Ihor Pokydko

Ihor Pokydko

Personal information
Full name	Ihor Romanovych Pokydko
Date of birth	(1965-02-15) 15 February 1965
Place of birth	Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Referee
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	FC Nyva Ternopil	143	(3)
1992–1993	FC Veres Rivne	14	(3)
1994	FC Nyva Ternopil	7	(0)
International career
1992	Ukraine	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ihor Romanovych Pokydko (Ukrainian: Ігор Романович Покидько; born 15 February 1965) is a Ukrainian professional football referee and a former player.

As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Nyva Ternopil. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and admission of Nyva to the top tier, in 1992 he debut in the Vyshcha Liha.

As a referee, he started already in 1993 serving matches of regional competitions. Since 1998 Pokydko was refereeing for professional competitions retiring in 2011.

International career

He made his only Ukraine national football team appearance on 27 June 1992 in an away friendly against the United States, a 0–0 away draw.