Heorhiy Bushchan

Heorhiy Bushchan
	Bushchan in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan
Date of birth	31 May 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukraine
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv
Number	1
Youth career
2007–2009	Chornomorets Odesa
2010–2011	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–	Dynamo Kyiv
2014–2015	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv
National team‡
2010	Ukraine U16
2009	Ukraine U17
2011–2012	Ukraine U18
2012–2013	Ukraine U19
2020–	Ukraine
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan (Ukrainian: Георгій Миколайович Бущан, Romanian: Gheorghe Bușcean; born 31 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career[]

Heorhiy began playing football in Odessa, where he attended FC Chornomorets Odessa football school. When he was fourteen, Bushchan moved to Kyiv, where he began playing for Dynamo Kyiv youth and reserve squads.^[2] He was a part of Dynamo's first team squad on and off from the 2011–12 season onwards. He made his debut until 20 August 2017, when he helped his team to a 4–1 Ukrainian Premier League victory over Stal Kamianske at NSC "Olimpiyskiy".^[3] On 2 November 2017, he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 1–0 victory over Young Boys Bern at Stade de Suisse.^[3] In the 2019–20 season, Bushchan established himself as Dynamo's first-choice goalkeeper.

International career[]

He made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France, a 7–1 away loss.^[4] He made his competitive debut three days later in a Nations League game against Germany. Three days later, on 13 October 2020, he recorded his first international clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory over Spain.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 19 November 2021^[3]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	2013��14	Ukrainian First League	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2014–15		15	0	—		—		—		15	0
	2015–16		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		24	0	—		—		—		24	0
Dynamo Kyiv	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	6	0	3	0	3	0	—		12	0
	2018–19		7	0	1	0	1	0	—		9	0
	2019–20		20	0	3	0	5	0	—		28	0
	2020–21		23	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	35	0
	2021–22		12	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0
	Total		68	0	7	0	23	0	1	0	99	0
Career total			92	0	7	0	23	0	1	0	123	0