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Oleksandr Rykun

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Oleksandr Rykun
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Valeriyovych Rykun
Date of birth (1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union
(now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Metalist Kharkiv (scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Metalurh Novomoskovsk 37 (7)
1998 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24 (1)
1998Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 3 (0)
1999–2003 Illichivets Mariupol 114 (29)
2001Illichivets-2 Mariupol 3 (1)
2003–2006 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 71 (10)
2006–2010 Metalist Kharkiv 91 (9)
2010 Vorskla Poltava 3 (0)
International career
2002–2006 Ukraine 8 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2016 Metalist Kharkiv (scout)
2020– Metalist Kharkiv (scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Rykun (Ukrainian: Олександр Валерійович Рикун; born 6 May 1978) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a midfielder and current scout at Metalist Kharkiv.

His son Anton is also a player, a midfielder for FC Dnipro.

Career

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Rykun started his career for FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk in 1995. He played there until 1997 when he transferred to Dnipro in 1997. In 1998, he transferred to FC Metalurh Mariupol where he played until 2003. He then transferred back to Dnipro. He debuted in the Vyscha Liha on 17 March 1998 against FC Chornomorets Odesa. The best player of Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04.

Statistics

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  • Rykun played 71 matches for Dnipro and scored 10 goals.
  • He played 114 matches for Mariupol and scored 29 goals.
  • He played 8 matches for the Ukraine national football team.
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