Serhiy Patula

Serhiy Patula (Ukrainian: Сергій Степанович Патула; born May 5, 1986) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Patula began his career at the youth level in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2004, he was elevated to the professional level by signing with Ros Bila Tserkva in Central Ukraine. Patula would leave Bila Tserkva in 2008 to play in the Crimean peninsula with Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine. After a three-year run with different clubs in the Crimean region, he returned to the Dnipropetrovsk region with Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk. His career spent in the Dnipropetrovsk area would last for six seasons. In 2017, he finished his career by playing two seasons abroad in Canada.

Club career

Ukraine Patula began his career at the youth level with Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk, and later joined Shakhtar Donetsk's academy in 2000. After three years with Shakhtar's youth team, he played with Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk's reserve team in the Dnipropetrovsk regional league.

In 2004, he joined the professional ranks by signing with Ros Bila Tserkva in the Ukrainian Second League. After three and a half seasons in the country's third-tier league, he began playing in the Ukrainian First League with Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine. In his second season with the Crimean-based club, he made his debut in the Ukrainian Cup tournament against Sevastopol. In the early winter of 2009, he was transferred to Sevastopol. His tenure with Sevastopol was short-lived, as he joined Khimik Krasnoperekopsk in 2010. In his final season with Dniprodzerzhynsk, he started against premier league side Illichivets Mariupol in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Cup.

Following his departure from the professional circuit, he joined with VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka in the Dnipropetrovsk regional league. For the remainder of the 2013 season, he played with FC Olimpik Petrykivka until the 2015 season. In 2015, he played with Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk's reserve team. In his debut season in the Canadian circuit, he helped Vorkuta win the league's first division title. In the playoff tournament, Vorkuta was eliminated in the semifinal round by Scarborough SC.

Patula re-signed with Vorkuta for the 2018 season.

Honors Khimik Krasnoperekopsk

Republican Football Federation of Crimea: 2010

FC Vorkuta

CSL Championship: 2018

Canadian Soccer League First Division: 2017