Ruslan Fomin (; born 2 March 1986) is a Ukrainian retired

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 lea ...

who played as a forward.

Career

He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007. Fomin was also a member of the

Ukraine national under-21 football team The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth ootballteam of Ukraine () is one of junior national Association football, football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is manage ...

, as well as a former member of the under-18 and under-19 national football teams. On 16 January 2015, Fomin signed a six-month contract with

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

side

Gabala FK Gabala SC (, ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Qabala, which have competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. They will be set to play in Azerbaijan Premier League from 2025–26 season follo ...

. Fomin left Gabala at the end of his contract. He played for

Apollon Smyrni Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

in the

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Shakhtar Donetsk *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

: (4) 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2017–18 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( ) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qu ...

: 2017–18 ;Illichivets Mariupol *

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

: 2016–17 ;Ukraine under-21 *

UEFA Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...

: runner-up

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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* * 1986 births Living people Ukrainian people of Russian descent Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Football League (Greece) players FC Arsenal Kharkiv players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Mariupol players FC Zorya Luhansk players Gabala SC players FC Atyrau players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Footballers from Kharkiv Oblast FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players FC Chornomorets Odesa players 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-forward-1980s-stub