Orest Tarasovych Kuzyk ( uk, Орест Тарасович Кузик; born 17 May 1995) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a winger for

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv and loan to Hoverla Uzhhorod

He spent most of his early career in the

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with

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and in July 2015 went on loan to

Hoverla Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier Leagu ...

in the

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, making his debut against

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on 25 July.

FC Stal Kamianske

The following season, Kuzyk joined Stal Kamianske of the Ukrainian Premier League, appearing 37 times and scoring eight goals over two seasons.

PAS Giannina F.C.

On 8 June 2018, Kuzyk signed with

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side

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

Loan to SC Dnipro-1

Having made only seven appearances for Giannina, Kuzyk was loaned out to SC Dnipro-1 in the

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on 14 January 2019. He made 11 appearances and scored four goals in the

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, winning Player of the Month honours in March and ultimately helping Dnipro earn promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.

Loan to FC Desna Chernihiv

On 14 July 2019, he went on loan again, this time to

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. There he found more consistent playing time, appearing in 21 matches and scoring once in the

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season.

Pafos FC

In September 2020, Kuzyk left Giannina and signed a three-year contract with

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in the Cypriot First Division. On 22 October he scored his first goal for the side against

Karmiotissa FC Karmiotissa Polemidion FC ( el, Καρμιώτισσα Πολεμιδιών, ''Karmiotissa Polemidion'') is a Cypriot football club based in Pano Polemidia, Limassol. As of 2016 the team competed in the First Division for one season, where it pl ...

Rukh Lviv

On 24 June 2021 he signed a three-year contract with Rukh Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League. On 25 July he made his debut with the new club against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, also scoring his first goal.

Chornomorets Odesa

On 26 January 2022, he moved to

in the Ukrainian Premier League.

International career

In 2015 he made two appearances for Ukraine's under-20s. The following year, he made five appearances and scored one goal for the Ukraine under-21 side.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

SC Dnipro-1 *

: 2018-19 individual * Best Player in March 2019

: 2018–19

References

External links

From Official the website of FC Desna Chernihiv

From Official the website of FC Pafos
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Video from the Official Channel of PAS Giannina
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzyk, Orest 1995 births Sportspeople from Lviv Association football midfielders FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Stal Kamianske players Living people PAS Giannina F.C. players SC Dnipro-1 players FC Rukh Lviv players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Pafos FC players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Ukraine youth international footballers Ukraine under-21 international footballers