Valeriy Bondar
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| Full name | Valeriy Yuriyovych Bondar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 132 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Ukraine U17 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ukraine U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ukraine U19 | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ukraine | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valeriy Yuriyovych Bondar (Ukrainian: Вале́рій Ю́рійович Бо́ндар; born 27 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.
Club career
Bondar started playing football in Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007. In the 2018–2019 season, he played for Shakhtar in the category U21.[2]
He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League in a match against Lviv on 4 May 2019.[3][4]
On 27 August 2026, Shakhtar announced that they had extended their contract with Bondar until 31 July 2031.[5]
International career
On 15 June 2019, Bondar won the FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Ukraine U20 national team, whom he captained.[6]
He made his debut for senior national team on 11 November 2020 in a friendly game against Poland. He substituted Yukhym Konoplya in the 63rd minute.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18[f] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 | |
| 2026–27 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 132 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 132 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, twelve appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of 31 May 2026[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Ukrainian Cup: 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2021
Ukraine U20
References
- ↑ "Valery Bondar - Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "ВАЛЕРИЙ БОНДАРЬ" (in Russian). shakhtar.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ↑ "Эмоции переполняют!" (in Russian). shakhtar.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ↑ "Увеличили отрыв" (in Russian). shakhtar.com. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ↑ "Вихованець «гірників» залишиться в рідному клубі ще на 5 років". shakhtar.com (in Ukrainian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 27 August 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Matches - Ukraine - Korea Republic". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Poland v Ukraine game report". Eurosport. 11 November 2020.
- ↑ "Valeriy Bondar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
External links
- Valeriy Bondar at Soccerway
- Valeriy Bondar at UAF (in Ukrainian)
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Footballers from Kharkiv
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Ukraine men's youth international footballers
- Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers
- Ukraine men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
- Ukrainian football defender, 1990s birth stubs