Ihor Kurylo

Ihor Mykhaylovych Kurylo (Ukrainian: Ігор Михайлович Курило; born 3 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.

Ihor Kurylo

Personal information
Full name	Ihor Mykhaylovych Kurylo
Date of birth	(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Zboriv, Ukraine
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Number	17
Youth career
2006–2009	VIK-Volyn Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Topilche (amateurs)	3	(0)
2012–2017	Ternopil	150	(10)
2017–2022	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	123	(9)
2022–	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	46	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhaylovych and the family name is Kurylo.

Club career

He began playing football at age 7. His first coach in the local sports school was Volodymyr Vasylchyshyn. Later he was invited to learn soccer skills for four years under the coach Vasiliy Matviykiv. At the same time he played in the Ukrainian Youth Football League for the team FC BRW-VIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi in Volodymyr.

After completing school he entered the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University, where there was a strong football team. After a while in 2011 he won a spot on the team, which won a regional championship, won a Super Cup and was a finalist of the Ukrainian Students' League.

In 2012, he began playing for FC Ternopil, which at the time was in the Ukrainian Second League. The team was promoted to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 3rd in the 2013–2014 season.

International career

He was the captain of Ukraine national student football team at the 2015 Summer Universiade in South Korea.

External links

• Ihor Kurylo at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Ihor Kurylo at Soccerway
• Player profile at FC Ternopil official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-03)