Vitaliy Hrusha

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Hrusha (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Груша; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Obolon Kyiv.

Vitaliy Hrusha

Personal information
Full name	Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Hrusha
Date of birth	(1994-02-20) 20 February 1994
Place of birth	Vilbivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Obolon Kyiv
Number	25
Youth career
2006–2007	Enerhetyk Netishyn
2007–2008	UFK-Karpaty Lviv
2007–2011	Shturm Kostopil
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Burevisnyk Kremenets (amateurs)
2014	Velbivno (amateurs)	14	(1)
2015–2016	ODEK Orzhiv (amateurs)	49	(11)
2017–2022	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	129	(28)
2022–	Obolon Kyiv	49	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024

Career

Early years

Hrusha is a product of several sports schools throughout western Ukraine including UFK-Karpaty Lviv. His first coach was Volodymyr Matyuk.

Amateur years

In 2013 Hrusha started to play for the Burevisnyk Kremenets in the regional competitions of Ternopil Oblast, later joined a team from his native village that participated in competitions of Rivne Oblast and in 2015 – ODEK Orzhiv. With ODEK Orzhiv he also played in the national amateur competitions. In the spring of 2017 Hrusha joined Ahrobiznes Volochysk, with which he became national champion among amateurs.

Ahrobiznes Volochysk

He made his professional debut for Ahrobiznes Volochysk in the away match against Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk on 14 July 2017 in the Ukrainian Second League scoring a hat-trick in a 5–2 win.

External links

• Vitaliy Hrusha at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Vitaliy Hrusha at Soccerway
• Vitaliy Hrusha at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Vitaliy Hrusha: My dream is to obtain trophies of the highest quality (Віталій Груша: "Моя мрія – здобути трофеї найвищого ґатунку"). FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk (from Sport Arena). 21 July 2017