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Vadym Zhuk
Personal information
Full name	Vadym Vadymovych Zhuk
Date of birth	15 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Bayern Hof
Number	3
Youth career
2004–2008	Knyazha Shchaslyve
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Lviv
2009–2010	→ Lviv-2
2012–2015	Desna Chernihiv
2016	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2016	Spartak Subotica
2017	Sumy
2017	Desna Chernihiv
2018	Poltava
2018–2020	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2020–2021	Polissya Zhytomyr
2021	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
2021–2022	Desna Chernihiv
2022–	Bayern Hof
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

Vadym Vadymovych Zhuk (Ukrainian: Вадим Вадимович Жук; born 15 April 1991) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bayernliga Nord club Bayern Hof.^[2]

Career

Zhuk is the product of the FC Knyazha Shchaslyve academy system.

From 2012 until 2015, he played for Desna Chernihiv, with whom he won the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League.

In 2016 he moved to Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih.^[3]

In 2017 he signed with Desna Chernihiv for the second time. In the 2017–18 season, he helped the team earn promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[5]

On 22 July 2021 he returned to Desna Chernihiv on a one-year contract.^[8] On 25 July, he made his Ukrainian Premier League debut against Chornomorets Odesa at the Stadion Yuri Gagarin, replacing Oleksandr Safronov in the 71st minute.^[9]

On 24 July 2022 he moved to Bayern Hof in the Landesliga Bayern-Nordost.^[10] On 29 July he played his first match with the new club against Würzburger FV at the Stadion Grüne Au.^[11]

As of match played 20 November 2022^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lviv-2 (On Loan)	2009–10	Ukrainian First League	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Lviv	2010–11	Ukrainian First League	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Lviv	2011–12	Ukrainian First League	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Desna Chernihiv	2012–13	Ukrainian Second League	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
	2013–14	Ukrainian First League	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
	2014–15	Ukrainian First League	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	1
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	2015–16	Ukrainian First League	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Spartak Subotica	2016–17	Serbian SuperLiga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Sumy	2016–17	Ukrainian First League	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Desna Chernihiv	2017–18	Ukrainian First League	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Poltava	2017–18	Ukrainian First League	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2018–19	Ukrainian First League	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2019–20	Ukrainian First League	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Polissya Zhytomyr	2020–21	Ukrainian First League	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Desna Chernihiv	2021–22	Ukrainian Premier League	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Bayern Hof	2022–23	Bayernliga	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Career total			243	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	254	3

Desna Chernihiv

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^ "Predstavljena prva pojačanja" (in Serbian). FK Spartak Subotica official website. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
^ "Вадим Жук повертається до Чернігова". www.ua-football.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "ВАДИМ ЖУК". www.fcpoltava.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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^ "Вадим Жук вернулся в Десну". www.football.ua. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Desna 3 - 0 Chornomorets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "Український хавбек – у "Баварії"?". www.sportyvka.com.ua. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "SpVgg Bayern Hof – Würzburger FV 2:2 (1:1)". www.bayern-hof.de. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ Vadym Zhuk at Soccerway
^ "Ukraine - V. Zhuk - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.