Officially: FC "Kryvbas" has signed four new football players

FC "Kryvbas" signed the first summer newcomers. Defenders 24-year-old Ihor Snurnitsyn, 21-year-old Bakari Konate and 23-year-old Oleksandr Drambayev, as well as 22-year-old striker Oche Ochovechy signed agreements with our Club. Snurnitsyn and Drambaev represent Ukraine, Konate represents Mali, and Ochovechi represents Nigeria.

Volodymyr Bayenko, general director of FC Kryvbas:

- "Kryvbas" Football Club works for the long term. We sign young, talented footballers, we sign for a long term and together we become stronger. We believe in our newcomers and expect that everyone will quickly adapt to "Kryvbas" and will bring benefits to the Club.

Contracts with Konate and Drambaev are concluded for 4 years, with Snurnitsyn and Ochovechy - for 3 years.

Ihor Snurnitsyn was born on March 7, 2000 in Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk region. Role: central defender. Height - 184 cm, weight - 74 kg. Previous club: "Zorya" Luhansk. Number in "Kryvbas": 74. National team of Ukraine: U-16 (2015-2016) - 8 matches, U-17 (2016-2017) - 9\1 goal, U-18 (2017) - 1, U-19 ( 2018-2019) – 13\1, U-20 (2018-2019) - 2, U-21 (2020-2021) - 1.

In 2019, he became the world champion as part of the Ukrainian U-20 national team.

He is a pupil of "Olympic-UOR" Donetsk (2013-2014), "Torpedo-VUFK" Mykolaiv (2014-2016).

Professional career:

"Olympic" Donetsk (2017-2021) - 47 matches, "Zorya" Luhansk (2021-2023) - 37.

Oleksandr Drambaev was born on April 21, 2001 in Zaporizhzhia. Role: right defender. Height - 186 cm, weight - 74 kg. Previous club: "Shakhtar" Donetsk. Number: 15. National team of Ukraine: U-18 (2019) - 1, U-19 (2019) - 2, U-21 (2021-2023) - 8, U-23 (from 2024).

Professional career:

"Shakhtar" U-19 Donetsk (2018-2020) - 18\1, "Shakhtar" U-21 Donetsk (2020-2021) - 25\2, "Mariupol" (2021-2022) - 24, "Mariupol" (boys ) (2021) – 1\1, Zülte-Waregem Waregem, Belgium (2022-2023) – 22\1, “Osijek” Croatia (2023-2024) – 16.

Bakari Konate born April 17, 2003 in Bamako, Mali. Role: right, central, left defender. Height - 177 cm, weight - 71 kg. Previous club: Salgueiros (Portugal). Number: 66.

Professional career:

Vilaverdense U-19 Vila Verdi, Portugal (2021-2022), Vilaverdense Vila Verdi, Portugal (2023-2024) - 14\2, Salgueiros Paranjus, Portugal (2023-2024).

Oche Odoba Ochovechi born October 13, 2001 in Benue State, Nigeria. Role: Striker, Right Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder. Height - 179 cm, weight - 73 kg. Previous club: Feirense Feira, Portugal. Number: 4.

Professional career:

Remo Stars Nigeria (2018), Plateau United Nigeria (2018-2021), Feirense Feira, Portugal (2021-2024) – 62\9.

FC "Kryvbas" is happy to welcome newcomers to our big red-white family. Kryvbas is us!

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