Golden talent of Ukraine

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Golden talent of Ukraine is a unique national award for young Ukrainian footballers. Winners are determined on a basis of the calendar year results in two age categories – Under-21 (players who are not older than 21 at the end of the year) and Under-19 (players who are not older than 19 at the end of the year). Annual rating is based on monthly surveys of coaches, directors of sport schools, experts, journalists and fans. The final voting is held at the end of a year, to which the participants come with bonus points (for success in the monthly surveys).

The concept of the competition was developed by a football journalist named Andrii Kudyrko. In March 2013 the first monthly survey was held.

The competition conditions[edit]

Surveys are conducted in months when matches are played in the Ukrainian Championship (March, April, May, August, September, October and November, according to circumstances – June and July). Respondents call their top three of young and youthful players on a basis of the month results, their votes are summed up (1st place – 3 points, 2nd place – 2 points, 3rd place – 1 point). Indicators of monthly surveys form the annual ranking in both age categories – Under-21 and Under-19.

The top ten of a year is allowed for the final voting with bonus points (1st place – 10, 2nd – 9, ..., 10th – 1). Besides, the players who are trapped in the top 5 of a month at least once and got some bonus points (1st place – 5, 2nd – 4, ..., 5th – 1) are allowed to the final year voting. This ensures the objectivity of the competition – the players who played more consistently during a year (and not only last few months before the final voting) get additional promotion, in traditional polls the one wins more often who proved to be brighter than others at the finish, as recent events are more memorable.

The situation in the category Under-21 in 2013 clearly demonstrated that a complicated procedure of determining the winner in the competition Golden Talent of Ukraine is fair. Serhiy Bolbat got the most points in a year voting, he played the autumn excellent, but with the bonus points for the whole year Ivan Ordets celebrated total victory, who consistently played in spring and autumn.

Prizes[edit]

By the end of 2013 six best players (three winners in each of two age categories) received prizes provided by competition partners – diplomas, game shoes and watches.

The voting winners[edit]

2013[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Ivan Ordets FC Illichivets Mariupol Eduard Sobol FC Shakhtar Donetsk
April Maksym Koval FC Dynamo Kyiv Eduard Sobol FC Shakhtar Donetsk
May Ivan Ordets FC Illichivets Mariupol Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk
July Maksym Koval FC Dynamo Kyiv Roman Pidkivka FC Karpaty Lviv
August Ivan Ordets FC Illichivets Mariupol Roman Pidkivka FC Karpaty Lviv
September Serhiy Bolbat[1] FC Metalurh Donetsk Eduard Sobol FC Shakhtar Donetsk
October Serhiy Bolbat[2] FC Metalurh Donetsk Dmytro Yarchuk[3] FC Tavriya Simferopol
November Serhiy Bolbat
Redvan Memeshev[4]
FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Volyn Lutsk
Dmytro Yarchuk FC Tavriya Simferopol
2013 (final)[5] Ivan Ordets FC Illichivets Mariupol Eduard Sobol FC Shakhtar Donetsk

2014[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March[6] Serhiy Bolbat FC Metalurh Donetsk Roman Pidkivka FC Karpaty Lviv
April[7] Mykyta Shevchenko FC Zorya Luhansk Roman Pidkivka FC Karpaty Lviv
May Serhiy Bolbat FC Metalurh Donetsk Eduard Sobol FC Shakhtar Donetsk
August[8] Ruslan Malinovskyi[9] FC Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych[10] FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
September Serhiy Bolbat[11] FC Metalist Kharkiv Valeriy Luchkevych[12] FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
October Mykyta Shevchenko FC Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
November Serhiy Myakushko[13] FC Hoverla Uzhhorod Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2014 (final)[14] Ruslan Malinovskyi FC Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

2015[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Serhiy Hryn[15] FC Illichivets Mariupol Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
April Serhiy Hryn FC Illichivets Mariupol Maryan Shved FC Karpaty Lviv
May Serhiy Hryn FC Illichivets Mariupol Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
August Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk
September Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk
October [16] Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk
November Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk Oleksandr Zinchenko FC Ufa
2015 (final) [17] Ivan Petryak FC Zorya Luhansk Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk

