Serhiy Rybalka

Serhiy Oleksandrovych Rybalka (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Рибалка, born 1 April 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for LNZ Cherkasy.[2]

This article is about the footballer. For the politician, see Serhiy Rybalka (politician).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Rybalka.

Serhiy Rybalka
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Oleksandrovych Rybalka
Date of birth (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990
Place of birth Yamne, Sumy Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 LNZ Cherkasy
Number 37
Youth career
2003–2006 Arsenal Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Arsenal Kharkiv 48 (20)
2008–2010 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 75 (13)
2010–2018 Dynamo Kyiv 67 (2)
2013–2014 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 37 (8)
2017–2018 → Sivasspor (loan) 21 (1)
2018–2021 Sivasspor 31 (4)
2021–2023 Oleksandriya 40 (4)
2023– LNZ Cherkasy 1 (0)
International career‡
2008–2009 Ukraine U18 5 (0)
2008–2009 Ukraine U19 11 (1)
2010 Ukraine U20 2 (0)
2010–2012 Ukraine U21 10 (6)
2015– Ukraine 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner2009 Ukraine
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 May 2019

Club career

Arsenal Kharkiv

Born in Yamne, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Rybalka was the top scorer in Arsenal Kharkiv's history, by scoring 20 goals and surpassing Yuriy Martiniuk who had 19 goals. He caught the interest from many clubs, including from the Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa who saw him as a very talented and perspective youth player. However, he chose to go to FC Dynamo Kyiv.[3][4]

Dynamo Kyiv

Rybalka made his senior team debut on 21 September 2011 in the Ukrainian Cup 3–2 victory against Kremin Kremenchuk.[5] He opened the score in the 14th minute, hitting the free kick into the upper corner.[6] A month later, on 23 October 2011, he made his Ukrainian Premier League debut, coming on at half time in a 6-1 thrashing of Zorya Luhansk.[5][7]

After the debut, Rybalka struggled to establish himself in the squad. In order to help his development, it was decided to loan him to Czech club Slovan Liberec until the end of the 2012–2013 season.[8] Rybalka immediately became one of the key players for Slovan, and in the summer of 2013 his loan was extended for one more season.[9] Rybalka again featured prominently in the side, helping Slovan reach the Round of 32 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

After a successful loan spell, Rybalka returned to Dynamo for the 2014–15 season. New team manager Serhii Rebrov put a lot more trust in him than did Dynamo's previous managers Yuri Syomin and Oleh Blokhin, by making him a permanent fixture in midfield. On 17 May 2015, in a 1-0 Ukrainian Premier League victory against Dnipro, Rybalka assisted on what became the title-clinching goal by Domagoj Vida.[10] On 16 September 2015, Rybalka made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2–2 draw against Portuguese team FC Porto in the group stage, he assisted Dynamo's second goal which was scored by Vitaliy Buyalskyi on the 89th minute which gave Dynamo a draw.

Sivasspor

On 8 September 2017, Rybalka was loaned to Sivasspor, who had just returned to the Turkish Super League after a one-year absence.[11] After a season on loan, Sivasspor bought Rybalka out of his Dynamo Kyiv contract, and signed him to a three-year deal.[12]

International career

Rybalka was part of the Ukraine U-19 team that won the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. On 27 July 2009, in the last match of the group stage against Switzerland, with hosts Ukraine playing a man down and facing elimination from the tournament, Rybalka scored in the 85th minute to establish the final score (1-0), and to propel Ukraine into the semifinal round.[13] He ended up playing in three of his team's five matches, including the Final against England.[14]

On 31 March 2015, Rybalka made his senior team debut for Ukraine in a friendly match against Latvia, coming on at half-time for Dynamo Kyiv teammate Denys Garmash.[15] He became a regular player for Ukraine for the remainder of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, featuring in the last six matches, including the play-offs against Slovenia. Rybalka was on Ukraine's squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 final tournament in France, but did not play in any of his team's matches.

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 May 2019[16][15]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal Kharkiv 2006–07 Ukrainian Second League 13 4 1 0 — — 14 4
2007–08 35 16 2 2 — — 37 18
Total 48 20 3 2 — — 51 22
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2008–09 Ukrainian First League 28 3 — — — 28 3
2009–10 29 7 — — — 29 7
2010–11 18 3 — — — 18 3
Total 75 13 — — — 75 13
Dynamo Kyiv 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 1 1 — — 3 1
2014–15 22 1 7 0 11[lower-alpha 1] 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 41 1
2015–16 17 0 1 0 7[lower-alpha 3] 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 26 0
2016–17 26 1 3 0 5[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 34 1
Total 67 2 12 1 23 0 2 0 104 3
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2012–13 Czech First League 14 2 4 0 11[lower-alpha 1] 3 — 29 5
2013–14 23 6 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 26 6
Total 37 8 5 0 13 3 — 55 11
Sivasspor (loan) 2017–18 Süper Lig 21 1 1 0 — — 22 1
Sivasspor 2018–19 Süper Lig 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
Total 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
Career Total 274 46 22 3 36 3 2 0 334 52
  1. All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  3. All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of 19 May 2019[17][18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2015 8 0
2016 1 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Other

References
  1. "Rybalka Serhiy - FC Dynamo Kyiv. Official club website". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. Serhiy Rybalka at Soccerway
  3. 29-07-2008 13:59 – "Динамо" укрепилось 18-летним хавбеком "Арсенала"- UA-Football
  4. Сергей Рыбалка подписал контракт с "Динамо" 19 July 2008
  5. "Serhiy Rybalka". FC Dynamo Kyiv official website. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  6. Кремень 2:3 Динамо / Кубок Украины, 1/16 финала; онлайн, анонс, статистика, отчёт. football.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. Динамо 6:1 Заря / Украина. Премьер-лига, 14 тур; онлайн, анонс, статистика, отчёт. football.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. Сергей Рыбалка уходит в аренду в "Слован" [Serhiy Rybalka is going on loan to Slovan]. dynamo.kiev.ua (in Russian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. "Слован" продлил аренду Рыбалки еще на год [Slovan extended Rybalka's loan for one more year]. UA Football (in Russian). 6 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. Динамо 1:0 Днепр / Украина. Премьер-лига, 24 тур; онлайн, анонс, статистика, отчёт. Football.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  11. Sergiy Rybalka Demir Grup Sivasspor´umuzda
  12. Рыбалка перешел из Динамо в Сивасспор [Rybalka switched from Dynamo to Sivasspor] (in Russian). football.ua. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  13. "U19 EURO 2009 Ukraine » Group A » Switzerland - Ukraine 0:1". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  14. "Serhiy Rybalka » U19 EURO 2009 Ukraine". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  15. "Ukraine - S. Rybalka - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  16. "Serhiy Rybalka". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  17. "Serhiy Rybalka - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  18. "Serhiy Rybalka". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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