Ruslan Mykolayovych Yermolenko (Ukrainian: Руслан Миколайович Єрмоленко) is a Ukrainian retired footballer.[1][2] Yermolenko is credited as being possibly the youngest player ever played in the Ukrainian Cup.[3]

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Ruslan Yermolenko
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Mykolayovych Yermolenko
Date of birth (1983-10-18) 18 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Chernihiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1998–2002Dynamo-3 Kyiv 62 (9)
1998–2002Dynamo-2 Kyiv 44 (5)
2002–2003 Obolon Kyiv 8 (0)
2003Obolon-2 Kyiv 5 (0)
2003 Nyva Vinnytsia 13 (2)
2004 Metalist Kharkiv 1 (0)
2004Metalist-2 Kharkiv 8 (1)
2004–2005 Nyva Vinnytsia 30 (3)
2005–2006 Stal Alchevsk 7 (0)
2006 Borysfen Boryspil 10 (0)
2007 Desna Chernihiv 30 (2)
2008 Dnister Ovidiopol 32 (3)
2009 Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 11 (0)
2009–2010 Desna Chernihiv 16 (4)
2010–2011 Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 10 (1)
2014–2015 Arsenal Kyiv 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Club career

Ruslan Yermolenko started his football career in the football system of Dynamo Kyiv playing for its reserve teams in lower leagues from 1998 until 2002. He made his professional debut on 18 June 1998 for FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv when he came out as a substitute for Dmytro Bermudes in a home win against FC Borysfen Boryspil.

In the beginning of the 2002–03 he was transferred out to Dynamo's city rivals Obolon Kyiv for which Yermolenko finally made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League, when on 2 September 2002 he came out as a substitute for Oleh Tymchyshyn in home win against FC Metalurh Zaporizhia. After a winter break later that season he was demoted to reserves and played for Obolon-2 Kyiv.

In 2003 he played for Metalist Kharkiv and Metalist-2 Kharkiv. In 2004 he returned to Nyva Vinnytsia where he played 30 matches and scored 3 goal. In 2005 he played for Stal Alchevsk, Borysfen Boryspil and in 2006 he moved to Desna Chernihiv the main club of the city of Chernihiv where he played 2 seasons, playing 30 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2007 he moved to Dnister Ovidiopol playing 32 matches and 11 matches with Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine. In 2009 he returned to Desna Chernihiv, where he played 16 matches and scored 4 goals.[4] In 2010 he played 10 matches with Krymteplytsia Molodizhne and scoring 1 goal.[5][6] In 2014 he moved to Arsenal Kyiv.

International career

Yermolenko was a member of the Ukraine national U-18 team that qualified for the 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Finland.

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv
Dynamo-2 Kyiv

References

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