Yuriy Vakulko

Yuriy Mykolayovych Vakulko (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Вакулко; born 10 November 1997) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who play for Riga.

Yuriy Vakulko
Vakulko in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yuriy Mykolayovych Vakulko
Date of birth (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997
Place of birth Odessa, Ukraine
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Riga
Number 7
Youth career
2010–2013 Youth Sportive School Odesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Dnipro 38 (2)
2018–2019 Partizan 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Dnipro-1 28 (0)
2021– Riga 16 (2)
National team‡
2012–2015 Ukraine U16 2 (0)
2015–2016 Ukraine U19 5 (0)
2016–2018 Ukraine U21 16 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2022

Club career

Vakulko is a product of the Youth Sportive School ♯11 in Odessa. His first trainer was Anatoliy Matsanskyi.

Dnipro

He made his debut for FC Dnipro in the match against FC Volyn Lutsk on 24 July 2016 in the Ukrainian Premier League scoring one of the goals in a 5-0 win.[1]

Partizan

On 23 January 2018, after passing medical tests, Vakulko came into agreement with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade and signed a four-year contract.[2] He was officially presented the next day and was given the number 14 shirt.[3]

Arsenal Kyiv

On 3 September 2018, he joined Ukraine Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv on loan.[4]

International career

After representing Ukraine at under-19 level, Vakulko became a regular in Ukraine national under-21 football team.[5] At time of his move to Partizan he had been captain of the U21 team.[2]

Honours
Partizan
Dnipro

References
  1. Ліга Парі-Матч. 1 тур. Матч № 1 24.07.2016. (in Ukrainian). Official FPL Site. 24 July 2016.
  2. Gotovo, Đukić potvrdio: Vakulko Partizanov at Sportski žurnal, 23-1-2018 (in Serbian)
  3. Трећа зимска ласта – Јуриј Вакулко at partizan.rs, 24-1-2018 (in Serbian)
  4. Юрий Вакулко и Максим Прядун в киевском «Арсенале»! at arsenal-kyiv.com, 3-9-2018 (in Ukrainian)
  5. Yury Vakulko at Soccerway

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