Career
He is the product of the Chornomorets Odesa Youth. He started his career at the local Dynamo-Flash at that time playing the Second League. Later he moved to Moldova to play for Zimbru Chișinău and then back to Ukraine in Desna Chernihiv.
Ruslan Hilazyev returned to his home town to play for Chornomorets Odesa in 2001.
While playing to Moldova, Hilazyev helped Zimbru Chișinău to bring two league Divizia Naţională titles.