Mikhail Yevgenyevich Gashchuk (; born 4 January 2007) is a Russian 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

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for Fratria.

Career

Born in

Tomsk Tomsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom (river), Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It has six univers ...

, Russia, Gashchuk moved at early age to Bulgaria with his parents. He began his youth career at

Ludogorets Razgrad Professional Football Club Ludogorets 1945 (), commonly known as Ludogorets Razgrad or simply Ludogorets, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Razgrad, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League ...

, before moving to

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

academy. In 2021 he joined the newly formed Fratria, where his father is one of the founders and youth coach. A year later he joined

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

Academy, before returning to Fratria in 2023 and joining the first team. He scored his debut goal for the team on 18 May 2023 in a league match against Riltsi Dobrich. His fully professional debut was on 14 November 2024, in a Bulgarian cup match against Beroe Stara Zagora, where Fratria were eliminated on penalties.

International career

Gashchuk hold both Russian and Bulgarian citizenship. In August 2021 he received a call up for Bulgaria U15 training camp.Черно море с петима проектонационали
/ref>

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Fratria *

Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League The Cup of the Bulgarian Amateur Football League ( Bulgarian: Купа на Аматьорската Футболна Лига) is a Bulgarian annual football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (footb ...

: 2024

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gashchuk, Mikhail 2007 births Living people Bulgarian people of Russian descent Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Fratria players 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen