Ihor Melnyk (born 5 March 1983) is a Ukrainian
football
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forward
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People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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Career
Melnyk started his career with Torpedo Mykolaiv before moving to
Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine. with first
Metalist Kharkiv
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and then a short spell at
Helios Kharkiv. Melnyk then played for both
Ihroservice Simferopol and
Illichivets Mariupol before moving to
Azerbaijan
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with
Gabala on a one-year contract. In his only Season with Gabala, Melnyk scored 6 goals in 27 league games, finishing second in the club's goal scoring charts behind
Tomasz Stolpa.
Melnyk returned to Ukraine at the start of the
2011–12 season,
signing with
FC Sumy and helping them to promotion to the
Ukrainian First League
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, as well as the league title, the same season.
Career statistics
Honours
Team
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FC Sumy
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Ukrainian Second League
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: (1)
2011–12
References
External links
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Profile at Crimean Football Union
Ukrainian men's footballers
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Mykolaiv
Men's association football forwards
Gabala SC players
FC Torpedo Mykolaiv players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
FC Helios Kharkiv players
FC Ihroservice Simferopol players
FC Mariupol players
FC Gvardeyets Skvortsovo players
PFC Sumy players
FC Bakhchisaray players
FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne players
FC TSK Simferopol players
FC Metalist-2 Kharkiv players
FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol players
Crimean Premier League players
21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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