Eduard Yevhenovych Sarapiy (; born 12 May 1999) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for Polissya Zhytomyr .

Club career

Early years

Born in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

, Sarapiy began his youth career at the local Metalurh Zaporizhzhia academy. In 2010, he moved to the

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

academy.

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

In 2017 he returned to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the

Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was establ ...

Metalist Kharkiv

In 2021 he transferred to Metalist Kharkiv in the

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Loan to Dnipro-1

The following year he went on loan to Dnipro-1 in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

. He made his debut for Dnipro on 28 August 2022, scoring a goal in a 3–0 victory over

International career

Sarapiy made two appearances for the Ukraine national under-17 football team in 2016. In September 2022, he was called up for the first time to the

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ahead of

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matches against Armenia and Scotland, but he did not appear in either match.

References

External links

Profile on Metalist Kharkiv official website
* 1999 births Living people Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Tavria-Skif Rozdol players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalist Kharkiv players SC Dnipro-1 players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1990s-stub