Andriy Ivanovych Bezhenar (; born 16 November 1991) is a Ukrainian futsal player and professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi. Besides playing an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, Bezhenar participates in

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

competitions as well.

Brief biography

Bezhenar is from a village of Novoselytsia, near Kelmentsi, which is the eastern portion of

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast (), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the historical regions of Bukovina and Bessarabia. It has an international border with Romania and Moldo ...

. He graduated from a school in Kelmentsi and also attended the Kelmentsi sports school (DYuSSh). Later Bezhenar enrolled in Chernivtsi National University and played for the university football team. His first football coach in Kelmentsi sports school was Oleksandr Kotov. In 2015, Bezhenar played for the Chernivtsi Oblast football team at the 2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, which is the Ukrainian qualification stage for the

UEFA Regions' Cup The UEFA Regions' Cup is a association football, football competition for Amateur sports#Association football, amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in 1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, 1999 and has been played biennially sinc ...

. The Chernivtsi Oblast team was eliminated by the Zakarpattia Oblast in the Round of 16. For a short time, Bezhenar played in Moldova for

FC Nistru Otaci FC Nistru Otaci was a Moldovan football club based in Otaci, Moldova. The club was founded on 17 August 1953. It was dissolved in 2017. History During the 1999–2000 season, the club played as FC Nistru-Unisport Otaci due to Nistru being expell ...

, where he became a professional footballer. After receiving an injury, Bezhenar returned to Ukraine, continuing to play at the amateur level. Following the 2017 season, he received a call from an acquaintance in

Dunaivtsi Dunaivtsi (, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi, Ukr ...

offering him to join Epitsentr, which was just restarting at amateurs.

Honours

Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi *

Ukrainian Football Amateur League Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship () is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football (AAFU ...

** Runner-up: 2019–20 *

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

** Winner: 2024–25 *First League player of the month: April of 2025Anatoliy Yanhol (17 May 2025)
The First League best player in April Bezhenar: "Epitsentr played few friendlies with the UPL clubs and I did not notice a big difference" (Найкращий гравець квітня в Першій лізі Беженар: «Епіцентр грав спаринги з клубами УПЛ і великої різниці не помітив»)
ukrfootball.ua.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bezhenar, Andriy 1991 births Living people Footballers from Chernivtsi Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers FC Nistru Otaci players FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi players FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi players FC Pokuttia Kolomyia players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen