Oleksandr Musiyenko

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Musiyenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Мусієнко; born 7 April 1987) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Continentals. He was also a goalkeeping coach for FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi.

Oleksandr Musiyenko

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Musiyenko
Date of birth	(1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	FC Stal Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	FC Borysfen Boryspil	13	(0)
2007–2008	FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	22	(0)
2008	FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	1	(0)
2009–2010	FC Lviv	15	(0)
2009–2010	→FC Lviv-2	12	(0)
2011	FC Chornomorets Odesa	0	(0)
2011	→FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa	1	(0)
2011–2012	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	34	(0)
2012–2013	FC Metalurh Donetsk	0	(0)
2014	FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	9	(0)
2015	FC Nyva Ternopil	4	(0)
2015	Valletta F.C.	0	(0)
2015	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	5	(0)
2016	FC Poltava	3	(0)
2017–2019	FC Vorkuta	7	(0)
2021–	FC Continentals
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2017

Career

Europe

Musiyenko was a product of the Stal Kyiv Sportive School System.^[1] He began his professional career in the Ukrainian First League with FC Borysfen Boryspil in 2006.^[2][3] After the bankruptcy of Boryspil, he signed with league rivals Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk the following season.^[3][4] In 2008, he played in the Western Ukraine region with FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk after Stal was relegated.^[3]

Musiyenko signed with FC Lviv of the Ukrainian Premier League in 2009 but spent the majority of his time with the reserve team in the Ukrainian Second League.^[5] After a short stint in Lviv, he returned to the second division to play with Chornomorets Odesa.^[6] Odesa was promoted to the top tier but Musiyenko remained in the First League and signed with Bukovyna Chernivtsi in 2011.^[7][8] In 2012, he returned to the Premier League when he signed a contract with Metalurh Donetsk.^[9]

After failing to break into the first team with Donetsk he played in the third division in 2013 with FC Obolon Kyiv.^[10][11][1] He signed with Nyva Ternopil the following season.^[12][13] In 2015, he played abroad in the Maltese Premier League with Valletta F.C.^[14][15][16] Following a brief stint abroad he returned to his former club Bukovyna Chernivtsi for the remainder of the 2015 season.^[17][18] He was released from his contract following the conclusion of the season and returned to the second division in 2016 to play with FC Poltava.^[19][20]

Canada

He went abroad for the second time in his career in 2017 to play in the Canadian Soccer League with FC Vorkuta.^[21][22][23] In his debut season with Vorkuta, he assisted the club in clinching the First Division title.^[24] In his second season with Vorkuta, he assisted in securing the CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in a penalty shootout.^[25][26] Musiyenko re-signed with Vorkuta for his third season in 2019 and assisted in securing the First Division title along with an undefeated streak throughout the regular season.^[27] In the opening round of the 2019 playoffs, the club was defeated by Kingsman SC in a penalty shootout.^[28]

In 2022, Vorkuta was renamed FC Continentals and he returned to the organization after a brief hiatus.^[29] His return match was against the Serbian White Eagles on May 29, 2022.^[30]

Managerial career

Musiyenko was named the goalkeeping coach for FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi in 2021.^[31][32]

Honors

FC Vorkuta

• CSL Championship: 2018
• Canadian Soccer League First Division: 2017, 2019