In the summer of 2019 he moved on loan to Desna Chernihiv and made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League as a second-half substitute player in a winning home match against Vorskla Poltava on 3 August 2019.

[3] In the summer of 2020 he agreed to extend his contract for one more year with Desna Chernihiv[4][5] Konoplya played in the first European match in the history of the club against Wolfsburg in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round at the AOK Stadion.

[6] On 30 September 2020 he played against Rukh Lviv in the Ukrainian Cup with the Chernihiv club qualifying for the round of 16.

[13] Konoplya was part of Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

He was included in the Ukraine national under-21 football team, playing in five matches and winning the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament in 2019[15] On 8 September 2020, he scored a goal against Finland in a 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier.