Oleksandr Rykun
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleksandr Valeriyovych Rykun | ||
Date of birth | 6 May 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Metalist Kharkiv (scout) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk | 37 | (7) |
1997 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 24 | (1) |
1998–2003 | Illichivets Mariupol | 114 | (29) |
2003–2006 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 71 | (10) |
2006–2010 | Metalist Kharkiv | 91 | (9) |
2010 | Vorskla Poltava | ||
National team‡ | |||
2002–2006 | Ukraine | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2011–2016 | Metalist Kharkiv (scout) | ||
2020– | Metalist Kharkiv (scout) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 September 2010 |
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 is also a player, a midfielder for FC Dnipro.
Career[]
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 Chernomorets Odessa. The best player of Ukrainian Premier League 2003-04.
Statistics[]
- 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 Ukrainian national football team.
External links[]
- Profile of Oleksandr Rykun
- Oleksandr Rykun at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- Oleksandr Rykun at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Oleksandr Rykun at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dnipro
- Ukrainian footballers
- Ukraine international footballers
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Ukrainian Second League players
- FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk players
- FC Metalist Kharkiv players
- FC Mariupol players
- FC Dnipro players
- FC Vorskla Poltava players
- Association football midfielders
- Ukrainian football midfielder, 1970s births stubs