Pavlo Shushko

Pavlo Shushko
Personal information
Full name Pavlo Serhiyovych Shushko
Date of birth (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Velyki Kopani, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Chernihiv
Number 38
Youth career
2013 Atlet Kyiv
2013–2017 Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Mariupol 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Kramatorsk (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2024 Mariupol 42 (0)
2025– Chernihiv 34 (2)
International career‡
2017 Ukraine U17 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 October 2025

Pavlo Serhiyovych Shushko (Ukrainian: Павло Сергійович Шушко; born 7 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Second League.

Club career

Early career

Shushko played for Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves, making his debut for FC Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second half-time substitute against Shakhtar Donetsk on 10 April 2021.

FC Kramatorsk (Loan)

In July, he was loaned to Kramatorsk in the Ukrainian First League.

FSC Mariupol

In 2022, he signed with Ukrainian First League club FSC Mariupol and made his debut on 26 November 2022 against Dinaz Vyshhorod.

FC Chernihiv

On 10 March 2025, he moved to Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Second League. On 11 April 2025, his scored his first goal with the new club against Lokomotyv Kyiv at the Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv. He made his contribution to get the club into the third place in the league and get promoted to Ukrainian First League. On 25 August 2025, he scored his first goal in Ukrainian Cup against Atlet Kyiv at the Atlet Stadium in Kyiv. On 15 February 2026, Pavlo signed a new contract extension with the club.

International career

Shushko was called up by the Ukraine under-17, where he played five matches.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Mariupol 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 1000000010
Kramatorsk (Loan) 2021–22 Ukrainian First League 110100000120
Mariupol 2022–23 Ukrainian First League 110200000130
2023–24 Ukrainian First League 270300000300
2024–25 Ukrainian First League 8010000090
Chernihiv 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League 6200003092
2025–26 Ukrainian First League 220510000271
2026–27 Ukrainian First League 6020000080
Career total 92214100301093

Honours

Chernihiv

Individual

References

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  2. ↑ Favbet Ліга. 21-й тур Матч №141 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 10 September 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Локомотив 0 : 3 Чернігів". pfl.ua. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Чернігів переміг Скалу 1911 в першому матчі за третє місце Другої ліги". sport.ua. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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  13. ↑ "Чвертьфіналіст Кубка України продовжив контракти одразу з чотирма гравцями". sport.ua. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "Чернігів продовжив контракти одразу з чотирма ключовими гравцями". ua-football.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  15. ↑ Pavlo Shushko at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "17 футболістів «Чернігова» стали майстрами спорту України за вихід у фінал національного кубка". suspilne.media. Retrieved 7 October 2026.