Heorhiy Mykolayovych Bushchan (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Микола́йович Буща́н, born 31 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab and the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Heorhiy began playing football in Odesa, where he attended Chornomorets Odesa football school. When he was fourteen, Bushchan moved to Kyiv, where he began playing for Dynamo Kyiv youth and reserve squads.[3] He was a part of Dynamo's first team squad on and off from the 2011–12 season onwards. He made his debut until 20 August 2017, when he helped his team to a 4–1 Ukrainian Premier League victory over Stal Kamianske at NSC "Olimpiyskiy".[4] On 2 November 2017, he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 1–0 victory over Young Boys Bern at Stade de Suisse.[4] In the 2019–20 season, Bushchan established himself as Dynamo's first-choice goalkeeper.

Al-Shabab

On 29 January 2025, Bushchan joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab on a two-and-a-half year deal.[5]

International career

He made his debut for the Ukraine national team on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against France, a 7–1 away loss.[6] He made his competitive debut three days later in a Nations League game against Germany. Three days later, on 13 October 2020, he recorded his first international clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory over Spain.

Bushchan was the starting goalkeeper for Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2020 as the country reached the quarter-final stage of a European Championship for the first time.[7][8]

On 7 June 2024, he was selected for Ukraine's UEFA Euro 2024 squad by the team's manager Serhiy Rebrov.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024[4][10]
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
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2013–14 Ukrainian First League 4 0 — — — 4 0
2014–15 15 0 — — — 15 0
2015–16 5 0 — — — 5 0
Total 24 0 — — — 24 0
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 3 0 3[a] 0 0 0 12 0
2018–19 7 0 1 0 1[a] 0 0 0 9 0
2019–20 20 0 3 0 5[a] 0 0 0 28 0
2020–21 23 0 0 0 11[b] 0 1[c] 0 35 0
2021–22 15 0 0 0 5[d] 0 0 0 20 0
2022–23 8 0 — 8[e] 0 — 16 0
2023–24 26 0 0 0 4[f] 0 — 30 0
Total 105 0 7 0 37 0 1 0 150 0
Career total 129 0 7 0 37 0 1 0 174 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Seven appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 7 June 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2020 3 0
2021 10 0
2022 2 0
2023 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 18 0

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

References

  1. ^ UEFA.com. "Georgiy Bushchan | Ukraine | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Георгій Бущан - ФK «Динамо» Київ. Офіційний сайт".
  3. ^ "Heorhiy BUSHCHAN: "I still have what to work on"". FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Website. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Heorhiy Bushchan at Soccerway
  5. ^ "خلال فترة الانتقالات الشتوية.. الشباب يتعاقد مع الحارس الأوكراني "جيورجي بوشكان"".
  6. ^ "France v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  7. ^ "EURO 2020 NEWS AND FEATURES - OPINION: UKRAINE ARE EXCITING, UNPREDICTABLE AND, THANKFULLY, HERE TO STAY". Eurosport. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Dovbyk shoots Ukraine into Euro 2020 quarter-final with England". Al Jazeera. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Euro 2024: Ukraine squad announced for final tournament". Ukrainian Association of Football. 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Georgiy Bushchan". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Heorhiy Bushchan". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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