Daniil Dushevskiy

Daniil Dushevskiy
Personal information
Full name Daniil Dmitrievich Dushevskiy
Date of birth (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
OFK Beograd
Number 6
Youth career
2019–2021 Minsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Minsk 66 (7)
2024– OFK Beograd 1 (0)
2025Mladost Novi Sad (loan) 17 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Belarus U19 7 (0)
2022– Belarus U21 19 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2025

Daniil Dmitrievich Dushevskiy (Belarusian: Данііл Дзмітрыевіч Душэўскі; Russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Душевский; born 1 March 2004) is a Belarusian footballer who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd.[1]

Club career

Minsk

Beginning of the career

Dushevskiy is a graduate player of the football academy of the Minsk, which he joined at the age of 6, his first coach was Alexander Ivanovich Struk. He went through all the youth and junior teams in the club's structure. At the end of 2019, as part of the youth team, he became the champion of the country, later receiving the award for the best footballer of the year in the under-16 age category.[2] The following season in 2020, he went to play for the club's reserve team.[3] At the end of October 2021, he began to catch up with the club's main team. He made his debut for the club on October 31, 2021, in a match against Shakhtyor Soligorsk, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.[4] In his debut season, he played 3 matches for the club.

Season 2022

At the beginning of 2022, he fully joined the club's main team, with which he began to prepare for the new season. He played his first match of the new season on March 18, 2022, against Dinamo Minsk, entering the field in the starting lineup.[5] He scored his first effective action for the club on April 9, 2022, in a match against Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, and he giving an assist. [6] He scored his debut goal for the club in the next match on April 15, 2022, against Slutsk.[7] Based on the results of May 2022, he was recognized as the best player of the club.[8] Throughout the season, he was one of the key players of the club, scoring 2 goals and making 4 assists in all tournaments. At the end of the season, he and the club finished the championship in sixth place.

Season 2023

In January 2023, he and the club began preparing for the new season.[9] In February 2023, he suffered a serious injury during an off-season friendly, which is why he was out of the club's possession.[10] By the very beginning of the season, he had fully recovered from the injury. He was appointed captain of the first club. He played his first match of the new season on March 17, 2023, against MPKC Mozyr, entering the field in the starting lineup and scoring an assist.[11] He scored his first goal of the season on April 8, 2023, in a match against BATE Borisov.[12] In April 2023, he was included in the list of the most promising players under 20, where he took 15th place among defensive midfielders.[13] In May 2023, according to sources, Dinamo Minsk showed great interest in Dushevskiy.[14] He remained a key player in the club throughout the season, scoring 4 goals and making 2 assists. At the end of the season, he and the club finished the championship in ninth place.

Season 2024

In December 2023, information appeared that there was great interest in Dushevskiy from other clubs.[15] He started the new season for the club on March 3, 2024, with a quarterfinal match of the Belarusian Cup against Neman Grodno.[16] He played his first match in the championship on March 16, 2024, against BATE Borisov, entering the field in the starting lineup.[17] He scored his first goal for the club on June 22, 2024, in a match against Arsenal Dzerzhinsk. Throughout the first half of the season, he played for the club as one of the key players, scoring his only goal. In July 2024, he left the Minsk club, for which he managed to score 7 goals and 6 assists in all tournaments throughout the seasons.[18]

OFK Beograd

Season 2024/25 (loan at Mladost Novi Sad)

In July 2024, he moved to the Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd, signing a two-year contract.[19] He started the season on the bench, making his debut for the club on 19 October 2024 in a match against Spartak Subotica, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute. [20] At the end of February 2024, it was reported that the player could go on loan due to lack of playing practice. [21] In February 2025, he joined the Serbian First League club Mladost GAT on loan until the end of the season. [22] He made his debut for the club on 22 February 2025 in a match against Sloboda Užice, coming on as a substitute at the beginning of the second half. He scored his first goal for the club on 9 March 2025 in a match against GFK Dubočica, providing an assist.[23] At the end of the season, he and the club finished the main part of the championship in fourth place, going to the play-off round for promotion,[24] where they lost to the club Napredak Kruševac on aggregate.[25] Throughout the season, he played for the club as one of the main players, having distinguished himself with 3 assists.

International career

In August 2021, he was called up to the Belarus U19 national team.[26] He made his debut for the national team in early September 2021 in friendly matches against Russia U19. He also took part in the qualifying matches for the 2021 European U19 Championship, where he played one game against the Hungary U19 national team.[27]

In November 2022, he received a call-up to the Belarus U21 national team.[28] He made his debut for the national team on 16 November 2022 in a match against Iran U21.[29] He scored his debut goal for the national team on 5 June 2024 in a friendly match against Malta U21.[30]

Honours

Individual

  • Star Ball 2019: Best Footballer of the Year (U16)

References

  1. ^ Daniil Dushevskiy – Profile at int.soccerway.com
  2. ^ "В Falcon Club состоялась церемония награждения «Звездный мячик-2019»". footbik.by (in Russian). 26 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ "11 молодых игроков, которых вы вряд ли знаете, но они скоро будут разрывать белфутбол (один сейчас на просмотре в «Стандарде»)". by.tribuna.com (in Russian). 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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  5. ^ "Minsk vs. Dinamo Minsk". soccerway.com. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Minsk vs. Torpedo BelAZ". soccerway.com. 9 April 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Slutsk vs. Minsk". soccerway.com. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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  18. ^ "Даниил Душевский попрощался с «Минском»". bel.football (in Russian). 7 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Даниил Душевский пополнил сербский ОФК". football.by (in Russian). 7 July 2024.
  20. ^ "OFK vs. Spartak". soccerway.com. 19 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Душевский может уйти в аренду из ОФК". football.by (in Russian). 29 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Даниил Душевский отдан в аренду в "Младост ГАТ" из Нови-Сада". football.by (in Russian). 15 February 2025.
  23. ^ "Mladost NS vs. Dubočica". soccerway.com. 9 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Младост ГАТ на корак од повратка у Супер лигу: Новосађани обезбедили бараж, могу и директно у виши ранг". gradskeinfo.rs (in Serbian). 13 May 2025.
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  30. ^ "Clinical Belarussians give Malta no chance". mfa.com.mt. 6 June 2024.