Pylyp Vyacheslavovych Budkivskyi ( uk, Пилип В'ячеславович Будківський; born 10 March 1992) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for Polissya Zhytomyr. In Russian media and some Ukrainian (Sport Arena) he is also mentioned by Russian variation of his name as Filip.

Career

From 2011 he played for

FC Illichivets Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of ...

on loan and in May 2012 he signed a 2-year contract with them to play in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

Anzhi Makhachkala

In the 2017–18 transfer window he returned from a loan at

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and was sent on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala in the

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Sochaux

In 2018 he was sent to

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on loan.

Zorya Luhansk

In the winter window transfers he moved from

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zap ...

signed a contract of 2.5 years

Desna Chernihiv

In 2020 he moved to Desna Chernihiv.> He scored his first goal for the side against

in July. On 19 July, he scored against

and helped his team qualify for the 2020–21 Europa League third qualifying round for the first time in the club's history. On 22 August Budkivskyi scored a goal in a 3–1 victory against

in the first match of the

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season. On 7 November he scored the winning goal against FC Mynai at Obolon Arena in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. On 1 August 2021 he opened his account for the 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League season against

FC Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of ...

. On 22 December, Budkivskyi became a free agent.

Polissya Zhytomyr

In January 2022, he signed a contract for one and a half years with Polissya Zhytomyr in the Ukrainian First League. On 28 August he scored two goals away against Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, opening his account for the

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season.

International career

He played for the Ukraine under-21 side, earning 23 caps and scoring 18 goals. In 2014, he made his senior debut for

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Personal life

In March 2022, during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northeastern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On ...

, Budkivskyi, together with other former Desna players raised money for the civilian population of the city of

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Zorya Luhansk *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

runner-up: 2015–16 Individual * Ukraine U21 Top scorer: 18 goals

Gallery

File:Пилип Будківський.jpg, Budkivskyi playing for

File:Lokom-Anzi (8).jpg, Budkivskyi playing for Anzhi Makhachkala

References

External links

Profile on Official FC Desna Chernihiv website

Profile on Official Shakhtar website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Budkivskyi, Pylyp Living people 1992 births Footballers from Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Mariupol players FC Sevastopol players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian Premier League players Association football forwards Ukraine international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players K.V. Kortrijk players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Belgium Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Russian Premier League players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Expatriate footballers in France Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France