Vasyl Kobin
Kobin with the national team in October 2009
Vasyl Kobin Wassylowytsch (Ukrainian Василь Васильович Кобін, English transcription Vasyl Kobin Vasilyevich; born 24 May 1985 in Strabytschowo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Club career
Vasyl Kobin began his career at Zakarpattya Uzhhorod in his homeland, the Transcarpathian Oblast on the Slovakian border. There he had already played in his youth. In 2004, he was with the club champion in the second Ukrainian league and entered thus into the Premjer - Liha, the top division of the country on. When he with his club still was able to reach the league the following year, Uzhhorod increased in 2006 as a Table again. Kobin then left the club and moved to Karpaty Lviv Erstligaaufsteiger. As a regular player, he reached the club in the next three years to 2009, in each case a mid-table position in the league. He was then of Shakhtar Donetsk, one of the most successful Ukrainian clubs and officiating at this time UEFA Cup winners, committed. With Donetsk he won in the following years, several times the national championship, the Cup and the Super Cup. He played together with famous footballers like Darijo Srna or Willian. After a first successful season 2009/10 Vasyl Kobin came in the following years, however, are less in use.
National
During his successful start time in Donetsk Vasyl Kobin was also first appointed to the Ukrainian national football team. By 2011, he completed eleven internationals.
Achievements
- Ukrainian Championship: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Ukrainian Cup: 2011, 2012
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2010, 2012