Ruslan Volodymyrovych Kostyshyn (born 8 January 1977) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current football manager of Kazakhstani club Aksu.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ruslan Volodymyrovych Kostyshyn | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aksu (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 45 | (3) |
| 1994 | → Advis Khmelnytskyi (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1996–2002 | CSKA / Arsenal Kyiv | 130 | (11) |
| 1997–2001 | → CSKA-2 Kyiv | 52 | (9) |
| 2002–2007 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 190 | (13) |
| 2004 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 116 | (6) |
| 2012 | → Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 548 | (42) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2021 | Kolos Kovalivka | ||
| 2022– | Aksu | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Kostyshyn began his career in Podillya-Khmelnytskyi, from which he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, Dnipro and in 2007 he joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Kostyshyn played 270 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League and managed to score 26 goals. He is currently one of the vice-captains of the club, and captained Kryvbas four times.
Olympics edit
Kostyshyn represented Ukraine national team in the Olympics, during which he played 3 games.
Achievements edit
Team
- Ukrainian Premier League Bronze: 2004
- Ukrainian Cup Finalist 1998, 2000, 2003
Personal edit
Ruslan has a brother Vitaliy Kostyshyn who plays football and later became a coach as well as his son Denys Kostyshyn also became footballer.
External links edit
- Ruslan Kostyshyn at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Ruslan Kostyshyn at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Official Website Profile
- Profile on Football Squads
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