Denys Olehovych Bunchukov (; born 20 June 2003) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lithuanian Dà ¾iugas Club.
Bunchukov was born in Kyiv.
Bunchukov joined the academy of Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv at the age of ten, and spent five years with the club. After falling out of favour with Dynamo's youth coaches, he left the club and moved on to Arsenal Shchaslyve and Atlet Kyiv, spending short spells with each before moving to England in 2020 to enrol at the Brooke House College, playing for their representative football team. Having failed to secure a professional contract in England, he unsuccessfully trialled at Belgian sides Eupen, URSL Visé and Union in summer 2021, before another unsuccessful trial at Standard Liège later the same year.
The following February, he returned to Belgium to trial with Seraing. While on trial, the Russian invasion of Ukraine escalated the Russo-Ukrainian War in his native Ukraine, and he was given refugee status by the Belgian government, giving him an allowance of â¬1,100 a month, while Seraing did not have to offer him a contract. He made his debut with Seraing in a 4âÂÂ0 home loss to Genk on 27 August 2022, playing 69 minutes before being replaced by Valentin Guillaume.
In July 2025 removed to lithuanian Dà ¾iugas Club. On 27 July 2025 he made debut against FK Sà «duva
Bunchukov was called up to the Ukraine under-21 squad for friendlies against Israel and Georgia in November 2022, going on to make his debut against the latter.