Vitaliy Mandzyuk
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Vitaliy Mandzyuk is a Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 football
Football (soccer)
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 defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

. Previously he played for Dynamo Kyiv and was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv. He is a former player for the Ukraine national under-21 football team
Ukraine national under-21 football team
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.After Ukrainian Independence in 1991, the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992...

 having made 7 appearances and is currently on the senior team. He is younger brother of the player of FC Obolon Kyiv
FC Obolon Kyiv
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 Oleksandr Mandzyuk
Oleksandr Mandzyuk
Oleksandr Mandzyuk is a professional Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Obolon Kyiv.He is the older brother of Vitaliy Mandzyuk, member of Ukrainian national football team.-External links:* *...

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Dynamo Kyiv

Mandzyuk started his professional football career with Dynamo Kyiv in 2004. Going into the 2007–08 season, Mandzyuk got injured, having to undergo a surgery. This prevented from him playing for the rest of the year 2007, but he recovered to play for the second half of the season.

In July 2008, Mandzyuk was loaned off to Arsenal Kyiv along with fellow teammate Denys Oliynyk
Denys Oliynyk
Denys Oliynyk is a Ukrainian football midfielder for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Oliynyk also played for the Ukraine national under-21 football team, and now plays for the Ukraine national football team.- Dynamo Kyiv :Oliynyk arrived in Dynamo Kyiv in 2004...

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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

On 23 December 2009 Mandzyuk was sold to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Mandzyuk was a regular member of the Ukraine national under-21 football team
Ukraine national under-21 football team
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.After Ukrainian Independence in 1991, the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992...

, and captained it on numerous occasions. On 23 August 2007, Mandzyuk scored the third goal in a friendly match victory against Moldova
Moldova national under-21 football team
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Mandzyuk was called up to the senior team of Ukraine
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...

 for the friendly against Cyprus
Cyprus national football team
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 on 6 February 2008. He was called up along with fellow club member Fedoriv by manager Oleksiy Mykhailychenko after the injury of mainstream defenders Dmytro Chygrynskiy and Nesmachnyi.

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