Volodymyr Brazhko

Volodymyr Brazhko
Brazhko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2024
Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Brazhko
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2016 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2016–2019 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Dynamo Kyiv 35 (8)
2022–2023 → Zorya Luhansk (loan) 29 (7)
International career‡
2017 Ukraine U15 1 (0)
2017–2018 Ukraine U16 6 (0)
2018–2019 Ukraine U17 6 (1)
2020– Ukraine U21 21 (2)
2024– Ukraine 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Georgia-Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Brazhko (Ukrainian: Володимир Володимирович Бражко; born 23 January 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team.

Career

Early years

Born in Zaporizhzhia, Brazhko began his career at Metalurh Zaporizhzhia from native city (first trainer Andriy Maksymenko) from the age 4, and then continued in the Dynamo Kyiv academy.[1]

Dynamo Kyiv

He played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and never made his debut for the senior Dynamo Kyiv squad.

Loan to Zorya Luhansk

In July 2022 Brazhko signed a one-year loan contract with Ukrainian Premier League side Zorya Luhansk[2] and made his debut for this club in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second half-time substituted player in a home winning match against Vorskla Poltava on 23 August 2022.[3]

International career

Brazhko made his debut for the senior Ukraine national team on 21 March 2024 in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zorya Luhansk (loan) 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League 29 7 — 0 0 — 29 7
Dynamo Kyiv 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 26 6 1 0 3[a] 0 — 30 6
Career total 55 13 1 0 3 0 0 0 59 13
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 21 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2024 6 0
Total 6 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Володимир Бражко (in Ukrainian). Official FC Dynamo Kyiv Website. 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Володимир Бражко (in Ukrainian). dynamomania.com. 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ VBET Ліга. 1-й тур Матч №3 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 21 March 2024.
  5. ^ Volodymyr Brazhko at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Бражко та Шовковський — найкращі гравець та тренер листопада!".