Dmytro Ivanovych Kapinus (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Капінус; born 28 April 2003) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dmytro Ivanovych Kapinus | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Cherkasy, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | Dnipro-80 Cherkasy | ||
| 2016–2017 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2017–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020 | Ukraine U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2022 | |||
Born in Cherkasy, Kapinus began his career in the local Dnipro-80 from the age 6 and then continued in the Metalist Kharkiv and the Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school systems.[1] He played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and never made his debut for the senior Shakhtar Donetsk squad.
In January 2022 he signed a on loan deal with the Ukrainian Premier League side Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second half-time substuituted player in a home match against Chornomorets Odesa on 27 August 2022.[2]