Home › Australia/Asia News

Ex-FC Twente striker Rukavytsya signs with Hertha Berlin

Submitted by Andrew Slevison on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 04:19

Promising Australian striker Nikita Rukavtysya has signed with German 2.Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin.

The 22-year old Ukraine-born Australian international was released from his contract with Dutch champions FC Twente at the end of last season, prior to his duties with the Socceroos at the World Cup, but has swiftly found a new home.

Rukavtysya spent part of last season on loan with Belgian club KSV Roeselare and there were initially rumours he may join the Jupiler League club permanently but after came Hertha came in with an enquiry, the former Perth Glory man decided to move to Germany.

Hertha finished 18th in the Bundesliga last year which led them to being relegated to the second tier.

Read more:

Join the conversation on

Tribalfootball Store

Spirit of 66 Retro T-shirt Red

Spirit of 66 Retro T-shirt Made By iCons Iconic 1966 Bobby Moore World Cup Image, with a bit of Michael Caine and the Italina Job thrown in for good measure as these were the 2 main memories of 1966.

£3.99 Buy
Spirit of 66 Retro T-shirt White

Spirit of 66 Retro T-shirt Made By iCons Iconic 1966 Bobby Moore World Cup Image, with a bit of Michael Caine and the Italina Job thrown in for good measure as these were the 2 main memories of 1966.

£3.99 Buy
France 2012/13 Away Authentic Players SS Football Shirt

France will be aiming to achieve their third European Champions title in 2012 and looking to banish the disappointment surrounding the previous World Cup campaign in 2010.

£89.99 Buy
Mercurial Victory II TF Football Trainers Granite/Pink/White

Mercurial Victory II Astro Turf Football Trainers Granite Silver/Pink/White Nike Mercurial Victory Introducing the new Mercurial Victory, a lightweight and reliable choice for players who demand fast

£29.99 Buy
AdiNova IV FG Football Boot Zero Metallic White/Black/Gold

AdiNova IV FG Football Boot, Made by Adidas.

£29.99 Buy
Adidas F50 adizero PrimeTRX FG Football Boots Warning Orange/Black

Adidas F50 adizero PrimeTRX FG Football Boots Warning Orange/Black. Made By Adidas. The Best selling Speed boot on the market.

£129.99 Buy
England 2012/13 Kids SS Home Football Shirt

With an array of young talent on offer, Euro 2012 could prove to be the year England claim their long overdue first international title in almost fifty years.

£31.99 Buy
France 2012/13 Away SS Football Shirt

France will be aiming to achieve their third European Champions title in 2012 and looking to banish the disappointment surrounding their previous World Cup campaign in 2010.

£54.99 Buy

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Filtered words will be replaced with the filtered version of the word.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <i> <b> <a> <p> <br> <dd> <blockquote> <q>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Glossary terms will be automatically marked with links to their descriptions. If there are certain phrases or sections of text that should be excluded from glossary marking and linking, use the special markup, [no-glossary] ... [/no-glossary]. Additionally, these HTML elements will not be scanned: a, abbr, acronym, code, pre.

More information about formatting options

Results & Fixtures

Tables

Team P W D L GD PTS
Borussia Dortmund 34 25 6 3 55 81
Bayern Munchen 34 23 4 7 55 73
Schalke 04 34 20 4 10 30 64
Borussia M&#039;gladbach 34 17 9 8 25 60
Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 8 54
Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 17 53
Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 -4 48
Wolfsburg 34 13 5 16 -13 44
Werder Bremen 34 11 9 14 -9 42
Nurnberg 34 12 6 16 -11 42
Hoffenheim 34 10 11 13 -6 41
Freiburg 34 10 10 14 -16 40
Mainz 05 34 9 12 13 -4 39
Augsburg 34 8 14 12 -13 38
Hamburger SV 34 8 12 14 -22 36
Hertha BSC 34 7 10 17 -26 31
Koln 34 8 6 20 -36 30
Kaiserslautern 34 4 11 19 -30 23
View Full Table