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Denys Balan
Ukrainian footballer
Denys Dmytrovych Balan (Ukrainian: Денис Дмитрович Балан; born 18 August 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veres Rivne.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denys Dmytrovych Balan | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Odesa, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Veres Rivne | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | DYuSSh-11 Odesa | ||
| 2009–2010 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Real Pharma Odesa | 25 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | 33 | (0) |
| 2017 | Chornomorets Odesa | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Inhulets Petrove | 85 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 16 | (0) |
| 2022 | Táborsko | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | Zlaté Moravce | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Veres Rivne | 23 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Ukraine U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Ukraine U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Ukraine U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Ukraine U19 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2022 | |||
Early years
Balan is a product of the DYuSSh-11 in his native city Odesa and Dynamo Kyiv academies.
He played for Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and then in the Ukrainian Second League and Ukrainian First League until July 2017, when he signed contract with Chornomorets Odesa.[1]
In December 2022 he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Veres Rivne in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]
- Чорноморець підписав шістьох новачків (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 15 July 2017.
- "Денис БАЛАН - перший зимовий новачок рівненського Вереса!". www.nkveres.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- Denys Balan at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Denys Balan at Soccerway
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