Denys Olehovych Bezborodko (; born 31 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer last played as a

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for ukrainian side Kudrivka.

Club career

From July 2015, he went on loan for the

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club

FC Illichivets Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of Mariupol, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. ...

Desna Chernihiv

In summer 2017 he signed for

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...

in the Ukrainian First League on loan from

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

. In the 2017–18 season, he scored 9 goals and was named Best Player of Rounds 32 and 34. In the 2018–19 season he helped the team stay up in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

by scoring 5 goals. He ended his contract with Desna Chernihiv, having scored 27 goals in 45 appearances.

Oleksandriya

In summer 2019 he moved to

Oleksandriya Oleksandriia (, ) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion and . Oleksandriia is located within the Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area. In 2001, it had a population of 93,357, and ...

in the Ukrainian Premier League. He helped the team to a 5th place finish in the 2019–20 season. He left the club in January 2021.

Return to Desna Chernihiv

On 16 December 2020, he returned to Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian First League. He made his league debut against

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

on 21 February 2021. On 3 April, he scored his first goal for Desna Chernihiv against

Olimpik Donetsk FC Olimpik Donetsk ( ) is a Ukrainian inactive football team based in Donetsk, Ukraine. The club currently doesn't play in any Ukrainian competition due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its promotion to Ukrainian Premier League in 2 ...

. He opened his 2021–22 account for Chernihiv on 9 August, scoring two goals against Inhulets Petrove and earning Player of the Week plaudits. On 14 August, he scored again, this time against

SC Dnipro-1 SC Dnipro-1 () was a professional Ukrainian football club from Dnipro. While not officially a successor of FC Dnipro, SC Dnipro-1 took over all of the infrastructure of the former club including its academy. Founded in November 2015, SC Dnipr ...

Loan to Gyirmót

On 26 March 2022 he moved on loan to Gyirmót in

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for three months. On 9 April 2022, he made his debut with the new club against Puskás Akadémia.

Loan to Zorya Luhansk

On 29 July 2022 he signed a loan deal with

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk was based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team currently plays its games at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhzhia. The modern club as a ...

. On 4 and 11 August he played in

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qualifying matches against Universitatea Craiova.

Kolos Kovalivka

In August 2022 he moved to

Kolos Kovalivka FC Kolos Kovalivka () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 June 2019 for the first time ...

. In January 2025 his contract was expired and not extended by mutual consent of the parties.

Chornomorets Odesa

In January 2025 he signed for

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

. He made his debut against

on 21 February 2025.

International career

He was a member of the Ukraine under-20 side in November 2013.

Outside of professional football

On 15 June 2025, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the foundation of

, he scored in the match between

stars and the football stars of the Chernihiv's region at the

Chernihiv Arena The Chernihiv-Arena () is a sports stadium mainly used by the club FC Chernihiv and sometimes by FC Desna 2. It is located in Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. Description The stadium consists of a football field with artificial turf, an o ...

, with the specific goal of raising 1,000,000 hryvnias to support the public organization EVUM, which has been working with children with cancer for over 12 years.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Desna Chernihiv *

: 2017–18 Zorya Luhansk *

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: Runner-Up 2015–16 Individual * Desna Chernihiv Player of the Year: (2)

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Top Scorer Ukrainian youth championship: Runner Up 2014–15 (10 goals) * Top Scorer

Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was establ ...

: Runner-up

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(13 goals) * Best player round 3

: 2021-22 * Best player round 13

: 2018–19 * Best player round 32

: 2017–18 * Best Player round 34

: 2017–18

Gallery

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File:Денис Безбородько.jpg, Bezborodko playing for

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References

External links

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