Volodymyr Brazhko
 Brazhko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Brazhko | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2016 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Dynamo Kyiv | 35 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ukraine U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ukraine U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ukraine U17 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Ukraine U21 | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Ukraine | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Brazhko (Ukrainian: Володимир Володимирович Бражко; born 23 January 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team.
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Born in Zaporizhzhia, Brazhko began his career at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia from native city (first trainer Andriy Maksymenko) from the age 4, and then continued in the Dynamo Kyiv academy.[1]
Dynamo Kyiv
[edit]He played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and never made his debut for the senior Dynamo Kyiv squad.
Loan to Zorya Luhansk
[edit]In July 2022 Brazhko signed a one-year loan contract with Ukrainian Premier League side Zorya Luhansk[2] and made his debut for this club in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second half-time substituted player in a home winning match against Vorskla Poltava on 23 August 2022.[3]
International career
[edit]Brazhko made his debut for the senior Ukraine national team on 21 March 2024 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zorya Luhansk (loan) | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 29 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 7 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 30 | 6 | |
| Career total | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 13 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 21 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Dynamo Kyiv
Individual
- Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Month: November 2023,[6] September 2024[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Володимир Бражко (in Ukrainian). Official FC Dynamo Kyiv Website. 23 March 2024.
- ^ Володимир Бражко (in Ukrainian). dynamomania.com. 23 August 2022.
- ^ VBET Ліга. 1-й тур Матч №3 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 21 March 2024.
- ^ Volodymyr Brazhko at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Бражко та Шовковський — найкращі гравець та тренер листопада!".
- ^ "Найкращі гравець та тренер вересня VBET Української Прем'єр-Ліги — Бражко та Ашур!" (in Ukrainian).
External links
[edit]- Volodymyr Brazhko at UAF (in Ukrainian)
- Volodymyr Brazhko at Soccerway
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Zaporizhzhia
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Ukraine men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
- Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers
- Ukraine men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Zorya Luhansk players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players