Golden Boy Football Benchmark has updated its ranking of the best young talents. Two players of FC Ruh were included in the ranking. Bohdan Slyubyk ranks 67th in this ranking, and Yevhen Pastukh ranks 82nd. Both players are the only Ukrainians among the 100 nominees for the prestigious award.
The rating is based on the results of players from October 3, 2023 to April 28, 2024.
This season, Bohdan Slyubyk has played in 27 matches (2424 minutes), scoring 4 goals. Yevhen Pastukh has played in 25 matches (1764 minutes), scoring 4 goals and providing 2 assists.
The founder and ideological inspirer of FC Ruh is Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy
Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy congratulated the players on the prestigious nomination and wished them new victories: “Today, another Ruh player has joined the top hundred footballers. I am very proud of our guys who are showing such strong results. I wish you not to rest on your laurels, but to move forward to new victories!“.
The leader in the ranking is Barcelona winger Lamin Yamal, followed by central midfielders Warren Zaire-Emery (PSG) and João Neves (Benfica).
Earlier, CIES Football Observatory calculated the number of minutes played by U-21 players in 61 leagues around the world, including the top 31 leagues in Europe.
The ranking was topped by Lviv-based FC Rukh, founded by Hryhoriy Kozlovsky, with a score of 52.4%. Slovakia’s Zilina took second place with 44.5, and the Austrian Red Bull from Salzburg was third with 42.7.
We would also like to remind you that FC Ruh won the bronze medal at the UEFA Grassroots Awards.
The Ruh Academy gained European fame after its students successfully competed in the UEFA Youth League 2022/23. The club’s pupils are successful in adult football. The UEFA Grassroots Awards are given to those football clubs that have achieved particular success in working with young people and have created successful development projects.
“Our students are our future! And it is at moments like this that you realize that we are moving in the right direction! I sincerely congratulate and thank the coaching staff and players of Ruh! We need strong football players, decent people whom Ukrainians will be proud of. I am very pleased that the Ruh Football Academy is educating future stars who will become the pride of this country,” said Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy, founder of FC Ruh.
