Denys Oleksandrovych Boyko (Ukrainian: Денис Олександрович Бойко; born 29 January 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays for FC Polissya Zhytomyr as a goalkeeper and the Ukrainian national team.

Denys Boyko
Boyko with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Polissya Zhytomyr
Number 71
Youth career
2001–2005 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Dynamo-3 Kyiv 31 (0)
2007–2009 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 17 (0)
2009–2013 Dynamo Kyiv 11 (0)
2008CSKA Kyiv (loan) 16 (0)
2009Obolon Kyiv (loan) 15 (0)
2011–2012Kryvbas (loan) 26 (0)
2013–2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 64 (0)
2016–2018 Beşiktaş 3 (0)
2016–2017Málaga (loan) 3 (0)
2018Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2023 Dynamo Kyiv 58 (0)
2023– Polissya Zhytomyr 16 (0)
International career
2003 Ukraine U15 3 (0)
2003–2004 Ukraine U16 5 (0)
2004–2005 Ukraine U17 7 (0)
2006 Ukraine U18 1 (0)
2006–2007 Ukraine U19 7 (0)
2009–2011 Ukraine U21 8 (0)
2014– Ukraine 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023

Club career edit

Dynamo Kyiv edit

A product of Dynamo Kyiv youth system, Boyko made his senior team debut in a match against Metalurh Zaporizhzhia on 9 May 2010.[2]

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk edit

Boyko played 18 matches in Dnipro's 2014–15 UEFA Europa League campaign, including the final, which they lost 3–2 to holders Sevilla FC in Warsaw.[3]

On 24 November 2015, Boyko was named a UEFA team of the year nominee[4] after conceding just 0.75 goals per a game, the lowest among goal keeper nominees. The other three nominees were Joe Hart of Manchester City and England, Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus and Italy, and Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich and Germany.

Beşiktaş edit

On 21 January 2016, Boyko signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Beşiktaş.[5] On 31 August 2016, he was loaned to La Liga side Málaga CF, for one year.[6]

On 10 February 2018, it was announced that Boyko would return to Dynamo Kyiv on loan, until the end of the 2017–18 season.[7]

Dynamo Kyiv edit

After six months on loan back at his native club, Boyko signed a full contract with Dynamo Kyiv.[8]

International career edit

On 18 November 2014, Boyko made his debut for Ukraine in a 0–0 friendly draw against Lithuania. Since then, Boyko has been the substitute of Shakhtar Donetsk's goalkeeper, Andriy Pyatov.

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of the end of 2018–19 season[9][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 Kyiv 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 1 0 1 0
2010–11 8 0 3 0 11 0
2012–13 2 0 2 0
Total 11 0 3 0 14 0
Obolon Kyiv (loan) 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 15 0 15 0
Kryvbas (loan) 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 26 0 26 0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 28 0 9 0 37 0
2014–15 21 0 2 0 19 0 42 0
2015–16 15 0 1 0 6 0 22 0
Total 64 0 3 0 34 0 101 0
Beşiktaş 2015–16 Süper Lig 3 0 2 0 5 0
Málaga (loan) 2016–17 La Liga 3 0 2 0 5 0
Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 12 0 2 0 4 0 18 0
Dynamo Kyiv 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 26 0 1 0 13 0 1 0 41 0
Career total 160 0 10 0 54 0 1 0 225 0

International edit

As of 19 May 2019[11][12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2014 1 0
2015 2 0
2016 2 0
2018 1 0
Total 6 0

Honours edit

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Beşiktaş

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

  • Ukrainian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2014–15,
  • UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2014–15[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Boiko Denis - FC Dynamo Kyiv. Official club website". Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Динамо" – "Металлург" (З) 3:0 (in Russian). Ua-football.com. 9 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-3 Sevilla". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Lionel Messi Headline UEFA Team of Year 2015 Nominees". Bleacher Report.
  5. ^ "Beşiktaş J.K. Official Web Site". bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Denys Boyko llega cedido a la portería blanquiazul" [Denys Boyko arrives on loan at the white-and-blues' goal] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Denys BOIKO to perform for Dynamo again". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Denys BOIKO: "I'm back to Dynamo which is very important to me"". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ukraine - D. Boyko - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Denis Boyko". worldfootball.net.
  11. ^ "Denys Boyko National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Denys Boyko - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  13. ^ "UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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