Yuriy Mykolayovych Vakulko (; born 10 November 1997) is a Ukrainian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Dnipro

He made his debut for

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against

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on 24 July 2016 in the

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scoring one of the goals in a 5–0 win.

Partizan

On 23 January 2018, Vakulko signed with Serbian club

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

on a four-year contract.Gotovo, Đukić potvrdio: Vakulko Partizanov
at

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, 23-1-2018

Loan to Arsenal Kyiv

On 3 September 2018, he joined Ukraine Premier League club

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on loan.

Riga

In summer 2021 he moved to Latvian side

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Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

In the summer of 2023 he moved to

in the

for two seasons. In June 2025 he left the club by mutual consent.

International career

After representing Ukraine at under-19 level, Vakulko became a regular at the under-21 level.Yury Vakulko
at Soccerway

Honours

Partizan *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

: 2017–18 Riga FC *

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: Runner-up

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Dnipro *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

Runners-up: 2014–15

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* * 1997 births Living people Footballers from Odesa Ukrainian men's footballers FC Dnipro players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Second League players FK Partizan players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia FC Arsenal Kyiv players SC Dnipro-1 players Riga FC players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players Latvian Higher League players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub