Ukrainian center back Oleksandr Svatok joined Austin FC via transfer from SC Dnipro-1 in summer of 2024. Svatok signed a three-and-a-half-year guaranteed contract with the Club through the end of the 2027 season with an option for 2028.
Svatok (pronounced “oh-leck-sahn-der s-vah-tok”) represented Ukraine at UEFA EURO 2024. Svatok has previously made seven (7) appearances for Ukraine.
Svatok spent four (4) seasons with SC Dnipro-1 in his hometown of Dnipro, Ukraine, serving as the team’s captain. He made 108 appearances for SC Dnipro-1 including eight (8) appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Svatok began his professional career with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, the unofficial predecessor of SC Dnipro-1, making his senior debut in 2014. He spent the first part of the 2014/2015 season on loan with Volyn Lutsk before returning to Dnipro. In 2017 he joined fellow Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk and played all six (6) of the team’s UEFA Europa League group stage matches that season, scoring against Hertha Berlin.
He transferred to Hajduk Split in Croatia and spent one (1) year there before joining SC Dnipro-1 in January 2020. In each of his final three (3) seasons there, Dnipro-1 finished in the top four (4) of the Ukrainian Premier Liga, with Svatok playing 67 of the team’s 90 league matches during that stretch.
