Ruslan Kostyshyn

Ruslan Kostyshyn
Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Volodymyrovych Kostyshyn
Date of birth	8 January 1977 (age 47)
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
1994–1996	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1994	→ Advis Khmelnytskyi (loan)
1996–2002	CSKA / Arsenal Kyiv
1997–2001	→ CSKA-2 Kyiv
2002–2007	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2004	→ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
2007–2012	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2012	→ Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (loan)
Total
Managerial career
2014–2021	Kolos Kovalivka
2022–	Aksu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Career

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

Kostyshyn represented Ukraine national team in the Olympics, during which he played 3 games.

Achievements

Team

Ukrainian Premier League Bronze: 2004
Ukrainian Cup Finalist 1998, 2000, 2003

Personal

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

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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