*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2019
Roman Datsiuk (born September 7, 1988) is a Ukrainian footballer.
Club career
Ukraine
Datsiuk played at the futsal level initially in 2008 with Ukrainian side Rivne Cardinal and later abroad in Poland with TPG Polkowice.[1]
He began playing at the outdoor level in 2007 in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League with FC Horizon Kostopil.[2] In 2012, he joined the professional ranks by signing with Slavutych Cherkasy of the Ukrainian Second League.[3][4][5][6] He would re-sign with Cherkasy the following season.[7][8] During the 2013-14 season, he helped the club reach the semi-finals of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Cup where they faced Shakhtar Donetsk.[9] He would conclude the season with 13 goals in 30 appearances.[10] The 2014-15 season marked his third year with Slavutych.[11] His final stint with the club ended during the winter transfer market where his contract with the organization was terminated.[12][13]
After three seasons in the Ukrainian third tier, he made his debut in the Ukrainian First League with Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk in the winter of 2015.[14][15][16] In his debut season with Stal, he helped the club in securing promotion to the Ukrainian top division.[17] He would remain in the second division the following season by signing with Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih.[18][19] His tenure with Hirnyk would last only a single season as he was released during the summer transfer market.[20][21][22]
His final season in the Ukrainian second division was during the 2016-17 campaign, where he secured a deal with Bukovyna Chernivtsi.[23][24] Datsiuk tenure with the western Ukrainian side was short-lived as he departed during the winter transfer market.[25] He appeared in 11 matches and scored 3 goals for Bukovyna.[10] In the winter of 2017, he played the remainder of the season with FC Ternopil.[1][26] At the conclusion of the season, Ternopil was relegated to the third division.[27] In total, he played in 14 matches and scored 1 goal.[10]
Canada
In the summer of 2018, he went abroad to play in the Canadian Soccer League with FC Ukraine United.[28] He would help the club in securing the divisional title and a playoff berth.[29][30] In the preliminary round of the postseason, the western Toronto side defeated Brantford Galaxy in a penalty shootout.[31] The club would be eliminated from the competition in the next round by Scarborough SC.[32] He would finish with 7 goals throughout the 2018 campaign.[33]
Return to Ukraine
After a season abroad he returned to the Ukrainian Football Amateur League to play with FC Malynsk.[34][35] Later in 2019, Datsiuk played for Svitanok-Agrosvit Shlyakhova.[36][37] In 2020, he played for Nyva Terebovlya.[38] He left in April 2021.[39] He then had a spell at Votrans Lutsk[40] before returning to Nyva Terebovlya later in 2021.[41]
^Stasko, Serhii (8 February 2013). "Ідеальний тренер. Версія гравців черкаського Славутича" ["The perfect trainer". The version of the players of Cherkasy "Slavutych"]. www.ua-football.com (in Russian). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^Stasko, Serhii (21 April 2013). "Роман Дацюк: Боротьба за друге місце ще попереду" [Roman Datsyuk: The fight for second place is still ahead]. www.ua-football.com (in Russian). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^Stasko, Serhii (11 November 2014). "Дацюк: Про майбутню команду ще рано говорити" [Datsyuk: It is too early to talk about the future team]. www.ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^Shvets, Sergey (28 December 2015). "Сталь Днепродзержинск. Закалка элитой" [Steel Dneprodzerzhinsk. Tempering by the Elite]. www.ua-football.com (in Russian). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^"Горняк запланировал три спарринга" [Miner has planned three sparring matches]. www.ua-football.com (in Russian). 20 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^"Горняк подписал экс-форварда Барсы" [The miner has signed the ex-forward of Barça]. www.ua-football.com (in Russian). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^"Дацюк покинул Горняк" [Datsyuk left Gornyak]. SPORTARENA.com (in Russian). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^Samoilov, Alexander (9 July 2016). "Буковину пополнили Дацюк и Снижко" [Bukovina was replenished by Datsyuk and Snizhko]. SPORTARENA.com (in Russian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^"Страница матча Футбол . SPORTARENA.com" [OBOLON-BROVAR BEAT TERNOPIL AT HOME, WHICH IS RELEGATED FROM THE FIRST LEAGUE]. SPORTARENA.com (in Russian). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^"Домашня мирова "карпатівців"" [In the 11th round of the Championship of Ukraine among amateur teams of the 2020/2021 season, Lviv "Karpaty" under the leadership of Andriy Tlumak drew with Lutsk "Votrans".]. ffl.org.ua. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
