Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aleks is a graduate of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy of Valeriy Lobanovskyi, where he was enrolled in 1997 (aged 8) by Oleksandr Lysenko, and played at its various levels. In 2005 he was called up to Ukraine national under-17 football team. In 2006, he signed his first professional contract with the second division team Dynamo-3 Kyiv.
