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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Zmina-Obolon Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Kyiv-Skhid Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Vidradnyi Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Dynamo Kyiv | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | →Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | →Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Obolon Kyiv | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Dynamo Kyiv | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Afjet Afyonspor | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Sabail | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Liepāja | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Metalist Kharkiv | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | →Boluspor (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Lviv | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Obolon Kyiv | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 238 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Ukraine U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Ukraine U16 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Ukraine U17 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Ukraine U18 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Ukraine U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Ukraine U21 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Chornomorets Odesa (goalkeepers coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka (Ukrainian:Олександр Євгенович Рибка; born 10 April 1987) is aUkrainian formerprofessionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.[1]
He was a goalkeeper for theUkrainian national under-21 football team along withBohdan Shust becoming the vice-champion at the2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
In the 2007–2008 season, due to injury, he made four appearances forFC Dynamo Kyiv conceding 3 goals. He then made hisUEFA Champions League debut againstReal 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 substancediuretic in a league game againstKarpaty Lviv in November 2011 lasting until January 10, 2014, meaning he would miss the2012 UEFA European Championship which were being co-hosted by Ukraine alongside Poland.
On 1 November 2013, Rybka re-signed forDynamo Kyiv. The 3-year contract he signed began in January 2014, when his ban was terminated.
In March 2022, he moved on loan toBoluspor.[2]
In January 2023 Rybka moved toFC Lviv.[3] On 1 July 2023, he joinedUkrainian Premier League sideFC Obolon Kyiv.[4]
After the 2024–25 season Rybka ended his active career as a football player.[5]
On 17 June 2025, was announced thatFC Chornomorets Odesa hired Rybka as goalkeepers coach.[6]
Dynamo Kyiv
Liepāja
Shakhtar Donetsk
