Denys Stanislavovych Kozhanov (Ukrainian: Денис Станіславович Кожанов; born 13 June 1987) is a Ukrainian professional football midfielder who plays for Karpaty Lviv.
Club career
Kozhanov started out his football career at the sports schools No.3 of Mariupol and later the FC Illichivets Mariupol academy. Upon graduation he signed with the regional leader FC Shakhtar Donetsk where for the first couple of years played for its second and third teams in lower leagues.
Karpaty Lviv
In 2007 Kozhanov was lent to Karpaty where he played at first in reserves. On 1 March 2008 he debuted in the Premier League. He became the top assister in the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League, giving 13 assists.[1] He played 11 games and scored 2 goals in UEFA Europa League.
Volyn Lutsk
Kozhanov was recognized as the best player of October 2019 in the Ukrainian First League.[2] He became a second player for Volyn to receive such honors. Same season, 2019–20 Ukrainian First League, Kozhanov also became the season's top scorer with 18 goals.
References
- ^ "Украина – Статистика игроков – Чемпионат.ру". Championat.ru. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ There was announced the best player of month in the First League (Объявлен лучший игрок месяца в Первой лиге). UA-Football. 6 November 2019
External links
- Profile on Official Illichivets Mariupol Website
- Denys Kozhanov at Soccerway
- Denys Kozhanov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
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