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Oleksandr Rykun

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Playing position
  
Midfielder

Height
  
1.87 m

Role
  
Football player


Name
  
Oleksandr Rykun

Years
  
Team

Position
  
Midfielder

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Full name
  
Oleksandr Valeriyovych Rykun

Date of birth
  
(1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 37)

Place of birth
  
Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union

1995–1997
  
FC Metalurh Novomoskovsk

Oleksandr Rykun (Ukrainian: Олександр Валерійович Рикун; born 6 May 1978 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired football player of the Ukrainian national football team who played as a midfielder.

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His son Anton 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.

    • References

    Oleksandr Rykun Wikipedia
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