Ruslan Lyubarskyi (born 29 September 1973) is a Ukrainian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. He is mostly known for his time playing in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

in the

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and

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...

in the Israeli Premier League.

Career

Lyubarski was born in

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, Ukraine. He spent six seasons in Slovakia, where he led 1. FC Košice to two championships. He had a brief spell with Sparta Prague. He also played for

in Israel for four seasons, also playing with the club in the Intertoto Cup. Lyubarskyi came to Metalurh in 2004, and debuted in a match against Tavriya Simferopol. In 2008 he came back to play in Slovakia as he signed for

Humenné Humenné (; hu, Homonna; ukr, Гуменне) is a town in the Prešov Region ("kraj") in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the La ...

. On 17 July 2015, Lyubarski moved to TJ Družstevník Radvaň nad Laborcom, a small amateur club that plays in 4. Liga.

Honours

: 1997, 1998 *

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: 2011–12

References

External links

Profile on Official Metalurh Website
* 1973 births People from Bar, Ukraine Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football forwards AC Sparta Prague players FC VSS Košice players ŠK Futura Humenné players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players 3. Liga (Slovakia) players 4. Liga (Slovakia) players 5. Liga players Israeli Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Sportspeople from Vinnytsia Oblast FC CSKA Kyiv players {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1970s-stub