Ruslan Oleksandrovych Babenko (; born 8 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a

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for Polissya Zhytomyr.

Career

Babenko is a product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk academy. He made his first team debut in the Premier League in a match against Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih on 23 April 2011. On 19 February 2016, Babenko signed a 2-year deal for Tippeligaen club Bodø/Glimt coming as a free transfer. After just one season in Bodø/Glimt he left the club after they relegated.

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Profile on Official Dnipro Website
(Ukr) 1992 births Living people Footballers from Dnipro Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Dnipro players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Stal Kamianske players FK Bodø/Glimt players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Raków Częstochowa players FC Olimpik Donetsk players FC Polissya Zhytomyr players FC Metalist Kharkiv players SC Dnipro-1 players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ekstraklasa players Eliteserien players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub