Denys Dmytrovych Balan (Ukrainian: Денис Дмитрович Балан; born 18 August 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veres Rivne.

Denys Balan
Personal information
Full name Denys Dmytrovych Balan
Date of birth (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Odesa, Ukraine
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Veres Rivne
Number 39
Youth career
2000–2008 DYuSSh-11 Odesa
2009–2010 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
2012Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan) 0 (0)
2013Dynamo-2 Kyiv 8 (0)
2014–2015 Real Pharma Odesa 25 (1)
2015–2017 Cherkaskyi Dnipro 33 (0)
2017 Chornomorets Odesa 3 (0)
2017–2021 Inhulets Petrove 85 (3)
2021–2022 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 16 (0)
2022 Táborsko 0 (0)
2022 Zlaté Moravce 6 (0)
2023– Veres Rivne 28 (1)
International career
2009 Ukraine U16 9 (0)
2009–2010 Ukraine U17 13 (0)
2010–2011 Ukraine U18 10 (0)
2011–2012 Ukraine U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2022

Club career

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Early years

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Balan is a product of the DYuSSh-11 in his native city Odesa and Dynamo Kyiv academies.

He played for Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and then in the Ukrainian Second League and Ukrainian First League until July 2017, when he signed contract with Chornomorets Odesa.[1]

In December 2022 he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Veres Rivne in the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Чорноморець підписав шістьох новачків (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Денис БАЛАН - перший зимовий новачок рівненського Вереса!". www.nkveres.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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