Andriy Budnyi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andriy Budnyi

| image = Andriy Budnyy.jpg

| fullname = Andriy Budnyi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|20}}

| birth_place = Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi

| collegeyears1 = 2001

| college1 = Bard Raptors

| collegeyears2 = 2002

| college2 = San Jose State Spartans

| collegeyears3 = 2004–2005

| college3 = Azusa Pacific Cougars

| years1 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Cascade Surge

| caps1 = 21

| goals1 = 18

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = Charlotte Eagles

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2006–2007

| clubs3 = Arsenal Bila Tserkva

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2007–2008

| clubs4 = Obolon Kyiv

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2007–2008

| clubs5 = → Obolon-2 Kyiv (loan)

| caps5 = 36

| goals5 = 24

| years6 = 2009–2010

| clubs6 = Carolina RailHawks

| caps6 = 43

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2009

| clubs7 = → Wilmington Hammerheads (loan)

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2011–2012

| clubs8 = Wilmington Hammerheads

| caps8 = 38

| goals8 = 16

| years9 = 2011–2013

| clubs9 = Syracuse Silver Knights (indoor)

| caps9 = 45

| goals9 = 33

| years10 = 2013

| clubs10 = VSI Tampa Bay

| caps10 = 18

| goals10 = 5

| years11 = 2015–2016

| clubs11 = Ontario Fury (indoor)

| caps11 = 3

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2016

| clubs12 = Southern California Seahorses

| caps12 = 8

| goals12 = 6

| years13 = 2017

| clubs13 = Golden State Force

| caps13 = 1

| goals13 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| medaltemplates =

| manageryears1 = 2016–

| managerclubs1 = Azusa Pacific Cougars (asst.)

| pcupdate = 7 May 2020

| ntupdate =

| caption = Budnyi playing against the Carolina Railhawks in 2010.

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Andriy Budnyi (born 20 September 1982) is a Ukrainian footballer.

Career

=College and amateur=

In 2002, Budnyi attended Bard College. He transferred to San Jose State University in 2002. He then transferred to Azusa Pacific University, where he earned the 2005 Golden State Athletic Conference and Region II Player of the Year award.

During his college years he also played two seasons with Cascade Surge in the USL Premier Development League, helping the team to two PDL Northwest Division titles, and being named to the PDL All-Western Conference teams in both 2004 and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/honors/79546.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516014423/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/honors/79546.html |archivedate=16 May 2010 }}{{Cite web |url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/honors/105393.html |title=PDL Honors |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808023853/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/honors/105393.html |archive-date=8 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}

=Professional=

Having spent much of the early part of 2006 training with Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, Budnyi signed his first professional contract with Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division on 28 June 2006,[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3335317 Charlotte Eagles Sign Ukrainian Forward Andriy Budnyy] and subsequently played in 8 games for the team, scoring 1 goal.

Budnyi returned to his homeland in 2006, playing initially for Arsenal Bila Tserkva and then for Obolon Kyiv. He was the top scorer for Obolon's reserves, FC Obolon-2 Kyiv, in the Ukrainian Second League in 2007–2008, with 20 goals.

Budnyi returned to the United States in early 2009, and joined Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division in April 2009. On 22 July 2009, the RailHawks sent him on loan for one game to the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division.[http://www.indyweekblogs.com/sports/2009/07/22/railhawks-central-station-budnyy-patterson-outbound-shields-inbound/ RailHawks central station: Budnyy, Patterson outbound, Shields inbound]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 22 February 2010 Carolina announced the re-signing of Budnyi to a new contract for the 2010 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=70 |title=Budnyy back in RailHawk attack |accessdate=2010-02-24 |work=NASL.com |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509080434/https://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=70 |url-status=dead }}

Budnyi joined USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads in February 2011.{{cite web|url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/501814.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2015-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313083058/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/501814.html |archivedate=13 March 2012 }}

Budnyi joined the Syracuse Silver Knights in 2011. He did not re-sign at the start of the new season.

Budnyi returned the struggling Syracuse Silver Knights after signing a contract after the 2012–13 season had begun to add more firepower to their attack.

References

External links

[https://athletics.apu.edu/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/andriy-budnyy/664 Azusa Pacific coaching profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163152/http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/roster/show/id/24 Carolina RailHawks bio]
{{FFU Profile|48580}}

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:North Carolina FC players

Category:Cascade Surge players

Category:Charlotte Eagles players

Category:San Jose State Spartans men's soccer players

Category:Azusa Pacific Cougars men's soccer players

Category:Syracuse Silver Knights players

Category:Wilmington Hammerheads FC players

Category:VSI Tampa Bay FC players

Category:Ukrainian men's footballers

Category:Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers