# Oleksiy Kovtun

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Ковтун; born 5 February 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Keflavík in Iceland.

## 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.

## National Team

On May 16, 2015, it became a potential warehouse of Ukraine U20, which will go viral until New Zealand, and it will be available before the match in the championship of the world.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 22 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Poltava | 2015-16 | Ukrainian First League | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Poltava | 2016-17 | Ukrainian First League | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| Poltava | 2017-18 | Ukrainian First League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Minsk | 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2018-19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2019-20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rukh Brest | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Mynai | 2020-21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 2021-22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keflavík | 2023 | Besta deild karla | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Keflavík | 2024 | Deild karla | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 159 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 8 |