Serhiy Buletsa (Ukrainian: Сергій Анатолійович Булеца; born 16 February 1999) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Zorya Luhansk on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv.
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Full name | Serhiy Anatoliyovych Buletsa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 (age 23)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Korytniany, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Zorya Luhansk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | SDYuSShOR Uzhhorod | |||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | RVUFK Kyiv | |||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Dynamo Kyiv | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016– | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | → Dnipro-1 (loan) | 46 | (7) | |||||||||||||
2021– | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Ukraine U17 | 9 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Ukraine U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 17 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Ukraine U20 | 10 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Ukraine U21 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Ukraine | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021 |
Born in Zakarpattia Oblast, Buletsa is a product of Uzhhorod and Kyiv football academies among which are RVUFK Kyiv and Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive schools.[1]
He played for FC Dynamo in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves (U-21 and U-19 competitions) and in April 2019 he was promoted to the senior squad team. Buletsa was listed for the away game with FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League on 13 April 2019 yet has not played a minute.[2]
On 26 June 2019, Buletsa was loaned to SC Dnipro-1 for the 2019–20 season.[3] On 31 July 2019, in his Ukrainian Premier League debut against FC Olimpik Donetsk, Buletsa scored after only two minutes. That goal was also the first ever Ukrainian Premier League goal for Dnipro-1.[4] On 31 August 2020, his loan was prolonged for another season.[5]
Buletsa was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played a key role in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches and scoring 3 goals. At the end of the tournament, Buletsa received the Silver Ball, awarded to the second best player of the tournament.[6]
He made his Ukraine national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 away draw.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dnipro-1 (loan) | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||
2020–21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||||
Total | 46 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 51 | 10 | ||||
Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |
Total | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Career total | 62 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 12 | ||
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