{{short description|Ukrainian footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Denys Skepskyi | image = Denys Skepskyi.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Denys Skepskyi after the game for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya | fullname = Denys Volodymyrovych Skepskyi | height = 1.78 m | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|7|5}} | birth_place = Chernihiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2000–2003 | youthyears2 = 2002–2003 | youthyears3 = 2003–2004 | youthyears4 = 2004 | youthclubs1 = Yunist Chernihiv | youthclubs2 = SDYuShOR Desna | youthclubs3 = Desna-2 Chernihiv | youthclubs4 = Dynamo Kyiv | years1 = 2003 | years2 = 2004 | years3 = 2004–2006 | years4 = 2006–2009 | years5 = 2010–2011 | years6 = 2011 | years7 = 2011 | years8 = 2012 | years9 = 2012 | years10 = 2013 | years11 = 2014 | years12 = 2015 | years13 = 2015–2017 | years14 = 2017 | years15 = 2018 | years16 = 2018 | years17 = 2019 | years18 = 2020–2022 | years19 = 2022–2023 | years20 = 2023 | years21 = 2024 | clubs1 = Desna Chernihiv | clubs2 = Dynamo-3 Kyiv | clubs3 = Dynamo-2 Kyiv | clubs4 = Dynamo Moscow | clubs5 = Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | clubs6 = → Metalurh Zaporizhya (loan) | clubs7 = Desna Chernihiv | clubs8 = Belshina Bobruisk | clubs9 = Poltava | clubs10 = Torpedo Moscow | clubs11 = Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | clubs12 = Desna Chernihiv | clubs13 = Cherkaskyi Dnipro | clubs14 = Desna Chernihiv | clubs15 = Mykolaiv | clubs16 = Polissya Zhytomyr | clubs17 = Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | clubs18 = Viktoriya Mykolaivka | clubs19 = Niva Buzova | clubs20 = Kudrivka | clubs21 = Lisne | caps1 = 2 | caps2 = 19 | caps3 = 23 | caps4 = 5 | caps5 = 19 | caps6 = 4 | caps7 = 7 | caps8 = 16 | caps9 = 14 | caps10 = 12 | caps11 = 7 | caps12 = 12 | caps13 = 38 | caps14 = 14 | caps15 = 5 | caps16 = 7 | caps17 = 26 | caps18 = 0 | caps19 = 15 | caps20 = 17 | caps21 = 32 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 3 | goals6 = 2 | goals7 = 3 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 5 | goals10 = 1 | goals11 = 0 | goals12 = 3 | goals13 = 12 | goals14 = 0 | goals15 = 0 | goals16 = 1 | goals17 = 3 | goals18 = 0 | goals19 = 3 | goals20 = 3 | goals21 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = Ukraine U18 | nationalyears2 = 2005 | nationalteam2 = Ukraine U19 | nationalyears3 = 2006 | nationalteam3 = Ukraine U21 | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2025 | managerclubs1 = Lisne (coach) | manageryears2 = 2025– | managerclubs2 = Lisne (Athletic trainer) | pcupdate = 31 December 2023 | ntupdate = 12 August 2015 }} {{family name hatnote|Volodymyrovych|Skepskyi|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
'''Denys Volodymyrovych Skepskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Денис Володимирович Скепський}}; born 5 July 1987) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as defensive midfielder. He is currently a coach for Ukrainian club Lisne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Скепский Денис Владимирович |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/15505-skepskiydenisvladimirovich |website=www.footballfacts.ru |accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Скепський Денис |url=https://start.uaf.ua/players/9217 |website=start.uaf.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref>
==Player career== He started his career at Yunist Chernihiv before moving to SDYuShOR Desna and Dynamo Kyiv academies. In 2013 he moved to Torpedo Moscow in the Russian Football National League and signed a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Денис Скепский: «Меня пригласил Борис Игнатьев» |url=https://sport.pl.ua/news/352/ |website=sport.pl.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> He helped the club to be promoted in Russian Premier League, but in July 2014 he was released by the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Воспитанник черниговского футбола уехал из Москвы |url=https://m.gorod.cn.ua/news_56247.html |website=gorod.cn.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> In 2019 he moved to Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi in Erovnuli Liga 2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Скепський перейшов в грузинський клуб |url=https://sport.ua/uk/news/433871-skepskiy-pereshel-v-gruzinskiy-klub |website=sport.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> In 2018 he moved to Niva Buzova in the Ukrainian First League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Офіційно: Денис Скепський підписав контракт із "Поліссям" |url=https://www.footboom1.com/ua/ukrainian/2/1537435082-ofitsiino-denys-skepskyi-pidpysav-kontrakt-iz-polissiam.html |website=sport.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref>
In 2023 he signed for Kudrivka in the Ukrainian Second League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ексхавбек московського динамо підписав контракт із командою Другої ліги |url=https://sport.ua/uk/news/634933-ekshavbek-moskovskogo-dinamo-pidpisav-kontrakt-iz-komandoyu-drugoi-ligi |website=sport.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref> In January 2024 he was released by the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Скепский Денис Владимирович |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/15505-skepskiydenisvladimirovich |website=www.footballfacts.ru |accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Дебютант Второй лиги расстался с капитаном, который прошел систему Динамо |url=https://sport.ua/news/663080-debyutant-vtoroy-ligi-rasstalsya-s-kapitanom-kotoriy-proshel-sistemu-dinamo |website=sport.ua |accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref>
==Managerial career== In 2025, he was appointed as a coach of Lisne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Чернігівець став тренером культового футболіста «Динамо» |url=https://www.0462.ua/news/3961657/cernigivec-stav-trenerom-kultovogo-futbolista-dinamo?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=0462.ua |website=0462.ua |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Niva Buzova * Ukrainian Second League: 2022–23
;Viktoriya Mykolaivka * Ukrainian Football Amateur League: 2019–20 * Ukrainian Amateur Cup: Runners-up 2019–20
;Desna Chernihiv * Ukrainian First League: 2017–18
;FC Metalurh Zaporizhya * Ukrainian First League: 2011–12
==Gallery==
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|denis-skepsky/6438}} *{{FFU player}}
{{FC Lisne managers}} {{FC Yunist Chernihiv}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skepskyi, Denys}} Category:1987 births Category:Footballers from Chernihiv Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:FC Desna Chernihiv players Category:FC Desna-2 Chernihiv players Category:FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players Category:FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players Category:Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Category:Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war Category:SDYuShOR Desna players Category:FC Yunist Chernihiv players Category:FC Dynamo Moscow players Category:FC Volgar Astrakhan players Category:FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Category:FC Belshina Bobruisk players Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players Category:FC Poltava players Category:FC Cherkashchyna players Category:FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk players Category:MFC Mykolaiv players Category:FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Category:Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Category:FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi players Category:FC Viktoriya Mykolaivka players Category:FC Nyva Buzova players Category:FC Kudrivka players Category:FC Lisne players Category:FC Lisne managers Category:FC Lisne non-playing staff Category:Russian Premier League players Category:Russian First League players Category:Ukrainian First League players Category:Ukrainian Second League players Category:Belarusian Premier League players Category:Erovnuli Liga 2 players Category:Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Category:Ukraine men's youth international footballers Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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