Ruslan Kostyshyn
Encyclopedia
Ruslan Kostyshyn is a professional
and international
Ukrainian
football
midfielder who plays in the Ukrainian Premier League
club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
.
, 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 on of the vice-captains of the club, and captained Kryvbas
four times.
Professional
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and international
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
midfielder who plays in the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....
.
Career
Kostyshyn began his career in Podillya-KhmelnytskyiFC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi
FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi is a Ukrainian football team based in Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. It was founded in 2007. Originally the team was called FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi but they renamed themselves to Dynamo Khmelnytskyi on March 2, 2009 so as not to be directly associated with the...
, from which he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv
FC CSKA Kyiv
FC CSCA Kyiv was a Ukrainian association football club that competed in the Ukrainian Second League. The team withdrew from theprofessional league 4 September 2009.-History:...
, Arsenal Kyiv
FC Arsenal Kyiv
FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...
, Dnipro
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...
and in 2007 he joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....
. Kostyshyn played 270 matches in the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
and managed to score 26 goals. He is currently on of the vice-captains of the club, and captained Kryvbas
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....
four times.
Olympics
Kostyshyn represented Ukrainian National Team in the Olympics, during which he played 3 games.Achievements
Team- Ukrainian Premier LeagueUkrainian Premier LeagueThe Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
Bronze: 2004Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04-Final standings:-Top goal scorers:-European competitions:Champion's Cup Champion's Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Cup -External links:*... - Ukrainian Cup FinalistUkrainian CupThe Ukrainian Cup is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup , under special circumstances the finalist also may enter...
1998, 2000, 2003