Taras Bondarenko

Born in Zaporizhzhia, Bondarenko started playing in the SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia which serves as a junior team for the FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia franchise. He made his debut as senior playing with FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia in the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League. Nest season he played with FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Reserves and Youth Team in the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves where he made 22 appearances. Following two seasons, between 2010 and 2012, Bondarenko played again with Metalurh-2 in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons of the Ukrainian Second League where all together Bondarenko made 40 appearances and scored five goals in those two seasons. That two last seasons were marked by unfortunate events, in the first one, 2010–11, Metalurh main team got relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League for the first time ever since Ukrainian independence. Next season, despite the fact that the main club archived its come back to Ukrainian elite, it was the reserves squad, Metalurh-2, which ended up the season relegated, thus leaving many perspective players such as Bondarenko, which Metalurh was forming for its near future to prepare for the main team, without a solid platform where to play. Eventually this meant many players left the club, among them Bondarenko as well, which joined FC Poltava. It ended up being a good move for Bondarenko since he grabbed the starting line-up spot of the main team. He played with Poltava the entire 2014–15 and the beginning of the…

Taras Bondarenko is the son of Roman Bondarenko, a Turkmenistan international footballer.