Danylo Andriyovych Varakuta (; born 4 November 2001) is a Ukrainian 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 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Club career

Varakuta is a product of the

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

academy system. On 3 August 2020 he made his debut for the senior squad of

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 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 ...

against Metalist 1925. Before the start of the 2021–22 season, Varakuta extended his contract with Chornomorets Odesa. On 6 August 2021 he made his debut in the

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when he appeared in the starting lineup of the Odesa club against Metalist 1925. Varakuta became the UPL leader in the 2023–24 season in terms of the number of saves. On 6 September 2024 Varakuta joined Metalist 1925.

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* * * 2001 births Living people Footballers from Kherson Ukrainian men's footballers FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa players FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv players Men's association football goalkeepers Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players {{Ukraine-footy-goalkeeper-2000s-stub