Ruslan Levyha

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Levyha.

Ruslan Ivanovych Levyha (Ukrainian: Руслан Іванович Левига; born 31 January 1983) is a Ukrainian football forward.

Ruslan Levyha

Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Ivanovych Levyha
Date of birth	(1983-01-31) 31 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kupiansk, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1999	Svitanok Kharkiv
1999–2000	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2007	Shakhtar Donetsk	0	(0)
2000–2003	→ Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	60	(18)
2001–2003	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	51	(10)
2003	→ Metalurh-2 Donetsk (loan)	6	(1)
2004	→ Arsenal Kyiv (loan)	0	(0)
2004	→ Arsenal-2 Kyiv (loan)	1	(0)
2004	→ Sokol Saratov (loan)	10	(0)
2005	→ Borysfen Boryspil (loan)	11	(3)
2005–2006	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	23	(3)
2007	→ Vorskla Poltava (loan)	15	(0)
2008–2010	Chornomorets Odesa	54	(6)
2010	Tobol	11	(1)
2011	Baku	13	(0)
2012–2013	Olimpik Donetsk	26	(8)
2013–2014	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	40	(6)
2016	Velyka Bahachka
2017	Solli Plyus Kharkiv
International career
2003	Ukraine U21	3	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He played for Persha Liha side FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.

He previously played for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League, a club he joined in January 2008, FC Tobol of the Kazakhstan Premier League and FK Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League.

In February 2011, Levyha signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Baku.^[1]

Levyha was injured in a road traffic accident on 6 October 2014, which killed his FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Assistant Manager Serhiy Zakarlyuka.^[2] On 6 March 2020, Levyha was sentenced to 4-years in jail.^[3]