The agreement with FC BATE was concluded by 23-year-old midfielder Andrei Patapenka, a graduate of our club.

In 2011-17 Patapenka studied at the FC BATE football school, and in 2018 he was transferred to the reserve team, for which he played for two years (2018-19). During this time, he played 55 matches, scored 14 goals and gave 13 assists, and became the champion (2019) and bronze medalist (2018) of the youth team tournament. He made his debut in the main team of the Yellow-Blues on July 11th, 2018 in the 1/16 finals of the Belarus Cup against the FC Energetik-BGU. In total, he has 3 matches for FC BATE - all cup matches.

Then he played for FС Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, FC Smolevichi, FC Slutsk and FC Gomel. Together with the FC Gomel he won the 2021/22 Belarusian Cup, defeating FC BATE in the final (2:1).

At this point, Patapenka played 86 matches in the Major League, scored 4 goals and gave 6 assists.