Oleksandr Rybka

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Yevhenovych and the family name is Rybka.
Oleksandr Rybka
Personal information
Full nameOleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka
Date of birth10 April 1987
Place of birthKyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Dynamo Kyiv
Number23
Youth career
2000-2002Dynamo Kyiv
2002Zmina-Obolon Kyiv
2002-2003Kyiv-Skhid Kyiv
2004Vidradnyi Kyiv
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006Dynamo-3 Kyiv12(0)
2005–2008Dynamo-2 Kyiv30(0)
2005–2009Dynamo Kyiv14(0)
2010–2011Obolon Kyiv29(0)
2011–2012Shakhtar Donetsk25(0)
2014–Dynamo Kyiv16(0)
National team
2002Ukraine-152(0)
2002-2003Ukraine-1611(0)
2003-2004Ukraine-1711(0)
2003-2005Ukraine-1811(0)
2005Ukraine-195(0)
2006-2009Ukraine-2111(0)
2011–Ukraine2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2015

Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka (Ukrainian: Олександр Євгенович Рибка) (born 10 April 1987 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper currently playing for Dynamo Kyiv.

Career

He was a goalkeeper for the Ukrainian national under-21 football team along with Bohdan Shust becoming the vice-champion at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

In the 2007–2008 season, due to injury, he made four appearances for FC Dynamo Kyiv conceding 3 goals. He then made his UEFA Champions League debut against Real Madrid C.F. in 2006/2007 season's group stage. Dynamo lost the game 5–1 in Madrid and Rybka made a memorable performance, even though he conceded a 5th and final goal of the match from a penalty kick.

In 2011, Rybka had signed for FC Shakhtar. In Shakhtar, he would put up some great performances, and would eventually become the starting goalkeeper. However, this momentum stopped. Rybka received a two-year ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance diuretic in a league game against Karpaty Lviv in November 2011 lasting until January 10, 2014 meaning he would miss the 2012 UEFA European Championships which were being co-hosted by Ukraine alongside Poland.

On 1 November 2013, Rybka re-signed for Dynamo Kyiv. The 3 year contract he signed began in January 2014, when his ban was terminated.

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