Stanislav Katana ( uk, Станіслав Катана; born July 11, 1992) is a Ukrainian

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who plays for Canadian Soccer League club, Toronto Falcons.

Club career

Ukraine

Katana began his career with SC Tavriya Simferopol in the

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, but never featured in any matches. In 2010, he played with

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in the

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. In 2013, he remained in the third division to sign a contract with Skala Stryi. In his debut season with Skala, he appeared in 26 matches and recorded 1 goal. Katana re-signed with the club for the following season. In his second season with Skala, he made 14 appearances.

Canada

In 2015, he played abroad in the Canadian Soccer League with

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. He made his debut against

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on May 10, 2015. He helped Toronto secure a playoff berth by finishing fifth in the First Division. Toronto was eliminated in the opening round of the postseason by

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. In his debut season with the club, he recorded five goals. He would re-sign with Toronto for the 2016 season. Toronto again secured a playoff spot where they were eliminated from the competition by the

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. In 2017, he played with Atomic's indoor team Ukraine AC in the Arena Premier League. In 2019, Stanislav Katana joined the expansion team

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. Kingsman won its first-round playoff game against

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, but lost in the second round to

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. In 2021, he played at the amateur level in the

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with

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. After a season in the OSL, he returned to the CSL in 2022 to sign with the expansion franchise, Toronto Falcons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Katana, Stanislav 1992 births Living people Footballers from Dnipro Ukrainian men's footballers FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk players FC Skala Stryi (2004) players Toronto Atomic FC players FC Ukraine United players Toronto Falcons (2022–present) players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian Second League players SC Tavriya Simferopol players