Ruslan Kostyshyn

Ruslan Kostyshyn

Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Volodymyrovych Kostyshyn
Date of birth	(1977-01-08) 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
2022–2023	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