Ruslan Babenko

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ruslan Babenko

| image = Ruslan Babenko.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| caption =

| fullname = Ruslan Oleksandrovych Babenko

| height = 1.72 m{{cite web|url=http://zarya-lugansk.com/profile.php?user=Babenko|title=Официальный сайт ФК "Заря" – Луганск|website=zarya-lugansk.com}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|07|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

| currentclub = Polissya Zhytomyr

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Central midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = UFK Dnipropetrovsk

| youthyears2 = 2007 | youthclubs2 = SDYuShOR Mykolaiv

| youthyears3 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs3 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

| years1 = 2009–2015 | clubs1 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = → Volyn Lutsk (loan) | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = Bodø/Glimt | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Zorya Luhansk | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Chornomorets Odesa | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2019–2020 | clubs7 = Raków Częstochowa | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Olimpik Donetsk | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Polissya Zhytomyr | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0

| years10= 2022 | clubs10= Metalist Kharkiv | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0

| years11= 2022–2024 | clubs11= Dnipro-1 | caps11 = 49 | goals11 = 1

| years12= 2024– | clubs12 = Polissya Zhytomyr | caps12 = 23 | goals12 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam1 = Ukraine U16 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam2 = Ukraine U17 | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam3 = Ukraine U18 | nationalcaps3 = 17 | nationalgoals3 = 3

| nationalyears4 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam4 = Ukraine U19 | nationalcaps4 = 11 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2012 | nationalteam5 = Ukraine U20 | nationalcaps5 = 4 | nationalgoals5 = 1

| nationalyears6 = 2011–2014 | nationalteam6 = Ukraine U21 | nationalcaps6 = 30 | nationalgoals6 = 3

| pcupdate = 14 June 2025

| ntupdate = 25 July 2018

}}

Ruslan Oleksandrovych Babenko ({{langx|uk|Руслан Олександрович Бабенко}}; born 8 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder 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.{{cite web|publisher=ua-football.com|script-title=ru:Руслан Бабенко: "На фоне успеха команды удался и мой дебют"|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4db3cfe6.html|language=Russian|date=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.

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2010–11 \|rowspan="4" valign="center"\|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk \|rowspan="6" valign="center"\|UPL \|4	0	0	0	4	0
2011–12 \|5	0	0	0	5	0
2012–13 \|2	0	0	0	2	0
2013–14 \|0	0	0	0	0	0
2014–15 \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Volyn Lutsk \|17	1	2	0	19	1
2015–16 \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk \|9	1	2	0	11	1
2016 \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Bodø/Glimt \|rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Tippeligaen \|19	0	4	0	23	0
colspan="3"\|Career Total !56	2	8	0	64	2