Vitaliy Mykolayovych Rudenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Руденко, born 26 January 1981) is a football goalkeeper.

Vitaliy Rudenko
Personal information
Full name Vitaliy Mykolayovych Rudenko
Date of birth (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–97 Liliya-Fakel Odesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 SC Odesa 31 (0)
1999–2010 Chornomorets Odesa 187 (0)
1999–2002Chornomorets-2 Odesa 11 (0)
2010–2011 Karpaty Lviv 7 (0)
2011Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (loan) 3 (0)
2011–2013 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 41 (0)
International career
2004 Ukraine U19 ? (?)
2005 Ukraine U20 24 (3)
2006 Ukraine U21 28 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Runner-up 2000 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Rudenko is a product of the Chornomorets Odesa youth system. Having spent a few years playing in lower divisions, in 1999 he was brought in to the senior team of Chornomorets as cover for Hennadiy Altman. The following season he was battling for the starting position and becoming first choice keeper for Chornomorets in the 2001–02 season. He has since solidified his position as the number one keeper with a series of consistent seasons for the club.

Following the relegation of Chornomorets from the Ukrainian Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season, Rudenko joined FC Karpaty Lviv. Having limited opportunities behind the first-choice Karpaty goalkeeper and captain Andriy Tlumak, Rudenko went on loan to FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia during the 2010–2011 winter break.

Rudenko has represented Ukraine at all levels but senior. In 2000, he was part of the team that won the silver medal at the European Under-18 Football Championship.

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