Kyrylo Olehovych Matvyeyev (; born 22 June 1996) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Matvyeyev is a product of the

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

academy. He spent his career as a player for FC Metalurh Donetsk and FC Stal in the

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, but never made a debut in the

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. In July 2016 he signed a contract with the

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's team FC Arsenal Kyiv.

Personal life

Matvyeyev is a son of the retired Ukrainian professional footballer Oleh Matvyeyev.

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* * * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Donetsk Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Stal Kamianske players FC Arsenal Kyiv players FC Mariupol players FSC Mariupol players 1. FC Phönix Lübeck players 1. FC Lok Stendal players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Oberliga (football) players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1990s-stub