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Riga | 2016 | Virslīga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 9 | ||||
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 45 | 12 | |||
| Levski Sofia (loan) | 2018–19 | Parva Liga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
| Career total | 47 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 56 | 12 | |||
Stal Mielec – current squad | |
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