Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun (; born 5 February 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for SR Donaufeld in Austria.
Career Kovtun is a product of the FC Dynamo School System. As part of the Kievites, he spent four seasons in the youth football league. According to the results of the 2011/12 championship, he was recognized as the best defender of the U-17 tournament. After completing his studies for half a season, he played for the Kievites in the first ever Ukrainian Championship among 19-year-olds
Metalist Kharkiv After which he continued his career in Metalist Kharkiv. He made his debut for FC Metalist in the match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 1 March 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Poltava At the end of August 2015 he moved to Poltava, in which he made his debut on August 30 in an away match against Dynamo-2, replacing Dmitry Shastal in the 46th minute of the meeting. On 27 May 2016 he scored away on the victory against Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni in the season 2015–16 in Ukrainian First League. On 3 May 2017 he scored against Helios Kharkiv in Ukrainian First League in the season 2015–16. On 21 September 2016 he scored in Ukrainian Cup against Zirka Kropyvnytskyi and on 26 October 2016 against Karpaty Lviv in the season 2016-17.
Karpaty Lviv In summer 2018 he moved from FC Minsk to Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League.
Rukh Brest In 2020 he moved to Rukh Brest, in Belarusian Premier League, where in the season 2020 Belarusian Premier League, he got 8th place in the league with the team and played 17 games scoring 1 goal against Dinamo Minsk giving the victory for 0–1 away for Rukh Brest at Traktor Stadium.
Mynai On 21 January 2021 he moved from Rukh Brest to Mynai in Ukrainian Premier League where he played 4 games.
Desna Chernihiv In September 2021 he moved to Desna Chernihiv the first team of Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League. The club took Kovtun in order to reinforce the defense. Kovtun will perform with six number and the details of the contract are not reported. On 12 September 2021 he made his debit against Vorskla Poltava at the Butovsky Vorskla Stadium replacing Serhiy Bolbat at the 89 minute. On 21 September 2021 he played against Metalist Kharkiv in Ukrainian Cup in the season 2021-22. On 15 November 2021 he played against Olimpik Donetsk in the friendly match at the Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv. In January 2022, he ended his contract with the club of Chernihiv.
Keflavík In April 2023 he moved to Keflavík in Besta deild karla.
Donaufeld Wien In February 2025 he signed for Donaufeld Wien, where he won the Austrian Regionalliga.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPoltava 2015–16Ukrainian First League2310000002312016–17Ukrainian First League3112200003332017–18Ukrainian First League150000000150Minsk 2018Belarusian Premier League5000000050Karpaty Lviv 2018–19Ukrainian Premier League1602000001802019–20Ukrainian Premier League6000000060Rukh Brest 2020Belarusian Premier League171200000191Mynai 2020–21Ukrainian Premier League4000000040Desna Chernihiv 2021–22Ukrainian Premier League4010001060Keflavík 2023Besta deild karla2011000002112024Deild karla182100000192SR Donaufeld 2024–25Austrian Regionalliga East1330000001332025–26Austrian Regionalliga East2801000002902026–27Austrian Regionalliga East6010000060Career total2069102001021711
Honours Donaufeld Austrian Regionalliga: (Regionalliga Ost) 2024–25
References
External links Profile on Official FC Desna Chernihiv website