Denys Oleksandrovych Boyko (; born 29 January 1988) is a Ukrainian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

A product of

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youth system, Boyko made his senior team debut in a match against

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...

on 9 May 2010.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Boyko played 18 matches in Dnipro's

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campaign, including the final, which they lost 3–2 to holders

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. On 24 November 2015, Boyko was named a UEFA team of the year nominee after conceding just 0.75 goals per a game, the lowest among goal keeper nominees. The other three nominees were

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of Manchester City and England,

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of Juventus and Italy, and

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of Bayern Munich and Germany.

Beşiktaş

On 21 January 2016, Boyko signed a four-year contract with Turkish club

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. On 31 August 2016, he was loaned to

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side

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, for one year. On 10 February 2018, it was announced that Boyko would return to Dynamo Kyiv on loan, until the end of the 2017–18 season.

Dynamo Kyiv

After six months on loan back at his native club, Boyko signed a full contract with Dynamo Kyiv.

International career

On 18 November 2014, Boyko made his debut for

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in a 0–0 friendly draw against

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. Since then, Boyko has been the substitute of Shakhtar Donetsk's goalkeeper,

Andriy Pyatov Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov (; born 28 June 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, primarily for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. Club career Artemida Kirovohrad Pyatov started his career i ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

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: runner-up 2014–15 Beşiktaş *

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: 2015–16 Dynamo Kyiv *

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Individual *Ukrainian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2014–15, *UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2014–15

References

External links

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Boyko at Kyiv Official Website
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