Ihor Bohdanovych Ilkiv ( uk, Ігор Богданович Ільків; born 15 March 1985) is a

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ...

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

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defender who plays for

FC Rukh Vynnyky FC Rukh Lviv ( ua, ФК «Рух» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. History In 200 ...

in the

Ukrainian Second League Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

Playing career

IIkiv began his career with

FC Karpaty-3 Lviv FC Karpaty-3 Lviv was a Ukrainian football farm-team of Karpaty Lviv from Lviv, Ukraine. Created in 1997, until 2001 it played as ''Karpaty-2 Lviv''. Name evolution In 2001 due to the merger between FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Lviv, Karpaty preserved ...

of the

. He also featured with

FC Karpaty-2 Lviv FC Karpaty-2 Lviv ( uk, ФК Карпати-2 Львів) was one of the three teams of the FC Karpaty Lviv. It was considered their junior squad with most of the players under 20 years of age. In 2010-2012 the team participated in the championsh ...

in the

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

. In 2005, he signed with

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region. History The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Ea ...

. During his tenure with

FC Lviv FC Lviv ( uk, ФК «Львів», pl, FK Lwów) is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv, that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League. While the first president of FC Lviv Oleksandr Didenko insisted that FC Lviv of 1 ...

helped the club win promotion to the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

in the 2008/2009 season. He later featured in the First League with

FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv , Beer-brewers) , founded = 13 June 1992 , ground = Obolon Arena , capacity = 5,100 , chairman = Oleksandr Slobodian , manager = Valeriy Ivashchenko , league = Ukrainian First League , season = 2020–21 , position = Ukrainian First League, ...

, and

FC Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian Fi ...

. In 2015, he went overseas to Canada to sign with

Toronto Atomic FC Toronto Atomic FC is a Canadian soccer club founded in 2013. The team is currently operating an indoor team in the Arena Premier League under the name Ukraine AC. Toronto also fields several youth teams in CAF - Canadian Academy of Futbol. While U ...

of the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; french: Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (C ...

. In 2016, he returned to Ukraine to sign with

in the Second League.

References

External links

Profile on Official FC Lviv WebsiteProfile on EUFO
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilkiv, Ihor 1985 births Living people Ukrainian men's footballers FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players FC Lviv players FC Obolon Kyiv players FC Karpaty-2 Lviv players FC Karpaty-3 Lviv players FC Nyva Ternopil players Toronto Atomic FC players FC Rukh Lviv players Ukrainian Premier League players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Men's association football defenders Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Footballers from Lviv