Ruslan Kolokolov

Ruslan Kolokolov

Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Mykolayovych Kolokolov
Date of birth	(1966-03-11) 11 March 1966
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
1988–1991	Metalist Kharkiv	72	(0)
1992	Wisła Kraków	0	(0)
1992	→ Igloopol Dębica (loan)	32	(0)
1993–1994	Temp Shepetivka	28	(0)
1994	Zirka Kirovohrad	5	(1)
1995–1996	Metalurh Zaporizhia	46	(0)
1996–1997	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	16	(0)
1997–1998	Metalist Kharkiv	45	(3)
1997–1998	→ Metalist-2 Kharkiv (loan)	7	(0)
Total		251	(4)
International career
1986	Ukrainian SSR
1987	Soviet U21	1	(0)
Managerial career
2016–	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruslan Kolokolov (Ukrainian: Руслан Миколайович Колоколов; born 11 March 1966) is a former Ukrainian–Soviet professional football player.

Career

For a long time he played for FC Dynamo Kyiv reserves before moving to FC Metalist Kharkiv where he spent almost four seasons. Later he went abroad playing in Poland, but returned to Ukraine after a year.

After winning the Soviet Cup with FC Metalist Kharkiv, Kolokolov played couple of games at the 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (FK Borac Banja Luka).

In 1987 he played at least one friendly for the Soviet Union national under-21 football team in a home tie against the Greece national under-21 football team in Moscow.

Honours

• Soviet Cup winner: 1987–88.
• Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR winner: 1986.

External links

• Ruslan Kolokolov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)