Ihor Lytovka (Ukrainian: Ігор Юрійович Литовка; born 5 June 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Andijon.[1]

Ihor Lytovka
Personal information
Full name Ihor Yuriyovych Lytovka
Date of birth (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Andijon
Number 72
Youth career
2001–2002 Kolos Nikopol
2002–2006 FC Obriy Nikopol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol 1 (0)
2007–2014 Sevastopol 93 (0)
2009Tavriya Simferopol (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 Olimpik Donetsk 13 (0)
2015 Voluntari 2 (0)
2016 Riga 23 (0)
2017–2022 Desna Chernihiv 37 (0)
2022 Zagora Unešić 0 (0)
2023– Andijon 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2023

Career

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Sevastopol

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In 2007 he moved to Sevastopol and he won the Ukrainian First League of the season one season and he got promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]

Tavriya Simferopol (Loan)

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He was on loan in Tavriya Simferopol in the Ukrainian Premier League, but not played for main squad.

Olimpik Donetsk

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In 2014, he moved to Olimpik Donetsk, where he riched the semifinal of Ukrainian Cup in the season 2014–15.

Voluntari

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In 2015, he played for Voluntari in Romania in Liga II and with the club he won the competition in the season 2014–15.

Riga

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In 2016 he moved from FC Voluntari to Riga in Latvia where he got into the final of the Latvian Cup in the season 2016–17.[3][4]

Desna Chernihiv

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In winter transfer 2016–17, he signed for Desna Chernihiv and he got promoted to Ukrainian Premier League in the season 2017–18 where he played 11 matches. In summer 2018, after the arrival at the club of Yevhen Past, he become the second goalkeeper of the club of Chernihiv. On 30 October 2019 he played in Ukrainian Cup against MFC Mykolaiv where Desna Chernihiv won 4–2 away at the Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion. With the club of Chernihiv he also qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round where he played 5 matches in Ukrainian Premier League in the season 2019–20.[5] On 15 August 2020 he extended his contract with Desna[6]

He played against Rukh Lviv in Desna's first match of 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup, in which the club won 2–1 and qualified for the Round 16.[7]

Zagora Unešić

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On 26 August 2022 he moved to Zagora Unešić in Croatia.[8]

Andijon

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In February 2023 he signed two-year contract with Andijon in Uzbekistan Super League.[9]

Personal life

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In March 2022, his wife gave birth to a daughter named Mia.[10][11]

Outside of professional football

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In March 2022, during the Siege of Chernihiv, Lytovka, together with other Desna's ex-players like Andriy Totovytskyi, Yevhen Selin, Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Yehor Kartushov, Pylyp Budkivskyi, Levan Arveladze, Andriy Dombrovskyi, Oleksandr Filippov, Artem Favorov and Denys Favorov, transferred money for the civilian population of the city of Chernihiv.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 May 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sevastopol 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Olimpik Donetsk 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Voluntari 2014–15 Liga II 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Riga 2016 Latvian Higher League 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Desna Chernihiv 2017–18 Ukrainian First League 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 9 0
2021-22 Ukrainian Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Zagora Unešić 2022-23 Treća HNL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andijon 2023 Uzbekistan Super League 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Career total 161 0 21 0 0 0 2 0 169 0
  1. ^ Two appearances in Friendly match

Honours

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Desna Chernihiv
Riga
Sevastopol
Voluntari
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References

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  1. ^ "Литовка Игорь Юрьевич". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ Вітання керівництву, футболістам, тренерському штабу та працівникам ФК "Севастополь" [Congratulations to the administration, football players, coaching staff and workers of FC Sevastapol]. Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013.
  3. ^ "RIGA FC TRANSFER 2016". ww.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Latvian Football Cup 2016/17 (Latvia) : Results". www.scorespro.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Ihor Lytovka qualified with Desna for the Europa League third qualifying round". thetimeshub.in. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Ihor Lytovka extended the contract with Desna". www.desna.football. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Перемога в Кубку України: Десна - Рух". Ukrainian Premier League. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ігор Литовка продовжить кар'єру у Хорватії". www.chesport.cn.ua. 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Литовка знайшли собі клуб в Узбекистані, який тренує росіянин". www.football.ua. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Литовка розповів, як добирався в Україну з Туреччини після початку війни". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 18 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Ukraine Athlete's Wife Gives Birth During 'The Sound of Bombs and Sirens'". www.newsweek.com. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Среди них Денис и Артем Фаворовы, Евгений Селин, Андрей Домбровский, Александр Филиппов, Леван Арвеладзе, Филипп Будковский, Андрей Тотовицкий, Владислав Калитвинцев, Егор Картушов, Игорь Литовка и другие ребята перечисляли деньги". www.zbirna.com. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  13. ^ Ihor Lytovka at Soccerway
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