[1] Chekotun was born in Vinnytsia, and began to play football in his native town, where he joined local youth sportive school.
After that, he joined Shakhtar Donetsk academy in the age 13, where his first trainer was Volodymyr Savchenko.
After he continued his football formation in RVUFK Kyiv and in the FC Olimpik Donetsk youth sportive school systems.
Chekotun made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for FC Olimpik as a start squad player on 5 July 2020, playing in a losing home match against SC Dnipro-1.
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