Bohdan Butko
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Bohdan Butko is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
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 football
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 defender
Defender (football)
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 for FC Illichivets Mariupol 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...

 on loan from FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

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Early life and career

Butko was born in Kostyantynivka, in the Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Donetsk. Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region...

 and went to the youth academy of his local club Shakhtar Donetsk. Upon completion of the school, Butko was promoted first to Shakhtar-3 Donetsk of the Ukrainian Second League
Ukrainian Second League
The Ukrainian Second League is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine. The league is lower than the Ukrainian First League and the lowest level of professional football competitions in the country. Druha Liha is the third level of...

, followed by the Shakhtar reserves
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves and Youth Team
Shakhtar Donetsk Reserves are the reserve team of Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club.- Youth Squad :Squad is as of May 29, 2011.- External links :...

, where he would spend three seasons.

Professional career

He went on loan to Volyn Lutsk in 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...

 on 16 July 2010. He would go on to play 27 league games and score three goals for them in the 2010-11 season.

In the 2011-12 season, he went on loan to FC Illichivets Mariupol of the Ukrainian Premier League.

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