Vladyslav Vakula

Vladyslav Vakula
Personal information
Full name Vladyslav Olehovych Vakula
Date of birth (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999
Place of birth Berdychiv, Ukraine
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Zorya Luhansk
Number 99
Youth career
2010 Darnytsya Sportive School Kyiv
2012–2013 Dynamo Kyiv
2013 Youth Sportive School Berdychiv
2014 UFK Dnipropetrovsk
2015 Youth Sportive School Vinnytsia
2015 Youth Sportive School Berdychiv
2016 UFK-Olimpik Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Stal Kamianske 3 (0)
2018–2019 Mariupol 34 (8)
2019–2022 Shakhtar Donetsk 4 (0)
2019 → Mariupol (loan) 11 (1)
2021 → Desna Chernihiv (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Vorskla Poltava (loan) 6 (0)
2022 → Polissya Zhytomyr (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2024 Polissya Zhytomyr 17 (1)
2023 → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 7 (0)
2024 Mynai 15 (1)
2024– Zorya Luhansk 13 (0)
International career‡
2019 Ukraine U20 2 (1)
2018–2019 Ukraine U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 August 2023

Vladyslav Olehovych Vakula (Ukrainian: Владислав Олегович Вакула; born 29 April 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Zorya Luhansk.

Career

Early years

Born in Berdychiv, Vakula is a product of the different cities sportive schools.

Stal Kamianske

In the summer of 2016 Vakula signed a contract with Stal Kamianske and played initially in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves. He made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Stal Kamianske on 5 August 2017, playing in the match against Karpaty Lviv.[1]

Shakhtar Donetsk

Loan to Desna Chernihiv

On 13 January 2021, he moved on loan to Desna Chernihiv until the end of the 2020–21 season.[2] On 25 January, he made his debut with the new team in the friendly match against Partizan.[3] On 30 January, the loan agreement was terminated by Desna and he was expelled by the club for violating the sports regime, and Vakula returned to Shakhtar Donetsk without playing any official match.[4]

Loan to Vorskla Poltava

In July 2021 he went on loan to Vorskla Poltava and made his debut against Dnipro-1 on 26 July in the Ukrainian Premier League.[5] On 29 July he played in the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round against KuPs, which was lost after two legs.[6]

Personal life

On 8 February 2021, he was involved in a drunken accident in Mariupol, driving a Mercedes in a state of intoxication at about midnight. The incident occurred at the intersection of Flotska and Bakhchivaji streets. A car driven drove onto the sidewalk and knocked down a sign. Fortunately, there were no people on the sidewalk, so no one was hurt. Vladyslav Vakula himself was not injured.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2024[8]
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stal Kamianske 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 3010——40
Mariupol 2018–19 306003[b]0—336
2019–20 153202[b]0—193
Total 4592050—529
Shakhtar Donetsk 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 2000000020
2021–22 2000000020
Total 4000000040
Vorskla Poltava (loan) 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 60002[c]0—80
Polissya Zhytomyr 2022–23 Ukrainian First League 171000000171
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 70300000100
Mynai 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 151210000172
Zorya Luhansk 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League 8010000090
Career total 981091700012110
  1. ↑ Includes Ukrainian Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Polissya Zhytomyr

Shakhtar Donetsk

References

  1. ↑ Чемпіонат УПЛ. 4 тур. Матч № 23 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Site. 6 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Vakula loaned out to Desna". 13 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Десна - Партизан 0:1". www.desna.football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Вакулу відрахували з "Десни" за порушення спортивного режиму". cheline.com.ua. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ↑ ""Ворскла" — "Дніпро-1" 2:2". www.vorskla.com.ua. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 2 - 3 KuPS Kuopio (FIN)". UEFA. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Вакула в Мариуполе попал в ДТП. Источник утверждает, что футболист управлял авто в нетрезвом состоянии". www.ua-football.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Vladyslav Vakula at Soccerway