Oleksandr Rybka

Oleksandr Rybka
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka
Date of birth	10 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Obolon Kyiv
Number	23
Youth career
2000–2002	Dynamo Kyiv
2002	Zmina-Obolon Kyiv
2002–2003	Kyiv-Skhid Kyiv
2004	Vidradnyi Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2010	Dynamo Kyiv
2005	→ Dynamo-3 Kyiv
2005–2008	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2010–2011	Obolon Kyiv
2011–2012	Shakhtar Donetsk
2014–2016	Dynamo Kyiv
2017–2018	Kardemir Karabükspor
2018	Afjet Afyonspor
2019–2020	Sabail
2020–2021	Liepāja
2021–2023	Metalist Kharkiv
2022	→ Boluspor (loan)
2023	Lviv
2023–	Obolon Kyiv
International career‡
2002	Ukraine U15
2002–2003	Ukraine U16
2003–2004	Ukraine U17
2003–2005	Ukraine U18
2005	Ukraine U19
2006–2009	Ukraine U21
2011–2015	Ukraine
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 May 2021

Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka (Ukrainian: Олександр Євгенович Рибка; born 10 April 1987) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Obolon Kyiv.^[1]

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 Championship 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.

In March 2022, he moved on loan to Boluspor.^[2]

In January 2023 he moved to Lviv.^[3]