Kovalivsky Kolos officially announced the signing of a contract with one of the most successful and titled Ukrainian football players - football player Taras Stepanenko. The legendary midfielder turns to the Ukrainian Premier League.

Let’s remember that on September 30, 2025, Taras Stepanenko said goodbye to Shakhtar Donetsk, having stolen a lot of rocks. After leaving the Girniki camp, Gravec tried his hand at the Turkish Superliz, where he played for the Eupspor team.

The foreign stage of his career turned out to be unbreakable, and the footballer decided to return to Ukraine. A gravel with a colossal background has arrived to Kolos. Stepanenko has 87 fights behind him at the warehouse of the national team of Ukraine and the status of a true legend of Ukrainian football.

The era of Taras in the Donetsk Shakhtar lasted for 15 seasons. In one hour, I collected a huge collection of trophies: 10 Ukrainian Champion titles; 8 Cups of Ukraine; . The orange-black football team has a record of 439 official matches in all tournaments. Of these, 288 games fell on the UPL, 76 on the Champions League, 29 on the European League, 35 on the Ukrainian Cup and 11 on the Super Cup..

Regardless of the position of a supporting player, Stepanenko scored 30 goals and provided 25 assists. In addition, Taras was a strong leader of the team: in over 100 matches he led the Donetsk team onto the field with the captain's bandage.

Now the invaluable evidence of Stepanenka and his leader’s nuts are being consumed on the bark of the Kovalivsky Kolos. The new team will have Taras at number 27.