The goalkeeper of the Kyiv " 30-year-old football player of the Ukrainian national team signed a contract with al-Shabab for two and a half years.
According to Transfermarkt, the transition cost a Saudi club 3 million euros. Bushchan spent the entire professional career in Dynamo, having traveled the path from the Academy to the main composition. also played in the Champions League and the Europa League.
This season, the goalkeeper spent 27 matches in all tournaments, and played in total for Dynamo 181 fights.
Al-Shabab, after 17 rounds, ranks sixth in the Saudi Arabia Championship, having 29 points in the asset.
Commenting on his transition, Bushchan left a touching message on Instagram, admitting that it was difficult for him to leave his native club, which became his family. He thanked everyone who has been nearby for 16 years, and expressed faith in the team and its future. The goalkeeper noted that it will always remain part of Dynamo and will support the club, and also remembered the fans and the military who protect Ukraine.
Al-Shabab is the oldest football club Er-Riyada, founded in 1947. The first serious success came to him in 1988, when the team won the Cup of the Saudi Football Federation. Three years later, Al-Shabab first became the champion of the country, laid the foundation for its dominance in the 1990s. During this period, the club won the national championship three times in a row (1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93), three times won the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and twice became the winner of the Arab Champions Cup.
In the 21st century, Al-Shabab continued a successful performance, having won three more champion titles (2003/04, 2005/06, 2011/12), winning twice in the Saudi Champions Cup and winning the Saudi Saudi Super Bowl in 2014. At the international level, the club has achieved significant success, becoming the owner of the Cup of Asian Cups in 2001, as well as winning the Arab Super Cup and the Persian Gulf Champions Cup twice. In the Champions League AFK, the quarterfinals of 2006 remains his best achievement.
Thus, al-Shabab is one of the most titled clubs in Saudi Arabia, stably fighting for high places both at the national and international level.