Andriy Dankiv (born 23 January 1987) is a

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Ukrainian

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who plays for

Toronto Atomic FC Toronto Atomic FC was a Canadian soccer club that was founded in 2013. The club was based in Toronto, Ontario, and originally joined the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) as an expansion team in 2015. It fielded a senior and reserve team throughout it ...

in the

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Playing career

Dankiv began his career in 2007 with

FC Lviv FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 199 ...

in the

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. He had stints with

FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. History The club was formed in 1948 and was previously called ''Kolhospnyk'' (Collective] farmer), ''Avanhard'' (Vanguard) and ''Henera ...

FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Football Sports Club Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukraine, Ukrainian professional association football, football club based in Chernivtsi. History The club was established in 1958 as Avanhard Chernivtsi (Avangard Chernovtsy) for republican competiti ...

FC Poltava FC Poltava () was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018. History The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006–2010) who was the club's Honorary President ...

, and

FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka was a professional football club based in Holovkivka, Ukraine. The club was owned by UkrAhroKom, a Ukrainian agricultural company. Prior to the start of 2014–15 Ukrainian First League season, UkrAhroKom Holovkivka was ...

. In 2015, he went overseas to Canada to sign with

of the

References

External links

Profile on Official FC Lviv WebsiteProfile on EUFO
1987 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers FC Lviv players FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn players FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi players FC Poltava players Ukrainian Premier League players FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka players Toronto Atomic FC players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub