Artem Padun

Artem Vasilevich Padun (Артём Васильевич Падун; born 2 August 1983) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chernihiv.

Player career
He started his career in 2000 with Desna Chernihiv. Between 2007 and 2008, he played nine matches for Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva, and in summer 2009, moved back to Desna Chernihiv. Two years later, he moved to Avangard Korukivka, where he played 64 matches and won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship twice and the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup once. In summer 2021, he moved to rival club FC Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Second League.

Coach career
In 2015, he was appointed as coach of Avanhard Koryukivka before moving on to SDYuShOR Desna later in the year. In 2020 he become the goalkeeping coach of FC Chernihiv.

Philanthropy
In 12 March 2022, together with Valentyn Krukovets, Volodymyr Chulanov, Oleksandr Babor, he organized a charity tournament at Chernihiv Stadium to raise money to reconstruct the house of Volodymyr Matsuta which was destroyed by Russian troops during the Siege of Chernihiv.

Honours

 * FC Avanhard Kriukivka
 * Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 2012, 2013
 * Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup 2013


 * Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva
 * Ukrainian Second League: 2008–09