Serhiy Ivlyev

Serhiy Mykhailovych Ivliev (Сергій Михайлович Івлєв; born December 4, 1984) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays with Dynamo Toronto in the Canadian Soccer League.

Europe
Ivliev began his career in 2003 with FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Second League where he spent three seasons. In 2005, he was loaned to FC Dnipro Cherkasy and assisted in winning the league title and securing promotion to the Ukrainian First League. He would play in the second trier but with FC Borysfen Boryspil, but returned to his original club midway through the season as Borysfen went bankrupt. After the season he signed with FC Arsenal Kharkiv in 2007 and remained in the third tier with Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva the following season.

He would in his debut season with Bila Tserkva help the club secure a promotion by finishing second in the standings. In 2009, he signed a contract with FC Poltava. After a season in Poltava, he played abroad in Poland to sign with IV liga side Hetman Żółkiewka, before moving to III liga club Partyzant Targowiska. In 2011, he returned to Ukraine to play with UkrAhroKom Holovkivka, and received another stint in the first league with FC Tytan Armyansk. After a brief stint in the first league, he returned to the second league to play with MFC Kremin Kremenchuk.

He was shortly after loaned to league rivals Shakhtar Sverdlovsk in 2103. He went once more across the border to Poland in 2014 to play for Hetman Żółkiewka and Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski.

FC Ukraine United
In 2016, he went to Canada to sign with FC Ukraine United in the Canadian Soccer League. He recorded his first goal for the organization on June 12, 2016, in a 3-2 victory over Hamilton City SC. In his debut season, he assisted the club in securing a postseason berth for the club by finishing second in the standings. In the first round of the playoffs, he contributed a goal in a 3-0 victory over Brantford Galaxy. Following their victory, they were eliminated from the playoffs after a 1-0 loss to the Serbian White Eagles. He was awarded the CSL Golden Boot for finishing as the league's top goalscorer with 15 goals.

Vorkuta
After the relegation of FC Ukraine to the Second Division, he signed with FC Vorkuta. Throughout the season he finished as the club's top goalscorer with 13 goals and secured the regular-season title. In his second season with Vorkuta he assisted in securing the CSL Championship, and for the second consecutive year finished as the club's top goalscorer. In 2020, he assisted in securing Vorkuta's second championship title after defeating Scarborough SC.

In 2021, he assisted in securing Vorkuta's third regular-season title and secured the ProSound Cup against Scarborough. He also played in the 2021 playoffs where Vorkuta was defeated by Scarborough in the championship final. In 2022, Vorkuta was renamed FC Continentals and he re-signed with the club for the season where he served as the team captain. In his sixth season with the club, he helped Continentals secure a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the standings. He helped the club secure their third championship title after defeating Scarborough in the finals.

Dynamo Toronto
Following the Continentals' hiatus in 2023, he signed with the league expansion franchise Dynamo Toronto. Ivlyev would finish the 2023 campaign as the league's top goal scorer with 13 goals for the second time in his career.

Honors
FC Dnipro Cherkasy


 * Ukrainian Second League Group C: 2005–06

FC Vorkuta
 * CSL Championship: 2018, 2020, 2022
 * Canadian Soccer League First Division/Regular Season: 2017, 2019, 2021
 * ProSound Cup: 2021

Individual 
 * CSL Golden Boot: 2016, 2023