2016[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March[18] Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Maryan Shved Sevilla FC
April[19] Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksiy Hutsulyak FC Karpaty Lviv
May Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksiy Hutsulyak FC Karpaty Lviv
August Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Denys Balanyuk FC Dnipro
September[20] Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv
October Roman Yaremchuk FC Oleksandriya Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv
November Artem Besyedin FC Dynamo Kyiv Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv
2016 (final)[21] Viktor Kovalenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv

2017[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Artem Besyedin FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Dnipro
April Artem Besyedin FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Dnipro
May Artem Besyedin FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Dnipro
July Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Stanislav Bilenkyi FC Olimpik Donetsk
August Mykola Matviyenko FC Vorskla Poltava Stanislav Bilenkyi FC Olimpik Donetsk
September Mykola Matviyenko FC Vorskla Poltava Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
October Mykola Matviyenko FC Vorskla Poltava Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
November Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
2017 (final) Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk

2018[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
April Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
May Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Andriy Lunin FC Zorya Luhansk
July Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Vladyslav Supriaha SC Dnipro-1
August Maryan Shved FC Karpaty Lviv Vladyslav Supriaha FC Dynamo Kyiv
September Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Vladyslav Vakula FC Mariupol
October Mykola Shaparenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv
November Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv
2018 (final) Viktor Tsyhankov FC Dynamo Kyiv Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv

2019[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Heorhiy Tsitaishvili FC Dynamo Kyiv
April Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Heorhiy Tsitaishvili FC Dynamo Kyiv
May–June Andriy Lunin CD Leganés Danylo Sikan FC Mariupol
August Bohdan Lyednyev FC Zorya Luhansk Oleksandr Nazarenko SC Dnipro-1
September Bohdan Lyednyev FC Zorya Luhansk Vladyslav Supriaha SC Dnipro-1
October Bohdan Lyednyev FC Zorya Luhansk Oleksandr Nazarenko SC Dnipro-1
November Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Danylo Sikan FC Shakhtar Donetsk
2019 (final) Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Heorhiy Tsitaishvili FC Dynamo Kyiv

2020[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Vladyslav Supriaha SC Dnipro-1 Arseniy Batahov SC Dnipro-1
April–May COVID-19 pandemic
June Andriy Lunin Real Oviedo Pavlo Isenko FC Vorskla Poltava
Jule Vladyslav Supriaha SC Dnipro-1 Anatoliy Trubin FC Shakhtar Donetsk
September Vladyslav Supriaha FC Dynamo Kyiv Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
October Viktor Korniyenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
November Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
2020 (final) Vitalii Mykolenko FC Dynamo Kyiv Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv

2021[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
February Anatoliy Trubin FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
March Anatoliy Trubin FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
April Anatoliy Trubin FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
May Anatoliy Trubin FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
August Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
September Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
October Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
November Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv
2021 (final) Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Illya Zabarnyi FC Dynamo Kyiv

2022[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Russo-Ukrainian War
April Russo-Ukrainian War
May Russo-Ukrainian War
September Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Nazar Voloshyn FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
October Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Marko Sapuha FC Rukh Lviv
November Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Nazar Voloshyn FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2022 (final) Mykhailo Mudryk FC Shakhtar Donetsk Nazar Voloshyn FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

2023[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Heorhiy Sudakov FC Shakhtar Donetsk Anton Tsarenko FC Dynamo Kyiv
April Vladyslav Vanat FC Dynamo Kyiv Anton Tsarenko FC Dynamo Kyiv
May Volodymyr Brazhko FC Zorya Luhansk Andriy Buleza FC Mynai
August Illya Zabarnyi AFC Bournemouth Bohdan Slyubyk FC Rukh Lviv
September Heorhiy Sudakov FC Shakhtar Donetsk Bohdan Slyubyk FC Rukh Lviv
October Heorhiy Sudakov FC Shakhtar Donetsk Yevheniy Pastukh FC Rukh Lviv
November Illya Zabarnyi AFC Bournemouth Yehor Yarmolyuk Brentford F.C.
2023 (final) Heorhiy Sudakov FC Shakhtar Donetsk Yehor Yarmolyuk Brentford F.C.

2024[edit]

Month Player (Under-21) Club Player (Under-19) Club
March Nazar Voloshyn FC Dynamo Kyiv Taras Mykhavko FC Dynamo Kyiv
April
May
August
September
October
November
2023 (final)

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