When it comes to center-back options, former Bochum player Ivan Ordets recently held talks with league rival Arminia Bielefeld.

Ivan Ordets recently took a closer look at the situation at Arminia Bielefeld. The second-division club tested the 33-year-old center back in team training. “I would like to continue playing in the Bundesliga,” Ordets said back in the summer, but he seems to have overestimated his chances.

And it appears there is no future for the Ukrainian in Bielefeld either. This is now being reported by “kicker.” The DSC officials reportedly do not see the center back as the defensive reinforcement they had hoped for.

Since Ordets’ contract with VfL Bochum expired last summer, the center back would have been available on a free transfer. So now he has to keep looking elsewhere.

Ordets began his professional career at the historic club Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was initially loaned out several times to the Ukrainian club Illichivets Mariupol to gain playing experience in the top Ukrainian league.

In March 2013, he made his debut in the Ukrainian Premjer-Liha. After several loan spells, Ordets became a regular in the Shakhtar squad starting in the 2014–15 season and won the Ukrainian championship three times in a row with the club from 2017 to 2019. He also won three cup titles (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18) and the 2017 Ukrainian Super Cup.

In 2018–19, however, he had to undergo Achilles tendon surgery. In the 2019/20 season, he moved to Russia to join Dynamo Moscow. In 2022, Ordets then transferred to German Bundesliga newcomers VfL Bochum.

There, he became a key player in the defense. By the time of his departure last summer, Ordets had played in 82 competitive matches, scoring one goal and providing two assists.

Internationally, Ivan Ordets progressed through the Ukrainian youth national teams and made his debut for the senior national team in 2014, scoring his first international goal in a friendly against Niger. He has made twelve appearances for his country to date.