| Viktor Budyansky | |
| Fullname: | Viktor Igorevich Budyansky |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Vovchansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2001–2004 |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventus |
| Years1: | 2004–2006 |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2005 |
| Clubs2: | → Reggina (co-ownership) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2005–2006 |
| Clubs3: | → Avellino (loan) |
| Caps3: | 28 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2006–2007 |
| Caps4: | 31 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2007–2012 |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2008 |
| Clubs6: | → Lecce (loan) |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2009 |
| Clubs7: | → Khimki (loan) |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 91 |
| Totalgoals: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2003 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2007 |
| Nationalteam2: | Russia |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Viktor Igorevich Budyansky, sometimes Boudianski (Russian: Виктор Игоревич Будянский, born 12 January 1984) is a retired association footballer who played as a midfielder. He last played for Italian club Udinese.
Budyanskiy started his Italy career at Juventus along with Ilyos Zeytulayev and Serhiy Kovalenko after a trial. He signed a five-year contract on 10 August 2001.[1] He played his first league match for the club on 2 May 2004 against Perugia.
After graduation from youth team in June 2004, along with Ilyos Zeytulayev they were unable to register as a Juve player. At first FIGC declared that their remained two years contract did not fulfill the regulation and void them (FIGC declared that their contract was a youth contract and should be a maximum of three years) and a non-EU player at that time cannot sign a contract extension, thus they were released. But after an appeal, the appeal committee stated that a foreigner can sign a professional contract regardless his age, FIGC regulations only protected domestic youth product could only sign a contract for more than three years after 18, thus available to Juve since December.[1]
he joined Reggina in a co-ownership deal for just €1000, along with Ilyos Zeytulayev in January 2005.[2] In June 2005, Juventus bought back Budyanskiy for the same price (€500) and let Zeytulaev went to Reggina permanently.
In July 2005, Budyanskiy was loaned to Avellino of Serie B.
In July 2006, he was sold to Ascoli in another co-ownership deal for undisclosed fees. In June 2007, Ascoli bought the remain half for €900,000.[3]
In August 2007 he joined Udinese and in January 2008 left for Lecce. He played at Lecce for a year and joined Khimki in another one-year loan, along with team-mate Jani Tapani Virtanen, which also made Udinese had an extra non-EU registration quota.
In January 2010 he returned to Italy but failed to make a single appearance.
Born in Ukraine, Budyanskiy has Russian citizenship and played a few matches for the Russia national team at a junior level[4] and finally debuted for the senior team on 2 June 2007 as he came in as a substitute in the match against Andorra.[5]