Bohdan_Butko
Bohdan Butko
Ukrainian footballer
Bohdan Yevhenovych Butko (Ukrainian: Богдан Євгенович Бутко, born 13 January 1991) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a right-back for Zorya Luhansk.
 Butko with Ukraine in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bohdan Yevhenovych Butko | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Zorya | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2021 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 45 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Volyn Lutsk (loan) | 27 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | → Illichivets Mariupol (loan) | 89 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Amkar Perm (loan) | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Lech Poznań (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Lech Poznań (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → BB Erzurumspor (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Zorya Luhansk | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Ukraine-16 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Ukraine-17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ukraine-18 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Ukraine-19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ukraine-21 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2019 | Ukraine | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life and career
Butko was born in Kostiantynivka, in the Donetsk Oblast and went to the youth academy of his local club Shakhtar Donetsk. Upon completion of the school, Butko was promoted first to Shakhtar-3 Donetsk of the Ukrainian Second League, followed by the Shakhtar reserves, where he would spend three seasons.
Professional career
He went on loan to Volyn Lutsk in Ukrainian Premier League on 16 July 2010.[1] He would go on to play 27 league games and score three goals for them in the 2010–11 season.
In the 2011–12 season, he went on loan to FC Illichivets Mariupol of the Ukrainian Premier League.
National football team
- Ukraine Under-19
Club
- Shakhtar
Club
- As of 18 March 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Champions League |
Europa League |
Super Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk (loan) | 2007–08 | Ukrainian Second League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Volyn Lutsk (loan) | 2010–11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Illichivets Mariupol (loan) | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 89 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 2 | ||
| Amkar Perm (loan) | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2008–09 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | ||
| Lech Poznań (loan) | 2019–20[2] | Ekstraklasa | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21[3] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| BB Erzurumspor (loan) | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Zorya Luhansk | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 241 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 10 | ||
International
- As of 30 June 2021
| Ukraine national team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 0 | |||
In October 2021, Butko published homophobic remarks in his Instagram account directed at Josh Cavallo and his supporters.[4][5]
- Зміни у складі "Волині" продовжуються (in Ukrainian). Ua-football.com. 16 July 2010.
- "Sezon 2019/20" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "Bohdan Butko – attitude to non-traditional orientation – Football news". News Tube 24. 29 October 2021.
- Karabets, Artiom (29 October 2021). "Экс-футболист сборной Украины высмеял людей с нетрадиционной ориентацией". Korrespondent.net (in Russian).
- Bohdan Butko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Bohdan Butko at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Bohdan Butko at Soccerway
