Dynamo Kyiv won competition with UPL clubs for a 23-year-old defender

Dynamo Kyiv was able to win competition for the central defender Vasily Burtnik in the fight against other teams of the Ukrainian Premier League.

“White-blue” rented a 23-year-old football player whose contract belongs to the Ternopil Niva for one season. The head coach of the Kiev club Alexander Shovkovsky expects that the Ukrainian will help Dynamo, as the club should play in the championship, the Cup of Ukraine and the League of Conferences.

According to the source, several teams of elite division (for example, the Carpathians “) were interested in the services of Burtnik, but the defender made the decision to join the champions of Ukraine.

Burtnik in his professional career advocated UFC “Lviv”, “Prykarpattya”, “Nick-05”, “Vilkhivtsi” and “Rever 1905”. In August this year he joined the Ternopil Niva on the rights of a free agent.

In the 2025/26 season, he spent four matches in the first league and one match in the Cup of Ukraine, which recorded one productive transmission on his account. The transfer value of the defender is 150 thousand euros.