Ruslan Levyha

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Ruslan Levyha
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Ivanovych Levyha
Date of birth (1983-01-31) 31 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Kupiansk, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999 Svitanok Kharkiv
1999–2000 Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
2000–2003Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 60 (18)
2001–2003Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 51 (10)
2003Metalurh-2 Donetsk (loan) 6 (1)
2004Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 0 (0)
2004Arsenal-2 Kyiv (loan) 1 (0)
2004Sokol Saratov (loan) 10 (0)
2005Borysfen Boryspil (loan) 11 (3)
2005–2006Illichivets Mariupol (loan) 23 (3)
2007Vorskla Poltava (loan) 15 (0)
2008–2010 Chornomorets Odesa 54 (6)
2010 Tobol 11 (1)
2011 Baku 13 (0)
2012–2013 Olimpik Donetsk 26 (8)
2013–2014 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 40 (6)
2016 Velyka Bahachka
2017 Solli Plyus Kharkiv
International career
2003 Ukraine U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruslan Ivanovych Levyha (Ukrainian: Руслан Іванович Левига; born 31 January 1983) is a Ukrainian football forward.

Career[edit]

He played for Persha Liha side FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.

He previously played for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League, a club he joined in January 2008, FC Tobol of the Kazakhstan Premier League and FK Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League.

In February 2011, Levyha signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Baku.[1]

Levyha was injured in a road traffic accident on 6 October 2014, which killed his FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Assistant Manager Serhiy Zakarlyuka.[2] On 6 March 2020, Levyha was sentenced to 4-years in jail.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Левига останется в Бакы. azerisport.com (in Russian). Azerisport. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ Погиб Сергей Закарлюка. ua.tribuna.com/ (in Russian). ua.tribuna. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Руслан Левига осужден на 4 года тюрьмы за ДТП, в котором погиб Закарлюка". terrikon.com (in Russian). Terrikon. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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