Ruslan Bidnenko

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Ruslan Mykhaylovych Bidnenko (born 20 July 1981 in Revne, Boryspil Raion, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian football midfielder. He began his career with Borysfen Boryspil in 1997, playing more than 160 league games and scoring 27 goals. In 2004 he joined Dynamo Kyiv, making 12 league appearances and playing for Dynamo-2 Kyiv as well. From 2005 to 2009 he was with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and he had loan spells with Naftovyk Okhtyrka in 2008 and with Chornomorets Odesa in 2009–2010. He later played for Zirka Kirovohrad, Vostok, Okzhetpes and Poltava.

Internationally, Bidnenko earned one cap for Ukraine in 2004 in a friendly against France, coming on as a substitute for Mykhailo Starostyak.

After his playing career, he moved into coaching, leading FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi’s youth teams (U-19 in 2016 and U-21 from 2016 to 2017).

Honours include the Ukrainian Premier League title (2003–04) and the Ukrainian Cup (2004–05) with Dynamo Kyiv, along with a league runner-up finish in 2004–05.