Borys Borysovych Tashchy (; born 26 July 1993) is a Ukrainian professional

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er who plays as a

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for German club

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Club career

Tashchy was born in

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. He was sold by his original club

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 JFK Olimps JFK Olimps was a Latvian football club, playing in the top division of Latvian football. The club was from the city of Riga. According to a study from January 2011, the club was the youngest team in Europe, with an average age of 19.02 years. ...

on 22 August 2011, and the very next day Olimps re-sold him to

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. Dynamo's general director Roman Dyakov could not explain why they did not directly buy him from Chornomorets, citing confidentiality, and Serhiy Kernitsky, Chornomorets' vice-president was perplexed at this scheme as the transfer price given by Chornomorets would be the same for Dynamo as it was for Olimps.

VfB Stuttgart

On 9 October 2014, Tashchy moved to

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. He made his debut for

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in the

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on 29 November 2015 against

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. Stuttgart relegated from Bundesliga at the end of 2015–16 season, but Tashchy remain with the team for the next season. He scored his first official goal for the team on 22 August 2016 in a match against

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for the

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Loan to FC Zbrojovka Brno

On 22 February 2017, Tashchy moved to

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on a half-year loan. In July 2017 he became a

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after his contract with Stuttgart was terminated.

MSV Duisburg

On 4 July 2017, Tashchy moved to

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FC St. Pauli

For the 2019–20 season, he was signed by

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. He agreed the termination of his contract with the club in January 2021.

Pohang Steelers

On 5 March. 2021 Tashchy moved to

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. At the end of the season, he left the club through mutual consent.

International career

Tashchy represented Ukraine in all national selections from U16 to U21. Due to his Bessarabian Bulgarian roots, in 2014 he received a Bulgarian passport making him eligible for the

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. On 28 March 2016, Bulgarian media reported that Borys had already spoken with BFU officials and had expressed his desire to represent Bulgaria. Petev once again confirmed that Tashchy will play for Bulgaria on 27 May 2016, but he couldn't join the team for the

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due to paper problems. The process of finalizing his paperwork to play for Bulgaria was put to a halt after Petar Houbchev succeeded Petev as manager of the national side.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tashchy, Borys 1993 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Ukrainian people of Bulgarian descent Bessarabian Bulgarians FC Dynamo Moscow reserves players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa players VfB Stuttgart II players VfB Stuttgart players FC Zbrojovka Brno players MSV Duisburg players FC St. Pauli players Pohang Steelers players FC Erzgebirge Aue players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players K League 1 players Regionalliga players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Odesa Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players