Ukrainian footballer
Oleksiy Mykolayovych Kashchuk (Ukrainian: Олексій Миколайович Кащук; born 29 June 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qarabağ and the Ukraine national under-20 football team.
Career
Born in Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr Oblast, Kashchuk is a product of Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system. Within the youth teams of the club, he became a champion of the Ukrainian Youth Football League in the U-14 (2013) and U-15 (2014) age categories. In the 2014/15 season, he became the top scorer of the club's U-16 team, scoring 23 goals in 21 matches. On May 14, 2016, he made his debut for Shakhtar's U-21 team. He started the 2017/18 season with the youth team, scoring a goal in the match against Vorskla (3-1), and at the end of that season, he won the gold medals of the Ukrainian Youth Championship.
In 2018, he moved to the Shakhtar's second team, and in 2019, to the first team, but he was unable to make his debut with the main squad and was immediately loaned to FC Mariupol. He made his debut for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute against FC Oleksandriya on 3 August 2019.[1]
On 29 March 2022, Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabah announced the signing of Kashchuk on loan until the end of the season.[2]
After his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk expired, Kashchuk became a free agent. On September 3, 2024, he signed a three-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ.[3]
International career
Kashchuk was a part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played one of the key roles in Ukraine's success, appearing in all 7 of his team's matches.
On 6 March 2024, Kashchuk was called up by Ruslan Rotan to the Ukraine Olympic football team preliminary squad as a preparation to the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
Honours
- Ukraine U20
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