In the 29th round match against "Left Bank" (0:1), 17-year-old Yehor Klimenko occupied the goalkeeper position for "Rukh". He became the first goalkeeper born in 2008 to play in the history of the Ukrainian championship.
Yehor Klimenko (left; photo: fclb.com.ua)Klimenko made his UPL debut at the age of 17 years and 137 days, placing him 7th on the list of the youngest debutants in Ukraine's elite division.
This ranking has been led since 1993 by Dnipro goalkeeper Serhiy Perkhun, who played his first match at the age of 16 years and 34 days.
It is noteworthy that earlier this season in the UPL, 18-year-old Denys Marchenko had his debut, who became the main goalkeeper of "Obolon" in the spring.
Earliest debuts of goalkeepers in the Ukrainian championship
Age | Goalkeeper | Club | Debut | Opponent | Score (field) |
16 years 34 days | Serhiy PERKHUN | Dnipro | 08.10.1993 | Kryvbas | 2:1 (h) |
16 years 269 days | Yuriy-Volodymyr HERETA | 25.10.2020 | Zorya | 0:4 (a) | |
16 years 327 days | Maxym KOVAL | Metallurg Z | 01.11.2009 | Hoverla | 3:0 (h) |
16 years 348 days | Pavlo ISENKO | Vorskla | 03.07.2020 | Lviv | 2:2 (a) |
17 years 44 days | Viktor KAPUSTIN | Metallurg Z | 08.08.1998 | 4:1 (h) | |
17 years 136 days | Oleksiy SHPAK | Tavriya | 24.05.1994 | Nyva V | 2:2 (h) |
17 years 137 days | Yehor KLIMENKO | Rukh | 18.05.2025 | Left Bank | 0:1 (h) |
17 years 248 days | Andriy LUNIN | Dnipro | 16.10.2016 | Karpaty | 1:1 (h) |
17 years 277 days | Andriy CHEKOTUN | Olympic | 05.07.2020 | Dnipro-1 | 0:2 (h) |
17 years 298 days | Anatoliy TRUBIN | Shakhtar | 26.05.2019 | Mariupol | 4:0 (h) |
17 years 336 days | Serhiy DOLHANSKYI | Veres | 16.08.1992 | Karpaty | 1:1 (h) |
18 years 18 days | Denys MARCHENKO | Obolon | 23.02.2025 | Vorskla | 1:0 (h) |
18 years 32 days | Bohdan SARNAVSKYI | Arsenal | 02.03.2013 | Dnipro | 0:3 (a) |
18 years 41 days | Serhiy DERENOV | Kryvbas | 18.11.1994 | Metallurg Z | 2:0 (a) |
18 years 66 days | Roman PIDKIVKA | Karpaty | 14.07.2013 | Vorskla | 0:2 (h) |
Note: statistics as of 06.06.2025.
