Ihor Lytovka

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
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)
2009	→ Tavriya 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)
2023–2024	Andijon	36	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024

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

Career

Sevastopol

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)

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

Olimpik Donetsk

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

Voluntari

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

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

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

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

Andijon

In February 2023 he signed two-year contract with Andijon in Uzbekistan Super League.[9] In 2024 he won the Uzbekistan Cup in 2024.[10][11]

Personal life

In March 2022, his wife gave birth to a daughter named Mia.[12][13]

Outside of professional football

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.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 December 2024[15]

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	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2024	Uzbekistan Super League	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Career total			189	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	203	0

1. Two appearances in Friendly match

Honours

Andijon

• Uzbekistan Cup: 2024[16]

Desna Chernihiv

• Ukrainian First League: 2017–18

Riga

• Latvian Cup Runners-up:2016–17

Sevastopol

• Ukrainian First League: (2) 2009–10, 2012–13

Voluntari

• Liga II:2014–15

Gallery

• 
  Igor Lytovka with Sevastopol
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  Igor Lytovka with Sevastopol
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  Igor Lytovka with Olimpik Donetsk
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  Igor Lytovka with Sevastopol
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  Igor Lytovka with Desna Chernihiv

References

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. "Суперлига. "Андижан" на последних минутах забил гол и обыграл "Навбахор"". sports.uz. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
11. "Казахстанский футболист стал обладателем Кубка Узбекистана". sports.uz. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
12. "Литовка розповів, як добирався в Україну з Туреччини після початку війни". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 18 March 2022.^[permanent dead link‍]
13. "Ukraine Athlete's Wife Gives Birth During 'The Sound of Bombs and Sirens'". www.newsweek.com. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
14. "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.
15. Ihor Lytovka at Soccerway
16. "«Андижан» - обладатель Кубка Узбекистана". sports.uz. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

External links

• Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv

• Stats on Sevstopol club site Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine (Rus)
• Ihor Lytovka at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Interview at Sevfootball.ru (Rus) at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2012)
• Ihor Lytovka at Soccerway
• Ihor Lytovka on Instagram