Kostyantyn Oleksiyovych Balabanov (; born 13 August 1982) is a Ukrainian former football player and manager. Career Balabanov was born in Kiliya, at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (today in the Odessa Oblast of southern Ukraine). He is a graduate of Chornomorets academy. In 2005, he was transferred to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Having been featured in a few matches over the next 2 seasons, he was loaned out to FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka in 2008, and then to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. After his contract with Dnipro expired in 2009, he spent the next season without any professional football. In July 2010, he signed a new contract with Chornomorets. External links 1982 births Living people People from Kiliya Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa players FC Dnipro players FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Oleksandriya players FC Dnister Ovidiopol players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Association football forwards Sportspeople from Odesa Oblast