Nikita Vadymovych Rukavytsya (Ukrainian: \u041c\u0438\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0430 \u0412\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0420\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0446\u044f) is an Australian professional football player who plays for Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Premier League. He began his career as a striker at Perth Glory but has played primarily as a winger since moving to Europe.
While eligible to play for Ukraine, he decided to play for Australia and in 2008, represented Australia in the Australian U-23's Olympic Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, locking his commitment to Australia.
After a good end to the 2007–08 season, he earned himself a place in the Olyroos squad for the Beijing Olympics and a Socceroos call-up.
Rukavytsya scored in a warm-up game for the Olyroos against Adelaide United. He also scored his first international goal for the Australian U-23's, in their 3–0 win over Croatian U-21's at the Intercontinental Cup in Malaysia on 16 May 2008.
Rukavytsya was named in Pim Verbeek's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He made two appearances off the bench for the Socceroos.
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